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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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From ![]() Democracy, Elections and the New StateA Rebellion Against Dogmatism of the Left and the Batista Dictatorship (1953) From: Cuba and Its Neighbours |
- | Arnold August | 25 | 2013 | $2.75 Add |
From ![]() Letting the People Decide: When Elections Aren’t Enough |
Discussion of the role of elections as one factor contributing to responsible government in a parliamentary democracy. | Peter Aucoin | 47 | 2011 | $4.70 Add |
From ![]() Our bodies, our minds, mental shortcuts, and the mediaFrom: Too Dumb for Democracy? |
Chapter Four focuses on why it is so difficult to make well informed discussions. The chapter explores our biological and psychological motivations behind our abilities towards good political … | David Moscrop | 27 | 2019 | $2.70 Add |
From ![]() NEW! The October Revolution and its LegacyFrom: Myths of Modern History |
This chapter deconstructs major myths surrounding the 1917 Russian Revolution and especially its second phase, "Red October" and considers the positive impacts of this event on world … | Jacques R. Pauwels | 23 | 2022 | $2.30 Add |
From ![]() The Role of Women in the 1956 Revolution |
This paper attempts to characterize the role of women during the 1956 revolution on the basis of photographic records of key moments and events during the revolution, as well as a review of … | Mária Palasik | 22 | 2010 | $2.86 Add |
From ![]() NEW! The Sovereignty ProjectPart II: The Insurgency From: Has Populism Won? |
This chapter discusses the populist goal of regaining sovereignty lost during globalization. Including examples from leaders such as Vladimir Putin and Andrés Manuel López Obrador. | Daniel Drache; Marc D. Froese | 18 | 2022 | $1.80 Add |
From ![]() Wei Jingsheng’s Awakening |
This chapter begins with the story of Wei Jingsheng, a former Red Guard under Mao who became China’s most famous dissident and now runs a foundation in Washington D.C. The chapter goes on … | Michael Cormier | 22 | 2013 | $2.20 Add |
From ![]() NEW! Who Are We?Identity and Intersections From: Making Sense of Society |
In Chapter 4, Khasnabish digs into the power-laden process of identification as a collective rather than individual phenomenon. In this chapter, topics include: an examination of how a … | Alex Khasnabish | 25 | 2022 | $2.50 Add |
From ![]() Bao Tong’s Fall |
This chapter begins with the story of Bao Tong, a former senior Chinese official who was arrested for supporting the Tiananmen Square protesters. The chapter goes on to explore Bao Tong’s … | Michael Cormier | 26 | 2013 | $2.60 Add |
From ![]() NEW! Chapter 4The Governing Program Set Out in the Speech from the Throne of December 4, 2015, as It Relates to Elections and Parliament From: Anatomy of an Election |
Excerpts from the Dec 4, 2015 speech from the throne with relevance to the conduct of elections. | Gregory Tardi | 3 | 2020 | $0.30 Add |
From ![]() Conclusion: Reforming Responsible Government |
Outline of proposals for reforming responsible government to democratize the Canadian constitution by controlling the executive powers of the prime minister. | Peter Aucoin | 51 | 2011 | $5.10 Add |
From ![]() NEW! Living TogetherFamily, Kinship, and Social Bonds From: Making Sense of Society |
In Chapter 5, Khasnabish examines the concept of the family– its structures and relations. Few other concepts carry as much weight in terms of signifying relations of mutual obligation, … | Alex Khasnabish | 25 | 2022 | $2.50 Add |
From ![]() Our milieuFrom: Too Dumb for Democracy? |
Chapter Five explores the conditions under which we tend to make the best decisions about complex issues, political or otherwise. We do best when we have lots of time and resources at our … | David Moscrop | 11 | 2019 | $1.10 Add |
From ![]() Part 111 The Test for DemocratizationThe 2011-12 Communist Party Congress and Conference: Democratization and the Press From: Cuba and Its Neighbours |
- | Arnold August | 28 | 2013 | $3.08 Add |
From ![]() Reductionism and Beyond |
- | John Kearney; Patrick Kerans | 5 | 2006 | $0.50 Add |
From ![]() The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 as Narrated by Shoah Survivors |
For some the feeling of being liberated after the war has been overshadowed by the history of the next forty years, while for others the experience of liberation overshadowed the events of the … | Júlia Vajda | 25 | 2010 | $3.25 Add |