Class, Inequality & Oppression

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
An Economy of Well-Being Common-sense tools for building genuine wealth and happiness New Society Publishers	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 Shelters Solutions 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 Cop My 36 years in police work, and my career-ending experiences with official racism James Lorimer and Company	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
NEW! Border and Rule Migration, Capitalism, and the Rise of Racist Nationalism Fernwood Publishing	In Border and Rule, one of North America’s foremost thinkers and immigrant rights organizers delivers an unflinching examination of migration as a pillar of global governance and gendered …	Harsha Walia	320	2021	View
NEW! Capitalism and Dispossession Corporate Canada at Home and Abroad Fernwood Publishing	This edited collection brings together a broad range of case studies to highlight the role of Canadian corporations in producing, deepening and exacerbating conditions of dispossession both at …	David P. Thomas; Veldon Coburn	289	2022	View
Cops, Crime and Capitalism The Law-and-Order Agenda in Canada Fernwood Publishing	Framed within a Marxist class analysis that highlights the way in which state power and capitalist social relations are racialized and gendered, Gordon’s study locates law and order …	Todd Gordon	175	2006	View
NEW! Critical Perspectives on Social Control and Social Regulation in Canada Fernwood Publishing	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
Curing Affluenza How to Buy Less Stuff and Save the World Between The Lines	Affluenza has not just changed the world, it has also changed the way we see the world. Short of money? Borrow some. Caught in the rain? Buy an umbrella. Thirsty? Buy a bottle of water and throw …	Richard Denniss	288	2018	View
Decolonizing Academia Poverty, Oppression, and Pain Fernwood Publishing	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
NEW! Decolonizing Equity Fernwood Publishing	Institutions everywhere seem to be increasingly aware of their roles in settler colonialism and anti-Black racism. As such, many racialized workers find themselves tasked with developing equity …	Billie Allan; OmiSoore Dryden; V.C. Rhonda Hackett	225	2022	View
NEW! Divided Populism, Polarization, and Power in the New Saskatchewan Fernwood Publishing	Divided looks at the last fifteen years in Saskatchewan, during which time the Saskatchewan Party government sought to reforge the province’s image into the New Saskatchewan: brash, …	Cora Sellers; JoAnn Jaffe; Patricia W. Elliot	352	2021	View
Experiencing Difference Fernwood Publishing	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
NEW! Fight to Win Inside Poor People’s Organizing Fernwood Publishing	AJ Withers draws on their own experiences as an organizer, extensive interviews with the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP) activists and Toronto bureaucrats, and freedom of information …	A. J. Withers	305	2021	View
Health and Wealth How 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 Work Class, Power, and Change Fernwood Publishing	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
NEW! Ineligble Single Mothers Under Welfare Surveillance Fernwood Publishing	While the poor have always been monitored and surveilled by the state when seeking financial support, the methods, techniques, and capacity for surveillance within and across government …	Krys Maki	224	2021	View