Literature Analysis

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
NEW! Anatomy of an Election Canada’s 2019 Federal General Election Through the Lens of Political Law Irwin Law Inc.	Elections are the high point of democracy. They provide scheduled opportunities for the people at large to have a participatory voice in their own government. They enable adult citizens to judge …	Gregory Tardi	838	2020	View
NEW! Civilizing the State Reclaiming Politics for the Common Good New Society Publishers	Across the world, the liberal nation state is on its knees. Rising inequality, deep political polarization, and the pervasive power of corporations are tearing apart the social contract and …	John Restakis	226	2021	View
Cuba and Its Neighbours Democracy in Motion Fernwood Publishing	In this groundbreaking book, Arnold August explores Cuba’s unique form of democracy, presenting a detailed and balanced analysis of Cuba’s electoral process and the state’s …	Arnold August	285	2013	View
Democratizing the Constitution Reforming Responsible Government Emond Montgomery	Canada’s time-honoured system of responsible government is failing us. This principle, by which the executive must be accountable to the people’s elected representatives, was fought …	Lori Turnbull; Mark Jarvis; Peter Aucoin	274	2011	View
Honest Politics Now What ethical conduct means in Canadian Public Life James Lorimer and Company	Using high-profile political scandals as case studies, this book explores the standards of accountability to which Canadian politicians are now being held. This is the definitive up to date book …	Ian Greene	392	2017	View
NEW! Making Sense of Society Power and Possibility Fernwood Publishing	Grounded in the sister disciplines of sociology and anthropology, this textbook is an accessible and critical introduction to contemporary social research. Alex Khasnabish eschews the common …	Alex Khasnabish	273	2022	View
NEW! Myths of Modern History From the French Revolution to the 20th century world wars and the Cold War - new perspectives on key events James Lorimer and Company	Revisionist historian Jacques R. Pauwels challenges readers to reconsider what they know about some key events in the last 250 years of world history. At a time when it’s all too easy to …	Jacques R. Pauwels	392	2022	View
The Legacy of Tiananmen Square Goose Lane Editions	More than 20 years after the Tiananmen Square uprising, Michel Cormier, CBC Television’s former China correspondent, examines the still-born legacy of the Tiananmen Square student protests …	Michael Cormier	240	2013	View
Too Dumb for Democracy? Goose Lane Editions	Brexit. Trump. Ford Nation. In this timely book, David Moscrop asks why we make irrational political decisions and whether our stone-age brains can process democracy in the information age. In an …	David Moscrop	256	2019	View
Turning the World Right-Side Up Science, Community and Democracy Fernwood Publishing	The focus of this book is on the un-sustainability of the system that economists, in the name of science, have foisted upon society. Corporations and the economists who act as their apologists, …	John Kearney; Patrick Kerans	240	2006	View
From NEW! Foreword From: Anatomy of an Election Preview Irwin Law Inc.	Foreword by Peter Mansbridge	Peter Mansbridge	3	2020	$0.30 Add
From NEW! Introduction From: Civilizing the State Preview New Society Publishers	The introduction outlines the world’s environmental, political, economic, social and public health contexts from which the book arises, and makes a call for transformative change based on …	John Restakis	9	2021	$0.90 Add
From Introduction From: Too Dumb for Democracy? Preview Goose Lane Editions	The Introduction offers of reflection on how we have found ourselves in a messy world where we must make important decisions. The title of the book asks, “Are we too dumb for …	David Moscrop	13	2019	$1.30 Add
From NEW! Introduction – Democracy Between Revolution and War From: Myths of Modern History Preview James Lorimer and Company	The author introduces the book, discussing myths and mythologized history and the importance of teaching of teaching history and acknowledging bias. He also explores the history of democracy and …	Jacques R. Pauwels	31	2022	$3.10 Add
From Introduction: A Fundamental Democratic Problem From: Democratizing the Constitution Preview Emond Montgomery	Overview of the authors’ argument that Canadian democracy has been undermined by the excess of power of the prime minister over the operations of the House of Commons.	Mark Jarvis; Peter Aucoin	28	2011	$2.80 Add
From NEW! Introduction: Beyond the Silos Toward a Social Justice Social Science From: Making Sense of Society Preview Fernwood Publishing	In the introduction author Alex Khasnabish explains how the primary purpose of this book is to critically explore what social research is, what it does, and what it is and isn’t good for. …	Alex Khasnabish	5	2022	$0.50 Add

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