Class, Inequality & Oppression

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The World Unmasked

From: Civilizing the State

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The World Unmasked takes a look at what was learned about governance, the role of the state, our cultural values and differences during the COVID-19 pandemic. 18 $1.80 Add
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Well-Being Impact Investing

From: An Economy of Well-Being

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* Virtuous Financial Leadership * Lintel Capital LLC: Investment for Good * Well-Being Impact Investment Funds * And the Times, They are a-Changin’ 9 $0.90 Add
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Why Do Economic Inequalities Matter?

From: The Age of Increasing Inequality

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Faster economic growth is not a feasible solution for Canada’s problem of increasing inequality. But although technological change will create new problems of job destruction, it also … 20 $2.00 Add
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A New Model of Care

From: Beyond Shelters

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Describes how the Mustard Seed in Calgary is building its own capacity to move homeless people into the community at scale. Examines the organization’s Wellness Centre as emblematic of its … 17 $1.70 Add
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A Provocation to Freedom

From: The Case for Basic Income

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In the concluding chapter, the authors reconsider what counts as work, with an emphasis on the importance of care work. ; ; 7 $0.70 Add
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Appendices

From: Tipping Point for Advanced Capitalism

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Livingstone reviews some of the surveys discussed in previous chapters. 6 $0.60 Add
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Canadian Mining in Burkina Faso: Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining Delegitimation as Structural Displacement

Part Two: Dispossession Abroad

From: Capitalism and Dispossession

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In Chapter 10, authors W.R. Nadège Compaoré and Tongnoma Zongo take a critical look at the Canadian mining industry in Burkina Faso. The chapter explores topics including Canadian … ; 20 $2.00 Add
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Cutting the Lifeline

Shuttering the Saskatchewan Transportation Company

From: Divided

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This chapter explores the rise and dissolution of the Saskatchewan Transportation Company, a popular Crown corporation that provided province-wide transportation and parcel services. ; 12 $1.20 Add
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Decolonizing Urban Education

From: Decolonizing Equity

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In chapter 6, Roland Sintos Coloma draws on insight from the field of Ethnic Studies to explore the following components: outlining the elusive task of defining urban; delineating three … 24 $2.40 Add
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Digitally Mediated Moral Panics

On the Changing Nature of Claims Making, Audience Engagement, and Social Regulation

From: Critical Perspectives on Social Control and Social Regulation in Canada

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Moral Panics for Multi-Mediated Social Worlds – Moral Panics and Media Logic – Moral Panics and Digital Media Logic – Conclusion – Discussion Questions – Recommended … 23 $2.30 Add
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Diversity as the Fall Guy

When Adaptations Go Awry

From: Experiencing Difference

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Inequality of Wealth and Income

From: How Societies Work

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New Forms of Organizing

From: Essential Work Disposable Workers

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This chapter describes how worker centres emerged as a new model of organizing migrant workers in response to the sweeping global economic transformations of neoliberalism, described in the first … 19 $1.90 Add
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Oppression: Redistributive Politics and Public Policy

From: Oppression

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This chapter examines how public policies — in particular spending by governments on social and health programs — can lead to oppressive practices and conditions. 19 $1.90 Add
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Rites of Passage

Self Formation in Liminal Space

From: The Power Manual

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Rites of Passage, highlights Victor Turner’s thinking on liminality, the space of transformation, the ritual of transitioning from one state to another. One leaves behind previous … 8 $0.80 Add