Class, Inequality & Oppression
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From  "Make the Energy Sector Great Again"Extractive Populism in Saskatchewan From: Divided |
In this chapter, the authors explore the phenomenon of "extractive populism," which has become dominant in Western Canada. They suggest that the Saskatchewan government — under … | Emily Eaton; Simon Enoch | 13 | 2021 | $1.30 Add |
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From  NEW! 3. Gentrification is about Taste |
Chapter 3 focuses on how gentrification develops cultural capital or cultural power that feeds the continued gentrification of urban spaces. Topics discussed include the Cereal Killer Café … | Leslie Kern | 23 | 2022 | $2.30 Add |
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From  A Good Dose of Materialism Helps a Bad Case of AffluenzaFrom: Curing Affluenza |
Chapter 2 examines our current culture of convenience, discussing topics including consuming and producing, credit cards and credit card debt, consumerism (the love of buying things) verses … | Richard Denniss | 27 | 2018 | $2.70 Add |
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From  NEW! A Good Idea Goes Viral |
This chapter highlights the disparate impacts of COVID-19 on low-wage "essential" workers, racialized populations, and women; the pandemic revealed that many Canadians suffer from … | Dr. Danielle Martin; Elaine Power; Jamie Swift | 30 | 2021 | $3.00 Add |
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From  A Roadmap to Well-BeingFrom: An Economy of Well-Being |
* Can Well-Being Be Measured? * The Science of Well-Being: What We Measure Affects What We Do * Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs and an Indigenous Model of Well-Being * The Util: Measuring Real … | Mark Anielski | 26 | 2018 | $2.60 Add |
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From  NEW! Chapter 2Class-Based Contempt – Red With Shame From: Beyond Contempt |
In this chapter the author discusses how classism has become an integral component of modern partisan politics, with conservatives appealing to working class voters and painting liberals as … | Erica Etelson | 30 | 2020 | $3.00 Add |
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From  NEW! Chapter 2: The ResponseFrom: The Killer's Henchman |
The author discusses the response to Covid-19 with particularly attention to the United States and China. Topics include vaccines, public health and social measures, the approaches of countries … | Stephen Gowans | 36 | 2022 | $3.60 Add |
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From  NEW! Civil Power and the New LegitimacyFrom: Civilizing the State |
In Civil Power and the New Legitimacy, the author first looks at the origins of civil power, mass mobilizations and civil society, starting in ancient Greece. He also considers the connection … | John Restakis | 17 | 2021 | $1.70 Add |
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From  NEW! Consensus PerspectivesClassical Notes on Norms, Deviance, and Identity From: Critical Perspectives on Social Control and Social Regulation in Canada |
Durkheim on Mechanical Solidarity, the Collective Conscience, and Social Facts – Durkheim’s Influence: Strain and Social Control Theories – Social Control Theory: Social Bonds … | Mitch D. Daschuk | 20 | 2020 | $2.00 Add |
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From  Culture, Society, and HistoryFrom: How Societies Work |
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From  NEW! Doing Social ResearchIntentionally Exploring Social Life From: Making Sense of Society |
In Chapter 2, Khasnabish examines the process of how social research is conducted by anthropologists, sociologists, and practitioners in other related disciplines and the problems that can arise … | Alex Khasnabish | 39 | 2022 | $3.90 Add |
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From  NEW! Domicide in the Liveable CityFrom: Resisting Eviction |
In this chapter, Crosby explores urban liveability and domicide, identifying liveability as an ideological discourse of urban improvement that is mobilized alongside gentrification efforts to … | Andrew Crosby | 11 | 2023 | $1.10 Add |
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From  NEW! How to Have Amazing Sex (And Become Your Best Self in the Process)From: Decolonize Self-Care |
Chapter 1 discussed women’s work, the gendered origins of multitasking, as well as sex as self-care. The authors detailed the idea that women are inherently prone to multitasking, therefore … | Alyson K. Spurgas; Zoë Meleo-Erwin | 43 | 2023 | $4.30 Add |
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From  Interaction PatternsPatterns of Domination and Patterns of Resistance From: The Power Manual |
Interaction Patterns, highlights the thinking of Audre Lorde, Roland Barthes, and Franz Fanon. Lorde identified difference as the key factor that triggers power dynamics, or unequal interactions. … | Cyndi Suarez | 9 | 2018 | $0.90 Add |
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From  Keeping Global Capitalism Afloat |
This chapter examines how remittances play a crucial role within global capitalism. Remittances reinforce a pattern of migration from the Global South to the North, increasingly necessary for … | Mostafa Henaway | 9 | 2012 | $0.90 Add |
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From  Mapping the Welfare Surveillance ApparatusFrom: Ineligble |
This chapter is primarily descriptive, drawing on content analysis the author conducted on the Ontario Works Act, 1997 regulations and directives, as well as informal and formal interviews with … | Krys Maki | 21 | 2021 | $2.10 Add |
