Sociology & Anthropology

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Poverty and Health

Poverty and Health

“I’m One Stumble from the Street”

From: Persistent Poverty

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Poverty and Inequality
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Poverty and Inequality

From: The Scandalous Rise of Inequality in Canada

In this chapter, the author details how incomes at the bottom of the income distribution scale have dramatically eroded in Canada in recent years. 29 $2.90 Add
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Poverty, Death and Disease

Poverty, Death and Disease

From: Beyond Criminology

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Poverty, Inequality and Social Inclusion

Poverty, Inequality and Social Inclusion

From: Social Inclusion

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Poverty Makes Us Sick

Poverty Makes Us Sick

From: Persistent Poverty

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Power

Power

Limits and Prospects for Human Survival

Weaving together findings from a wide range of disciplines, Power traces how four key elements developed to give humans extraordinary power: tool making ability, language, social complexity, and … 416 View
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Power and Belonging
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Power and Belonging

From: Reclaiming Canadian Sovereignty in a Ruptured World

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Power and Order

Power and Order

Inequality, Injustice, and Paths Beyond

From: Making Sense of Society

In Chapter 8, Khasnabish concludes the book by taking a critical look at the way our social relations and institutions are structured and how they are deeply shaped by prevailing power dynamics. … 24 $2.40 Add
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Power beyond Account

Power beyond Account

Saskatchewan Child Welfare versus Human Dignity

From: Divided

This chapter explores the "ugly truths" about child welfare in Saskatchewan, where The Ministry of Social Services is "obsessed with its power, run by bureaucrats who refuse to … 15 $1.50 Add
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Power in Nature

Power in Nature

From Mitochondria to Emotion and Deception

From: Power

In this chapter, the author takes a look at some of the powers that arose in living things long before humans emerged. 46 $4.60 Add
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Power in the Anthropocene

Power in the Anthropocene

The Wonderful World of Fossil Fuels

From: Power

This chapter details forms of fossil fuel power such as coal, oil, and gas. Heinberg suggests that through the development and exercise of these fossil fuel powers, we have changed not only the … 46 $4.60 Add
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Power in the Holocene

Power in the Holocene

The Rise of Social Inequality

From: Power

In this chapter, Heinberg explores physical as well as social power, as well as the ways in which humans have obtained power over each other, including warfare, predation, the wealth pump, state … 67 $6.70 Add
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Power in the Pleistocene

Power in the Pleistocene

On Spears, Fires, Furs, Words, and Flutes - And Why Men Are Such Power-Hogs

From: Power

This chapter describes prehistoric forms of human power, including stone tools, fire, animal skins, and language. 43 $4.30 Add
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Power Protects Itself
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Power Protects Itself

Part 1. Who Gets to Lead?

From: Women Winning Office

In Power Protects Itself Nash explores some of the many barriers women face when entering politics. A few of the barriers examined in the chapter include systemic biases, Westminster … 6 $0.60 Add
Power Shift

Power Shift

The Longest Revolution

Bestselling author, journalist, and human rights activist Sally Armstrong argues that humankind requires the equal status of women and girls. The facts are indisputable. When women get even a bit … 330 View
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Powerless and Powerful Identities

Powerless and Powerful Identities

Hegemony and Supreme Power

From: The Power Manual

Powerless and Powerful Identities, explores the space between Gramsci’s hegemony, the idea that the very acceptance of power as dominance renders one powerless, and the philosophy of … 11 $1.10 Add