2007

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Bounded Citizenship and the Meaning of Citizenship Laws: Ireland’s Citizenship Referendum

From: Managing Diversity

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Different conceptions of political community favour different constellations of citizenship laws. Although most states in practice combine elements of these, they may also incline towards one or … 26 $3.12 Add
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Exploring Proportional Representation

From: The Politics of Voting

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Examination of alternatives to the current voting system and why a proportional representation system is preferred to non-proportional systems as a replacement. 26 $2.60 Add
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Memories of Africville

Urban Renewal, Reparations, and the Africadian Diaspora

From: Black Geographies

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The field of historic preservation and conservation in the Americas is ill equipped to deal with the complex history of forced removal. Community-based demands placed on restorative justice … 15 $1.50 Add
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Nation

Part II: A History of Seed Politics in Canada

From: Good Crop / Bad Crop

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Chapter 4 examines the connection between the agriculture, particularly wheat production, and the development of the Canadian nation, the prairie provinces, the genetics of red fife, cross … 20 $2.00 Add
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Parallel Education Systems

The Classes of 1963-1974

From: Learning to Leave

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Putting on the Ritz

Hotels and Other Homes Away from Home

From: Wanderlust

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Chapter Four focuses on hotels, inns, and other homes one uses while traveling. The chapter explores the history of hotels dating back to 1500 BC in Crete, to Roman Villa’s, Middle Eastern … 29 $2.90 Add
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Social Capital and Local Development

A New Paradigm?

From: Illusion or Opportunity

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The Douglas Legacy and the Future of Medicare

From: Medicare

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Discusses Tommy Douglas’s lasting legacy as a political leader through his introduction of universal health care ; 8 $0.80 Add
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The Institutional Framework in Times of Emergency

From: National Security Law

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Discusses the institutional framework for national security in times of emergency, focusing on the impact of a state of emergency on the rule of law, emergency powers and international law, … 24 $2.40 Add
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The Shadow Side

From: Payback

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Payback is not a book about practical debt management or high finance, although it does touch upon these subjects. Rather, it is an investigation into the idea of debt as an ancient and central … 41 $4.92 Add
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Towards an Economic Theory of Community Economic Development

From: Transforming or Reforming Capitalism

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Translating the Canadian Short Story into German

From: Translating Canada

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While paying attention to economic and marketing strategies in connection with literary and cultural factors for the translation of Canadian short stories into German, I base this chapter on six … 26 $2.60 Add
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What Is the Construct? The Dialectic of Abilities and Contexts in Defining Constructs in Language Assessment

From: Language Testing Reconsidered

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Understanding the roles of abilities and contexts, and the interactions between these as they affect performance on language assessment tasks, has remained a persistent problem in language … 31 $3.10 Add
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“Freedom Is a Secret”

The Future Usability of the Underground

From: Black Geographies

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This chapter explores the Underground Railroad as it is presented in Harriet’s Daughter and consider the ways in which Marlene Nourbese Philip imagines “the political currents of … 18 $1.80 Add
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Assessing Academic English Language Proficiency: 40+ years of U.K. Language Tests

From: Language Testing Reconsidered

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The paper offers an explanatory account of the progress of academic language proficiency testing in the U.K. (and later Australia) from the British Council’s English Proficiency Test … 14 $1.40 Add
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Bad Government, Good Governance

From: Illusion or Opportunity

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