Research & Theory
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From  Sharing the WealthFrom: BlackBerry Town |
Covers RIM and Jim Balsillie’s support of the University of Waterloo and the foundation and growth of Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI). | Chuck Howitt | 16 | 2019 | $1.60 Add |
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From  Speculating on CommoditiesFrom: Speculative Harvests Agrarian Change & Peasant Studies |
Jennifer Clapp; S. Ryan Isakson | 27 | 2018 | $2.70 Add | |
Speculative Harvests Agrarian Change & Peasant StudiesFinancialization, Food, and Agriculture |
In Speculative Harvests, Clapp and Isakson investigate the evolving relationship between the agrifood and financial sectors, paying particular attention to how the contemporary process of … | Jennifer Clapp; S. Ryan Isakson | 196 | 2018 | View |
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From  NEW! Strategies: Networking, Institutionalizing, Commodifying, and BrokeringFrom: The Consulting Trap |
In Chapter Four, the authors identify four strategies that TPSFs (transnational professional service firms) have used to gain influence and entrench themselves in public policymaking and service … | Chris Hurl; Leah B. Werner | 34 | 2024 | $3.40 Add |
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From  Sun Yat-sen’s Unfinished Dream |
This chapter begins with the story of Sun Yat-sen, the first president of the Republic of China. The chapter goes on to provide a historical account of the overthrow of the Qing dynasty and the … | Michael Cormier | 20 | 2013 | $2.00 Add |
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From Swinging for the FencesFrom: BlackBerry Town |
Howitt touches on the Unviersity of Waterloo and how it has developed into one of the most respected technology and business schools in Canada, in large part thanks to BlackBerry’s … | Chuck Howitt | 17 | 2019 | $1.70 Add |
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From  Tackling Tax HavensFrom: Share the Wealth! |
Readings in part 2 of this title explore potential solutions to income inequality in Canada. This chapter discusses the challenges surrounding the regulation of offshore tax havens and the powers … | Angella MacEwen; Jonathan Gauvin | 15 | 2021 | $1.50 Add |
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From  Talking to Your Neighbour |
John Kearney; Patrick Kerans | 14 | 2006 | $1.40 Add | |
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From Taxing Individual WealthFrom: Share the Wealth! |
Readings in part 2 of this title explore potential solutions to income inequality in Canada. This chapter explores methods for taxing individual wealth, including examples of countries where this … | Angella MacEwen; Jonathan Gauvin | 16 | 2021 | $1.60 Add |
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From  “That’s How We See It”Trauma and Indigenous Resistance From: Damming the Peace |
Journalist Andrew MacLeod interviews respected First Nations leader Helen Knott about the impact of the Site C dam under construction in B.C.’s Peace River Valley on her community, and in … | Andrew MacLeod | 17 | 2018 | $1.70 Add |
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From  The 1956-1957 Refugee Movement in the Context of Hungarian Immigration to Canada since the Late 19th Century |
The main purpose of this paper is to examine the 1956 refugee experience, place it in the context of a century and a half of Hungarian immigration to Canada, and establish to what extent and in … | Nándor Dreisziger | 29 | 2010 | $3.77 Add |
The 1956 Hungarian RevolutionHungarian and Canadian Perspectives |
In October 1956, a spontaneous uprising took Hungarian Communist authorities by surprise, prompting Soviet authorities to invade the country. After a few days of violent fighting, the revolt was … | Christopher Adam; Judy Young; Leslie Laczko; Tibor Egervari | 306 | 2010 | View |
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From  The ANPP and the Municipality: Functioning Between ElectionsFrom: Cuba and Its Neighbours |
Arnold August | 33 | 2013 | $3.63 Add | |
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From The Big LieWhy and How BC Hydro Dismissed the Peace River Valley Microclimate From: Damming the Peace |
Former B.C. Environment Minister Joan Sawicki sets out her analysis that BC Hydro “overlooked” the importance of microclimate in its agricultural impact assessment of the Site C dam … | Joan Sawicki | 9 | 2018 | $0.90 Add |
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From  NEW! The Big LiePart I: The Big Lie From: Has Populism Won? |
This chapter discusses the big lies told by populist leaders including, Donald Trump, Jair Bolsonaro, López Obrador, and how they are presented to rally individuals to join their cause. … | Daniel Drache; Marc D. Froese | 28 | 2022 | $2.80 Add |
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From The Choices that Created Economic InequalityFrom: Share the Wealth! |
Readings in part 1 of this title explore the political and economic decisions and trends that have led to economic inequality in Canada. This chapter explores the conscious decisions made by the … | Angella MacEwen; Jonathan Gauvin | 15 | 2021 | $1.50 Add |
