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Poverty, Death and Disease

From: Beyond Criminology

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Recipe for a Renewed Economy

From: The Fire and the Ashes

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This chapter details Jackson’s policy proposals for a green economy that is capable of sustaining future generations. 12 $1.20 Add
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References

From: When Poverty Mattered

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Responding to Water Crises: A Tale of Four Cities

From: Dry Run

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In chapter 3, we looked at contemporary water crises in Australia, Atlanta and San Diego. We’ll learn what their successes can teach us about how to create effective water conservation … 21 $2.10 Add
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Sustainability-Based Decision Making

From: The Next Generation of Impact Assessment

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This chapter looks more closely at the role of sustainability considerations in decision making under the Impact Assessment Act (IAA). 25 $2.50 Add
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The Independent Union

From: Sweethearts

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1960s Zanini and his independent Canadian Union in Concrete Forming, acqusations of it being a front for the mob 10 $1.00 Add
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The NDP in a world made for oil

From: Oil’s Deep State

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Former Alberta opposition leader Kevin Taft examines the rise of Rachel Notley’s NDP party in Alberta with focus on the change in policy towards the oil industry that occurred during the … 9 $0.90 Add
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The Utopianism of Smart City Megaprojects

The Dream of the Smart City

From: Dream States

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The Dream of the Smart City: Part 9 explores megaprojects. Topics discussed include profits, the rise of entrepreneurial urbanization,’ the quasi-privatized new cities, and the examples of … 11 $1.10 Add
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The Way of the Engineer

From: Back to the Well

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In this chapter, de Villiers explores new technologies and innovative solutions to water shortages, and shows how we can engineer more efficient ways to use our limited water supply. 18 $1.80 Add
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Two Degrees Too Late (A Shell Game)

From: The Big Stall

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Examines why climate scientists believe it is imperative to limit warming to no more than 2 degrees celsius. Discusses why turning to natural gas, as is advocated by energy corporations and many … 21 $2.10 Add
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What Then Must We Do?

From: The Memory We Could Be

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Many of us stumble at the very first question: what can I do? But our failure to find a straightforward answer lies partly in our misdirected question: there isn’t much that individuals … 13 $1.30 Add
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A Democratic Socialist Future

From: The Fire and the Ashes

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In his concluding chapter, the author surveys the political present, and notes that narratives about elections being won by appealing to the "mushy centre" are disproven by the success … 16 $1.60 Add
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Addressing Resistance in Harris’s Ontario, 1995-1999

From: Restructuring and Resistance

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Canada in the Twenty-First Century

From: Our Lives: Canada after 1945

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Since 1980. Examines Canada in the 21st Century with focus given to the economy, the end of liberal dominance 1997-2005, domestic political developments from 2006, social movements in the new millenium 47 $4.70 Add
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Chaoulli’s Legacy for the Future of Canadian Health Care Policy

From: Medicare

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I discuss the majority judges’ poor appreciation of the interface between public and private health insurance across different health care systems and how, subsequently, this lack of … 45 $4.50 Add
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Conclusion: ‘Social Harm’ and its Limits?

From Criminology to Social Harm?

From: Beyond Criminology

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