Research & Theory
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From  Ethical DutiesFrom: Honest Politics Now |
Discusses ethical duties (trustees of public interest, impartiality, accountability) of elected politicians and other public officials as the basis for the more specific codes of ethical conduct … | Ian Greene | 23 | 2017 | $2.30 Add |
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From  Exploring Democracies in Venezuela, Bolivia and EcuadorVenezuela: New Experiments in Participatory Democracy From: Cuba and Its Neighbours |
- | Arnold August | 30 | 2013 | $3.30 Add |
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From  Good Sense & Statistics at War |
Outlines seven extended arguments about Pis: [1] Can Pis help build public post-secondary education? [2] Could and should Pis help make post-secondary education more "nimble" and … | Donald C. Savage; William Bruneau | 27 | 2002 | $2.70 Add |
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From  Institutional Autonomy and Academic Freedom in the Managed University |
Len Findlay looks broadly at the changing character of the contemporary university, and how university autonomy has become a threat to academic freedom rather than a means to ensure it. As … | Len Findlay | 16 | 2014 | $1.60 Add |
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From  Ogden’s Research on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide |
Beginning of their analysis of Russell Ogden’s case regarding the subpoena he received on his research into assisted suicide, looks at his history with Simon Fraser University’s … | John Lowman; Ted Palys | 11 | 2014 | $1.10 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  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 Financialization of Agricultural Risk ManagementFrom: Speculative Harvests Agrarian Change & Peasant Studies |
- | Jennifer Clapp; S. Ryan Isakson | 26 | 2018 | $2.60 Add |
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From  The Myths Used to Create and Justify 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 lists and debunks several myths that are used … | Angella MacEwen; Jonathan Gauvin | 16 | 2021 | $1.60 Add |
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From  NEW! The Road to the War Against DemocracyFrom: Myths of Modern History |
This chapter focuses on the First World War and the myth that this was an unexpected war triggered by an "accident;" rather, as the author explores, this war was wanted, expected, … | Jacques R. Pauwels | 29 | 2022 | $2.90 Add |
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From  When Conventions Fail: Constitutional Governance Without Clear Rules |
Discussion of uncertainty and disagreement over features of constitutional conventions, particularly prorogation, the confidence convention, and dissolution of a parliament. | Peter Aucoin | 36 | 2011 | $3.60 Add |
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From Academic Freedom and Professional StandardsA Case Study |
Matthew W. Finkin starts from the position, following the “1915 Declaration,” that “academic freedom is a professional liberty in the exercise of which the faculty member is … | Matthew W. Finkin | 29 | 2014 | $2.90 Add |
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From  NEW! Accountability in Ethnographic ResearchResearching the Making of White/Northern Subjects through Anti-Black Racism while Brown From: Unravelling Research |
In Chapter 4, Leila Angod builds on the work of Sherene Razack, a Canadian critical race scholar, and proposes an ethics of accountability defined as a commitment to recognize not only how … | Leila Angod | 21 | 2022 | $2.10 Add |
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From  Canadian Critical Race Litigation: Wedding Theory and PracticeCriminal and Constitutional Law: Canadian Critical Race Cases |
- | Carol A. Aylward | 64 | 1999 | $7.68 Add |
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From  NEW! Chapter 2Election-Related Promises Made in the 2015 Campaign by the Liberal Party, the Winner in the Election From: Anatomy of an Election |
A list of promises made during the Liberal parties 2015 campaign relating to how elections would be conducted in the future. | Gregory Tardi | 3 | 2020 | $0.30 Add |
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From NEW! Charismatic Big Men and the VolkPart I: The Big Lie From: Has Populism Won? |
This chapter focuses on the archetypes that can be found in modern populism including The First Citizen of the Empire, the National Defender, the Holy Crusader and the Conspirator-in-Chief. The … | Daniel Drache; Marc D. Froese | 25 | 2022 | $2.50 Add |
