Research & Theory
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| Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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From  NEW! IntroductionFrom: Civilizing the State |
The introduction outlines the world’s environmental, political, economic, social and public health contexts from which the book arises, and makes a call for transformative change based on … | John Restakis | 9 | 2021 | $0.90 Add |
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From  IntroductionFrom: Too Dumb for Democracy? |
The Introduction offers of reflection on how we have found ourselves in a messy world where we must make important decisions. The title of the book asks, “Are we too dumb for … | David Moscrop | 13 | 2019 | $1.30 Add |
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From  NEW! IntroductionA Warning From: Has Populism Won? |
The authors introduce the current context of populism and how the book will discuss authoritarian populism and it’s threat to liberal democracy. | Daniel Drache; Marc D. Froese | 10 | 2022 | $1.00 Add |
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From  NEW! Introduction – Democracy Between Revolution and WarFrom: Myths of Modern History |
The author introduces the book, discussing myths and mythologized history and the importance of teaching of teaching history and acknowledging bias. He also explores the history of democracy and … | Jacques R. Pauwels | 31 | 2022 | $3.10 Add |
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From  Introduction: A Fundamental Democratic Problem |
Overview of the authors’ argument that Canadian democracy has been undermined by the excess of power of the prime minister over the operations of the House of Commons. | Mark Jarvis; Peter Aucoin | 28 | 2011 | $2.80 Add |
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From  NEW! Introduction: Beyond the SilosToward a Social Justice Social Science From: Making Sense of Society |
In the introduction author Alex Khasnabish explains how the primary purpose of this book is to critically explore what social research is, what it does, and what it is and isn’t good for. … | Alex Khasnabish | 5 | 2022 | $0.50 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 1 The Social EnterpriseSet Up and Management From: Inner City Renovation |
- | Marty Donkervoort | 16 | 2013 | $1.60 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  Preface |
Provides an overivew of the topic of Research Confidentiality and the problem that academic researchers are not protected by law when it comes to assuring confidentiality to their participants, … | James L Turk | 7 | 2014 | $0.70 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  Preface & Introduction |
Outlines the arguments made in the book and why this book is important to the discussion going on | James L Turk; Jon Thompson | 18 | 2014 | $1.80 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. | 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  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  What is the Link Between Food and Finance?From: Speculative Harvests Agrarian Change & Peasant Studies |
- | Jennifer Clapp; S. Ryan Isakson | 28 | 2018 | $2.80 Add |
