Public Policy

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From The Electric Revolution From: Charging Ahead View Baraka Books	This chapter situates Hydro-Quebec and its impressive system and evolution in the context of the global electricity industry. It delves more into the history of H-Q and Quebec politics.	Jean-Benoît Nadeau; Julie Barlow	18	2019	$1.80 Add
From The Electronic Health Record: The Neglected Key to Saving Medicare From: Medicare View James Lorimer and Company	Examines the Electronic Health Record and its role to play in the realization of first-rate, safe, efficient, and just health care	Steven Lewis	8	2007	$0.80 Add
From The Elusiveness of Full Citizenship Accounting for Cultural Capital, Cultural Competencies, and Cultural Pluralism From: Accounting for Culture View University of Ottawa Press	Most discussions about cultural capital seem to revolve around the consumption or use of cultural goods and services. This chapter attempts to address some aspects of a more fundamental role that …	Karim H. Karim	13	2005	$1.56 Add
From NEW! The End of Eastern From: Rebound View Coach House Books	In this chapter, King examines the legacy of Eastern Commerce High School in Toronto.	Perry King	10	2021	$1.00 Add
From The End of One Era, The Beginning of Another The Psychology of Peak Oil and Climate Change From: Peak Everything View New Society Publishers	The historic global shift from a regime of cheap fossil fuel energy sources to one of declining and expensive fossil fuels and scarce replacements will impact every living person, every …	Richard Heinberg	15	2010	$1.50 Add
From The End of One Era, The Beginning of Another Bridging Peak Oil and Climate Change Activism From: Peak Everything View New Society Publishers	The problems of Climate Change and Peak Oil both result from societal dependence on fossil fuels. Climate Change has to do with carbon emissions and their effects — including the impacts on …	Richard Heinberg	19	2010	$1.90 Add
From The End of One Era, The Beginning of Another Boomers' Last Chance? From: Peak Everything View New Society Publishers	In this chapter I hope to explore some of the circumstances that have made us Boomers what and who we are, and to argue that, having failed to live up to some of our expressed ideals and now …	Richard Heinberg	14	2010	$1.40 Add
From The End of One Era, The Beginning of Another A Letter From the Future From: Peak Everything View New Society Publishers	Greetings to you, people of the year 2007! You are living in the year of my birth; I am one hundred years old now, writing to you from the year 2107. I am using the last remnants of the advanced …	Richard Heinberg	12	2010	$1.20 Add
From The Environment Good Stories, Bad Policies, and What to Do From: Canada after Harper View James Lorimer and Company	Peter Robinson then rounds out our survey of the environment by discussing how a rights-based mobilization offers the best hope for bringing government environmental policy into line with …	Peter Robinson	7	2015	$0.70 Add
From NEW! A Next-Generation Assessment Framework for Examining the Impact Assessment Act From: The Next Generation of Impact Assessment View Irwin Law Inc.	This chapter outlines a next-generation assessment framework that incorporates international learning as well as key themes in the Canadian deliberations surrounding the assessment law and policy …	Meinhard Doelle; Robert B. Gibson	21	2021	$2.10 Add
From The Example of the Nordic Countries From: Scandinavian Common Sense View Baraka Books	Even between countries with comparable overall levels of wealth, and thus of human and material resources, international comparisons reveal great disparities between indicators of poverty and …	Dominique Côté; Marie-France Raynault; Sébastien Chartrand	7	2015	$0.70 Add
From The Face of the Future From: Not Just a Pretty Face View New Society Publishers	Green chemistry, green politics and other hopeful solutions for a healthier tomorrow.	Stacy Malkan	11	2007	$1.10 Add
From NEW! The Fight Against Inequality From: The Fire and the Ashes View Between The Lines	In this chapter, Jackson writes about the Great Recession of 2008-2009, and suggests that the functioning of democracies relies on economic and social equality. The best way to achieve this …	Andrew Jackson	5	2021	$0.50 Add
NEW! The Fire and the Ashes Rekindling Democratic Socialism Between The Lines	In The Fire and the Ashes, long-time union economist and policy analyst Andrew Jackson looks back on a fascinating career in the labour movement, the NDP, and left politics, combining keen …	Andrew Jackson	180	2021	View
From The Future is Here From: Charging Ahead View Baraka Books	This chapter explores challenges faced by Hydro-Quebec and the future of their system and technologies. It explores the possibility of H-Q getting involved in new energy alternatives, in …	Jean-Benoît Nadeau; Julie Barlow	21	2019	$2.10 Add
From The Future of Power Learning to Live Happily Within Limits From: Power View New Society Publishers	In the concluding chapter, Heinberg explores the territory between human self-annihilation and sufficient self-restraint.	Richard Heinberg	63	2021	$6.30 Add