Class, Inequality & Oppression
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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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![]() An Economy of Well-BeingCommon-sense tools for building genuine wealth and happiness |
In the face of political, financial, and environmental upheaval, it’s difficult to slow down and build lives of mindfulness and joy. These things are within reach, but how can we go about … | Mark Anielski | 242 | 2018 | View |
![]() Beyond SheltersSolutions to Homelessness in Canada from the Front Lines |
This book offers essays by experienced shelter managers who address the future of the homeless shelter in Canada. This diverse collection includes contributions by leaders in the homelessness … | 256 | View | ||
![]() Black CopMy 36 years in police work, and my career-ending experiences with official racism |
Calvin Lawrence became a cop at age twenty. He was recruited by the Halifax police department at a time of heightened racial tension in the city. From the start, some fellow African Canadians … | Calvin Lawrence; Miles Howe | 272 | 2019 | View |
![]() Critical Perspectives on Social Control and Social Regulation in Canada |
How does social regulation shape who is “deviant” and who is “normal”? Critical Perspectives on Social Control and Social Regulation in Canada is an introduction to the … | Carolyn Brooks; James Popham; Mitch D. Daschuk | 512 | 2020 | View |
![]() Decolonizing AcademiaPoverty, Oppression, and Pain |
Poetic, confrontational and radical, Decolonizing Academia speaks to those who have been taught to doubt themselves because of the politics of censorship, violence and silence that sustain the … | Clelia O. Rodríguez | 148 | 2019 | View |
![]() Experiencing Difference |
Difference is a fundamental aspect of our human existence. This anthology emerges from the editor’s attempts to navigate the complex, variable and unpredictable materiality of difference. … | Carl E. James | 333 | 2012 | View |
![]() Health and WealthHow Social and Economic Factors Affect Our Well-Being |
This book looks at the well-known link between social equality and the health and well-being of a country’s population, with a Canadian perspective and using Canadian data. As of 1999, when … | 136 | View | ||
![]() How Societies WorkClass, Power, and Change |
In 2011, protesters around the world – including Canada – called for changes to the societies in which they live. Many observers were asking: “What do they want?” Some … | Joanne Naiman | 367 | 2012 | View |
![]() Resistance and RenewalSurviving the Indian Residential School |
One of the first books published to deal with the phenomenon of residential schools in Canada, Resistance and Renewal is a disturbing collection of Native perspectives on the Kamloops Indian … | Celia Haig-Brown | 172 | 1988 | View |
![]() Ruling CanadaCorporate Cohesion and Democracy |
Ruling Canada critically examines Canada’s “economic elite”–a collection of the country’s richest and most powerful individuals, many of whom preside over … | Jamie Brownlee | 168 | 2005 | View |
![]() Social InclusionCanadian Perspectives |
How is the concept of social inclusion evolving in policy terms? Are we moving toward a common understanding or definition? What does social inclusion mean for issues like poverty and the growing … | Anver Saloojee; Ted Richmond | 264 | 2005 | View |
![]() The Age of Increasing InequalityThe Astonishing Rise of Canada's 1% |
For 35 years, Canada has become vastly wealthier, but most people have not. This book documents the dramatic and rapid growth in inequality. It identifies the causes. It proposes meaningful steps … | Lars Osberg | 248 | 2018 | View |
![]() The Dictionary of HomophobiaA Global History of Gay & Lesbian Experience |
Based on the work of seventy researchers in fifteen countries, The Dictionary of Homophobia is a mammoth, encyclopedic book that documents the history of homosexuality, and various … | Louis-Georges Tin | 496 | 2008 | View |
![]() The Imaginary Indian, 1st EditionThe Image of the Indian in Canadian Culture |
First published in 1992, The Imaginary Indian is a revealing history of the "Indian" image mythologized by popular Canadian culture since 1850, propagating stereotypes that exist to … | Daniel Francis | 284 | 1992 | View |
![]() The Imaginary Indian, 2nd EditionThe Image of the Indian in Canadian Culture |
First published in 1992, The Imaginary Indian is a revealing history of the “Indian” image mythologized by popular Canadian culture since 1850, propagating stereotypes that exist to … | Daniel Francis | 284 | 1992 | View |
![]() The Power ManualHow to Master Complex Power Dynamics |
Liberate yourself by understanding and mastering power dynamics All social relations are laden with power. Getting out from under dominant power relations and mastering power dynamics is perhaps … | Cyndi Suarez | 195 | 2018 | View |