Literature Analysis
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From  Our institutionsFrom: Too Dumb for Democracy? |
Chapter Six focuses how political institutions are formed, maintained, and how they condition the way we think and behave. Institutions set up rules, expectations, norms, punishments, and … | David Moscrop | 23 | 2019 | $2.30 Add |
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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 |
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From  NEW! Pandemic NationalismPart II: The Insurgency From: Has Populism Won? |
This chapter refers to the rise of populist rhetoric during the COVID-19 pandemic and how populist leaders used the situation to their political advantage. The authors discuss anti-vaccine … | Daniel Drache; Marc D. Froese | 21 | 2022 | $2.10 Add |
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From  Part 1 Clearing the Cobwebs Around DemocracyDemocracy and U.S. Centrism From: Cuba and Its Neighbours |
Arnold August | 13 | 2013 | $1.43 Add | |
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From Part 11 Cuba: Constitutions, Elections and New StatesParticipation in Constitutions, Elections and a New State (1868-1952) From: Cuba and Its Neighbours |
Arnold August | 15 | 2013 | $1.65 Add | |
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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 | |
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From  Part One The End of an Era? |
John Kearney; Patrick Kerans | 2 | 2006 | $0.20 Add | |
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From  NEW! PostscriptLessons Learned From: Anatomy of an Election |
Postscript | Gregory Tardi | 10 | 2020 | $1.00 Add |
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From  Power and OrderInequality, Injustice, and Paths Beyond From: Making Sense of Society |
In Chapter 8, Khasnabish concludes the book by taking a critical look at the way our social relations and institutions are structured and how they are deeply shaped by prevailing power dynamics. … | Alex Khasnabish | 24 | 2022 | $2.40 Add |
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From  PrefaceFraming the Shot From: Damming the Peace |
B.C. filmmaker and photographer Alex Harris shares how she came to document the controversial Site C Dam under construction in B.C.’s Peace River Valley. Wroking with a handful of … | Alex Harris | 9 | 2018 | $0.90 Add |
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From NEW! PrefaceFrom: Anatomy of an Election |
A brief overview of the origins and major component elements of the federal electoral system. | Gregory Tardi | 11 | 2020 | $1.10 Add |
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From  Preface to the New EditionFrom: Honest Politics Now |
Discusses ethics in politics and the effects of various forms of political corruption on democracy. | David P. Shugarman; Ian Greene | 8 | 2017 | $0.80 Add |
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From  Prologue |
The introduction describes an encounter between the author and a man named Xi Xin Zhu, whose home was destroyed as a result of China’s rapid economic development. The author discusses the … | Michael Cormier | 6 | 2013 | $0.60 Add |
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From  Prorogation Revisited: Eugene Forsey on Parliament and the Governor GeneralFrom: Essential Readings in Canadian Government and Politics, 2nd Edition |
2009 restatement by Helen Forsey of a document prepared in 1984 by Eugene Forsey setting out the role of the Governor General if no party gets a clear majority in an election. | Debra Thompson; François Rocher; Peter Russell | 4 | 2015 | $0.40 Add |
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From Public matters, grey matterThe brain and decision-making From: Too Dumb for Democracy? |
Chapter One explores the roots of our bad political decisions; but the author argues that none of those reasons are excuses for us to throw up our arms and say, “Well, what can you do? We … | David Moscrop | 30 | 2019 | $3.00 Add |
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From Reductionism and Beyond |
John Kearney; Patrick Kerans | 5 | 2006 | $0.50 Add |
