Research & Theory
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From ![]() The Russel Ogden Decision Review |
Examines the decision review that was conducted by the university regarding Russell Ogden’s research, clearly accounts its methods and mandates | John Lowman; Ted Palys | 11 | 2014 | $1.10 Add |
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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 |
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From ![]() The Surprisingly Colourful History of Performance Indicators |
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 … | Donald C. Savage; William Bruneau | 35 | 2002 | $3.50 Add |
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From ![]() The Sword of Reason and the Power of the LawThe 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 … | Silver Donald Cameron | 7 | 2018 | $0.70 Add |
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From ![]() The TCPS Is Released |
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 | John Lowman; Ted Palys | 6 | 2014 | $0.60 Add |
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From ![]() The United Kingdom:Assessment Without End... Amen |
Case Study of the United Kingdom and Performance Indicators in high educational institutions there | Donald C. Savage; William Bruneau | 43 | 2002 | $4.30 Add |
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From ![]() The United States or, Back to the Future with Pis |
Case Study of the United States and Performance Indicators in high educational institutions there | Donald C. Savage; William Bruneau | 26 | 2002 | $2.60 Add |
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From ![]() The University from the Inside-OutThoughts 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, … | Randle W. Nelsen | 9 | 2017 | $0.90 Add |
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From ![]() Threats to 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 … | John Lowman; Ted Palys | 14 | 2014 | $1.40 Add |
![]() 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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From ![]() Toward a New Accountability |
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 … | Donald C. Savage; William Bruneau | 27 | 2002 | $2.70 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Transformation and IntegrationFrom: 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 … | John Restakis | 14 | 2021 | $1.40 Add |
![]() Turning the World Right-Side UpScience, 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, … | John Kearney; Patrick Kerans | 240 | 2006 | View |
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From ![]() Turning the World Right-Side Up |
John Kearney; Patrick Kerans | 6 | 2006 | $0.60 Add | |
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From ![]() Universities in Canadian SocietyFrom: Campus Confidential |
A complete analysis of the role of universities in Canadian Society separated as such: 73 There’s a New Quiet Revolution in Quebec 74 Academic Freedom Is Endangered by Neglect 75 Language … | Bill Morrison; Ken S. Coates | 66 | 2013 | $6.60 Add |
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From ![]() University Accountability on Trial |
Looks at a unversity being accoutable to defend the research it approves against legal challenges | John Lowman; Ted Palys | 8 | 2014 | $0.80 Add |












