Public Policy
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 NEW! We’re all Climate Hypocrites NowHow Embracing Our Limitations Can Unlock the Power of a Movement |
Our culture tells us that personal responsibility is central to tackling the climate emergency, yet the choices we make are often governed by the systems in which we live. Whether it’s … | 192 | View | ||
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From NEW! We’re all Climate Hypocrites Now |
The opening chapter outlines a contradiction in environmental activism: we all know the problem is urgent, but we all continue to produce some amount of carbon emissions. Grover suggests that we … | Sami Grover | 13 | 2021 | $1.30 Add |
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From  Whale Hunting on the New York ThruwayFrom: Unicorn in the Woods |
This chapter details Pitt’s visits to startup incubators in the United States, and explores several nascent companies with the potential to garner a billion-dollar valuation. | Gordon Pitts | 13 | 2020 | $1.30 Add |
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From  NEW! What Are Disability Rights? |
In the first chapter, What Are Disability Rights?, the author introduces the topic of disability rights through case studies. The author explains the "social model of disability" in … | Deborah Stienstra | 8 | 2020 | $0.80 Add |
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From NEW! What Difference Does It Make? |
This chapter describes the efforts of cyclists in Amsterdam to resist the encroachment of cars and keep that city bike-centric. He uses their efforts as a model for how change has to take place … | Sami Grover | 19 | 2021 | $1.90 Add |
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From NEW! What Do People With Disabilities Need to Enjoy Disability Rights |
The fifth chapter looks at the logical next step, at the gap between what people with disabilities in Canada actually experience, and what they could experience if their disability rights were … | Deborah Stienstra | 22 | 2020 | $2.20 Add |
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From  What Do Police Do? |
This chapter examines the declining rate of crime in Canada, the amount of time police officers spend responding directly to crimes, and the rate at which Canadian police solve crimes. | Christopher J. Williams; John Sewell | 39 | 2021 | $3.90 Add |
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From  NEW! What Do We Need to Do?From: Runaway Climate |
What Do We Need to Do? Personal actions, public health, role of government, fossil fuel subsidies, zero carbon commitments, carbon pricing | Steven Earle | 17 | 2024 | $1.70 Add |
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From  What Happiness Policy Is and Why It Matters |
Happiness Policy Makes Economic Sense – Easterlin Paradox – Income Inequality – Mental Health Care – Purchasing Habits | Jean Crowder; Laura Musikanski; Rhonda Phillips | 10 | 2019 | $1.00 Add |
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From  What Is Capitalism?From: Ecology for the 99% |
This chapter explains capitalism as both an economic system and a form of social organization. It also explores how capitalism can be undemocratic and highlights the problems with capitalist companies. | Alain Savard; Arnaud Theurillat-Cloutier; Charles Simard; Clément de Gaulejac; Frédéric Legault | 8 | 2024 | $0.80 Add |
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From  What is Education? |
According to Kant, four questions live at the heart of all educational quests: What can I know? What may I hope? What ought I to do? What is man? School policy in America is made by people who … | John Taylor Gatto | 12 | 2010 | $1.20 Add |
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From  NEW! What Is Safety?From: Messy Cities |
Kimahli Powell uses their experience with the Toronto-based charity, Rainbow Railroad, to explore what it means to provide a safe community for LGBTQIA+ individuals amidst a housing crisis. | Dylan Reid | 7 | 2025 | $0.70 Add |
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NEW! What Is to Be Done |
The concluding chapter offers a short but not exhaustive list of practical, reasonably achieved changes that could be made if local leaders step forward and demand that police begin to grapple … | Christopher J. Williams; John Sewell | 35 | 2021 | $3.50 Add |
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From  What Needs to be Done? |
Dennis Raphael | 26 | 2016 | $2.60 Add | |
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From  What Now? |
The final chapter suggests potential courses of action on both individual and governmental levels. | Steven Earle | 21 | 2021 | $2.10 Add |
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From  NEW! What the Eye Doesn’t See, It Walks IntoFrom: Living Disability |
Claire Steep discusses the accessibility problems within Canadian transportation hubs, including in downtown Toronto, and compares her experience with that of in the United Kingdom. | Claire Steep | 9 | 2024 | $0.90 Add |
