2009

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Overview of Voting Behaviour Theories

From: Election

Examination of forces affecting voting behaviour according to the main theoretical pillars of voting research, particularly mobilization of constituents to vote and conversion of supporters of … 29 $2.90 Add
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Part 1 The Myth of Merit  The Mythical Meritocracy, or Is the Best Candidate Ever Simply the Best?

Part 1 The Myth of Merit The Mythical Meritocracy, or Is the Best Candidate Ever Simply the Best?

From: You Must Be a Basketball Player

This chapter debunks the myth of the meritocracy, the idea that employers should simply seek out the most qualified applicant for the position. This practice still results in people of colour … 12 $1.20 Add
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Part 11 Beyond the Myth of Merit  The Problems of Being an Only

Part 11 Beyond the Myth of Merit The Problems of Being an Only

From: You Must Be a Basketball Player

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Party Politics in British Columbia: The Persistence of Polarization

Party Politics in British Columbia: The Persistence of Polarization

From: British Columbia Politics and Government

Analysis of the role of ideological and class-based distinctions as organizing principles in BC party politics at both the provincial and federal level. 21 $2.10 Add
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Patterns of Party Identification in Canada

From: Election

Analysis of election research to support an argument that a substantial portion of the Canadian electorate holds enduring party allegiances and that such partisanship plays an important role in … ; ; 16 $1.60 Add
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Peoples of the Anaconda

Peoples of the Anaconda

From: The Wayfinders

From The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World 37 $3.70 Add
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Place Making and Place Taking: Cultural Policy in BC

Place Making and Place Taking: Cultural Policy in BC

From: British Columbia Politics and Government

Assessment of BC cultural policy in support of an argument that it consists of a "place-based" approach characterized by regional politics. 22 $2.20 Add
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Plans to Conciliate the Beothuk

Plans to Conciliate the Beothuk

From: The Beothuk

This chapter explorers how the colonial government in Newfoundland interacted with the Beothuk around the turn of the 19th century. 4 $0.40 Add
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Playing Games With the Law

Playing Games With the Law

Legal Advocacy and Resistance

From: Victim No More

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Politices and Policies

Politices and Policies

From: About Canada: Childcare

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Polling as Modern Alchemy: Measuring Public Opinion in Canadian Elections

From: Election

Examination of the process of public opinion polling, with an emphasis on how it is practised in modern Canadian elections. 19 $1.90 Add
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Preface

Preface

From: Breaking the Word Barrier

Preface by authors Marilyn Lerch and Peter Sawyer. ; 2 $0.20 Add
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Prehistory

Prehistory

From: The Beothuk

This chapter investigates the prehistory of the Beothuk: When and how they first arrived in Newfoundland and the archaeological evidence discovered at numerous sites around the island. 4 $0.40 Add
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Public Opinion About Surveillance in Post 9/11 Alberta

Public Opinion About Surveillance in Post 9/11 Alberta

Trading Privacy for Security?

From: Anti-Terrorism

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Reading for Love

Reading for Love

From: Breaking the Word Barrier

Kathie Goggin recounts the story of Bev. The story discusses his family’s illiteracy, challenges in school, being experienced for jobs but not qualified as he could not past tests, his … 5 $0.50 Add
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Reading Is Magic

Reading Is Magic

From: Breaking the Word Barrier

Forward from Lieutenant-Governor Herménégilde Chiasson. 4 $0.40 Add