Research & Theory

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The Russel Ogden Decision Review

The Russel Ogden Decision Review

From: Protecting Research Confidentiality

Examines the decision review that was conducted by the university regarding Russell Ogden’s research, clearly accounts its methods and mandates ; 11 $1.10 Add
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The Sovereignty Project
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The Sovereignty Project

Part 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. ; 18 $1.80 Add
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The Surprisingly Colourful History of Performance Indicators

The Surprisingly Colourful History of Performance Indicators

From: Counting Out The Scholars

Looks at the historical background that led to the use of Pis and splits this into five phases: I: Nineteenth Century Origins, II: The Cult of Efficiency & Taylorism, III: Behaviourist Social … ; 35 $3.50 Add
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The Sword of Reason and the Power of the Law

The Sword of Reason and the Power of the Law

The Legal Right to a Healthy Environment

From: Damming the Peace

How most other nations have legislation on their books that would have allowed British Columbians to stop the Site C dam under construction in B.C.’s Peace River Valley, using an example … 7 $0.70 Add
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The TCPS Is Released

The TCPS Is Released

From: Protecting Research Confidentiality

Examines the release of the tri-council policy statement: ethical conduct for research involving human participants (TCPS). And how this would effect the ethics review process ; 6 $0.60 Add
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The United Kingdom:

The United Kingdom:

Assessment Without End... Amen

From: Counting Out The Scholars

Case Study of the United Kingdom and Performance Indicators in high educational institutions there ; 43 $4.30 Add
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The United States or, Back to the Future with Pis

The United States or, Back to the Future with Pis

From: Counting Out The Scholars

Case Study of the United States and Performance Indicators in high educational institutions there ; 26 $2.60 Add
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The University from the Inside-Out

The University from the Inside-Out

Thoughts of a Participant Observer

From: Degrees of Failure

This opening chapter looks broadly at the roots of the current higher-education mess, pointing out whose interests the current system supports, and the effects on students, teachers, parents, … 9 $0.90 Add
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Threats to Research Confidentiality

Threats to Research Confidentiality

From: Protecting Research Confidentiality

Examines the threats to research confidentiality currently being faced by academics through outlining the purpose of the book as a whole, lawful threats to research confidentiality, What is at … ; 14 $1.40 Add
Too Dumb for Democracy?

Too Dumb for Democracy?

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 … 256 View
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Toward a New Accountability

Toward a New Accountability

From: Counting Out The Scholars

we make practical recommendations for ways in which academics and other members of the public may deal with Pis. show alternatives to Pis, demonstrate how readily one could construct them, and … ; 27 $2.70 Add
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Transformation and Integration
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Transformation and Integration

From: Civilizing the State

Transformation and Integration considers what might happen to our economic and political systems in this time of great inequality, political polarity, and global environmental crisis, reflecting … 14 $1.40 Add
Turning the World Right-Side Up

Turning the World Right-Side Up

Science, Community and Democracy

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, … ; 240 View
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Turning the World Right-Side Up

Turning the World Right-Side Up

From: Turning the World Right-Side Up

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University Accountability on Trial

University Accountability on Trial

From: Protecting Research Confidentiality

Looks at a unversity being accoutable to defend the research it approves against legal challenges ; 8 $0.80 Add