Research & Theory

Showing 49–64 of 310 results

Title & Subtitle Abstract Contributors Pages Year Purchase
From

A Student’s Guide to University

From: Campus Confidential

Preview

Focuses on what it means to be a student in university divided into the following: 1 University Isn’t for Everyone 2 Should Tuition Be Free? 3 Consider the Skilled Trades 4 University … ; 22 $2.20 Add
From

Address to the Electors of Terrebonne

From: Essential Readings in Canadian Government and Politics, 2nd Edition

Preview

Text of 1840 speech by Louis-Hyppolyte Fontaine promoting responsible government. ; ; 4 $0.40 Add
From

And Economy that Works – For the Wealthy

From: Share the Wealth!

Preview

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 discusses the current degree of income … ; 19 $1.90 Add
From
NEW!

Becoming Human

Diversity and Evolution

From: Making Sense of Society

Preview

In Chapter 1, Khasnabish and co-author Anthony Davis explore what it means to be human, teasing out the interconnected relationship between our biological and social evolutions. The chapter … 26 $2.60 Add
From

Critical Race Theory

The Birth of A Theory

From: Canadian Critical Race Theory

Preview

- 33 $3.96 Add
From

Democracy in the U.S.

From: Cuba and Its Neighbours

Preview

- 31 $3.41 Add
From

Ethics and the Principles of Democracy

From: Honest Politics Now

Preview

Discusses how ethical politics is a requirement for genuinely democratic government. 28 $2.80 Add
From

Inequality and Democracy

From: Turning the World Right-Side Up

Preview

- ; 9 $0.90 Add
From
NEW!

Latina Knowledge Production and the Ethics of Ambiguity

From: Unravelling Research

Preview

In Chapter 2, authors Vannina Sztainbok and Lorena M. Gajardo examine the ethics of ambiguity when engaging in research within the geopolitical structures that continue to rely on the … ; 24 $2.40 Add
From

On the Research Journey

From: Research is Ceremony

Preview

- 21 $2.10 Add
From
NEW!

Preface

From: Anatomy of an Election

Preview

A brief overview of the origins and major component elements of the federal electoral system. 11 $1.10 Add
From

Professors Beware:

The Evolving Threat of “Institutional” Academic Freedom

From: Academic Freedom in Conflict

Preview

Constitutional scholar David Rabban examines the increasing prominence of the concept of “institutional academic freedom” in American constitutional law and its implications. He … 30 $3.00 Add
From

Public matters, grey matter

The brain and decision-making

From: Too Dumb for Democracy?

Preview

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 … 30 $3.00 Add
From

Responsible Government: Theory and Practice

From: Democratizing the Constitution

Preview

Historical review of responsible government in Canada in support of an argument that the current situation is in need of reform. 45 $4.50 Add
From

Speculating on Commodities

From: Speculative Harvests Agrarian Change & Peasant Studies

Preview

- ; 27 $2.70 Add
From
NEW!

The French Revolution

From: Myths of Modern History

Preview

The book begins with the myth of the French Revolution, the “original catastrophe” (Urkatastrofe, to use a term coined by German historians) of modern history, and the wars that … 34 $3.40 Add