2004

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
Calculated Kindness Global Restructuring, Immigration and Settlement in Canada Fernwood Publishing	It has often been the perception that Northern states admit immigrants out of generosity, offering security and shelter to people forced from their own countries because of political and economic …	Rose Baaba Folson	166	2004	View
From Canadian Citizenship and Multiculturalism From: From Subjects to Citizens View University of Ottawa Press	Canadian multiculturalism has been seen in the 1990s as undermining Canadian unity and that the federal government was brought to modify the main orientations of its multiculturalism policy. …	Francois Houle	12	2004	$1.20 Add
From Canadian Culture and Canadian Identity From: From Subjects to Citizens View University of Ottawa Press	Culture, whether we think in terms of the visual arts or literature or music, may have its roots in the community but today it finds its audience outside that community – via television, …	James R. Mitchell	8	2004	$0.80 Add
From Canadian Human Rights Mechanisms From: International Human Rights Law View Irwin Law Inc.	Discusses Canadian human rights mechanism, which includes judicial mechanisms, anti-discrimination mechanisms, investigative mechanisms, political mechanisms, labour law mechanisms, refugee …	Gibran van Ert; Mark Freeman	35	2004	$3.50 Add
From Challenges Confronting African Immigrant Women in the Canadian Workforce From: Anti-Racist Feminism View Fernwood Publishing	This chapter discusses the economic, social, and cultural burden placed on recent immigrants from Africa and how that burden is placed disproportionately on women.	Patience Elabor-Idemudia	20	2004	$3.20 Add
From Chapter 1 A Disorder without a Name From: Somebodies and Nobodies View New Society Publishers	Explores prejudice of society and the barriers created by the various "isms." Posits that -isms are the symptoms of the darker disease of "rankism."	Robert W. Fuller	11	2004	$1.10 Add
From Chapter 2 Uses and Abuses of Rank From: Somebodies and Nobodies View New Society Publishers	What rankism looks like and how pervasive it is in society. The psyche of bullying has its roots in rankism and creates an endless cycle of "kicking the dog."	Robert W. Fuller	12	2004	$1.20 Add
From Chapter 3 The Toll of Rank Abuse From: Somebodies and Nobodies View New Society Publishers	The pervasiveness of rankism in history and society’s resistance to foundational change and growth. Problems with trying to subvert rank without abolishing rank are discussed.	Robert W. Fuller	19	2004	$1.90 Add
From Chapter 4 The Hunger for Recognition From: Somebodies and Nobodies View New Society Publishers	Humanity’s relentless pursuit to answer the question "who am I?" The constant drive to be Somebody and the fear of being Nobody are used to address the inner tumult of craving …	Robert W. Fuller	15	2004	$1.50 Add
From Chapter 5 The Somebody Mystique From: Somebodies and Nobodies View New Society Publishers	Understanding the power of consensus, the tenacity of status quo, and the draw of belonging as the enemy of change and dismantling rank. Explores the human want for belonging and acceptance, and …	Robert W. Fuller	15	2004	$1.50 Add
From Chapter 6 Deconstructing the Somebody Mystique From: Somebodies and Nobodies View New Society Publishers	Dispelling the somebody mystique will require the creation of a new understanding of somebodies. Just as we are weaned from our parents, so must we demystify our idols if we are to realize …	Robert W. Fuller	16	2004	$1.60 Add
From Chapter 7 The Quest for Dignity From: Somebodies and Nobodies View New Society Publishers	Indignity signals an abuse of power—or put the other way round, the abuse of power is incompatible with the principle of inviolate human dignity. Rooting out rankism therefore represents an …	Robert W. Fuller	12	2004	$1.20 Add
From Chapter 8 The Anatomy of Disrespect From: Somebodies and Nobodies View New Society Publishers	Dissects rank relationships, the power, and respect imbalance between individuals in various settings. Extols the importance of naming, identifying, and understanding rankism as it exists in …	Robert W. Fuller	34	2004	$3.40 Add
From Chapter 9 The Nobody Revolution: Overcoming Rankism From: Somebodies and Nobodies View New Society Publishers	The fundamental human truth with which non-rankist governance structures must conform in that dignity is not negotiable. Rank and dignity are independent in principle and must be disconnected in …	Robert W. Fuller	16	2004	$1.60 Add
From Children and the Concept of Harm From: Beyond Criminology View Fernwood Publishing		Roy Parker	18	2004	$1.80 Add
From Chronology of Hydrofoil Development From: Fastest in the World View Formac Publishing	A timeline of innovations and events related to hydrofoil development.	John Boileau	2	2004	$0.20 Add