Civil Discourse

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From NEW! Actors: The Rise of Transnational Professional Service Firms From: The Consulting Trap View Fernwood Publishing	Chapter Two describes the history of TPSFs (transnational professional service firms), from the late nineteeth century to the 1990s and early 2000s.The authors divide the history into four major …	Chris Hurl; Leah B. Werner	35	2024	$3.50 Add
From Afterword: The Opinionated Middle Ground From: The Oppinionated Middle Ground View Sutherland House	In this afterword, Cowan traces how scientific training in physics and physiology shape a preference for evidence-based reasoning and the middle ground in public discourse.	John Scott Cowan	6	2023	$0.60 Add
From NEW! Coming of the Citizen Consumer: Shaping the Future of Business and Government From: The New Sustainability Edge: Redefining Business from Startups to Industry Leaders View Sutherland House	In this chapter, French traces the emergence of the citizen consumer — empowered individuals demanding that governments, corporations, and organizations deliver social value alongside profit.	Jeff French	11	2025	$1.10 Add
From NEW! Preface From: Seven Days in Halifax View Formac Publishing	In this preface, Ashe gives an overview of grassroots activism and municipal reform efforts in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He explains how activists, including those from the African Nova Scotian …	Robert Ashe	8	2025	$0.80 Add
From NEW! Resistance: Challenging Transnational Professional Service Firms From: The Consulting Trap View Fernwood Publishing	In Chapter Five, the authors consider how the power of TPSFS can be contested, discussing some of the strategies that have been taken up to resist the incursion of these firms into public …	Chris Hurl; Leah B. Werner	29	2024	$2.90 Add
Seven Days in Halifax When citizens confronted the racists, liars and incompetents who ran their city Formac Publishing	Halifax today lives with the results of bad decisions made decades ago. A container port accessible only through narrow downtown streets. A park, bridge and port on the spot where Africville was …	Robert Ashe	338	2025	View