Research & Theory

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Closing Tax Loopholes

Closing Tax Loopholes

From: Share the Wealth!

Readings in part 2 of this title explore potential solutions to income inequality in Canada. This chapter lists tax loopholes in Canada and how they can be closed including special treatment for … ; 16 $1.60 Add
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Complexity Regained

Complexity Regained

From: Turning the World Right-Side Up

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Conclusion

Conclusion

Towards better political decisions-and then what?

From: Too Dumb for Democracy?

In the Conclusion, the author reflects on his hopes for the book. In this century, we face the threats of climate change and the disasters that flow from it — such as flooding, drought, … 7 $0.70 Add
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Conclusion

Conclusion

From: Canadian Critical Race Theory

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Conclusion - Capitalism and Democracy, Not a Love Story
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Conclusion – Capitalism and Democracy, Not a Love Story

From: Myths of Modern History

The author explores the fraught relationship between capitalism and democracy. 30 $3.00 Add
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Conclusion: Reforming Responsible Government

Conclusion: Reforming Responsible Government

From: Democratizing the Constitution

Outline of proposals for reforming responsible government to democratize the Canadian constitution by controlling the executive powers of the prime minister. 51 $5.10 Add
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Consumerism and Democracy

Consumerism and Democracy

From: Turning the World Right-Side Up

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Could the Hungarian Revolution Have Succeeded in 1956? Myths, Legends, and Illusions

Could the Hungarian Revolution Have Succeeded in 1956? Myths, Legends, and Illusions

From: The 1956 Hungarian Revolution

Whether it could have been otherwise is the most frequent and poignant question for contemporaries and posterity alike when a revolution or an uprising has failed. Was defeat inevitable, or might … 21 $2.73 Add
Counting Out The Scholars

Counting Out The Scholars

The Case Against Performance Indicators in Higher Education

Canada’s universities have lost their autonomy. Under the guise of accountability, reformers from government and large corporations have undermined the original purposes of these … 274 View
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Critical Race Theory

Critical Race Theory

The Birth of A Theory

From: Canadian Critical Race Theory

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Crossing the carbon divide

Crossing the carbon divide

From: Oil’s Deep State

Former Alberta opposition leader Kevin Taft provides an overview of the arguments presented in previous chapters outling the oil industry’s hold on democratic institutions and concludes … 14 $1.40 Add
Cuba and Its Neighbours

Cuba and Its Neighbours

Democracy in Motion

In this groundbreaking book, Arnold August explores Cuba’s unique form of democracy, presenting a detailed and balanced analysis of Cuba’s electoral process and the state’s … 285 View
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Darkness at Noon
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Darkness at Noon

Part II: The Insurgency

From: Has Populism Won?

The authors conclude with four lessons that have come from the global insurgency of the populist movement and how the movement has impacted democratic politics. The authors discuss the success of … ; 24 $2.40 Add
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Deciding in democracies

Deciding in democracies

The long road to self-government

From: Too Dumb for Democracy?

Chapter Two explores the context in which we make good or bad political decisions. You cannot separate a decision from the time and place in which it is made. Our personalities and brains, our … 26 $2.60 Add
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Defending Research Participants

Defending Research Participants

From: Protecting Research Confidentiality

An Introduction to understand evidentiary Priviledge, statutory priviledgem priviledge in common law and how it is decided on a case by case basis (wigmore criteria), looks at Ogden’s … ; 13 $1.30 Add
Degrees of Failure

Degrees of Failure

University Education in Decline

In Degrees of Failure, Randle Nelsen brings together such diverse topics as campus parking, college sports, helicopter parents, edu-business as edu-tainment, and technology in teaching to show … 152 View