2018
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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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![]() Critical Development Studies: An Introduction |
Development studies is typically used by agencies concerned on improving the living conditions of people across the world by advancing capitalism as the institutional and policy framework of the … | Henry Veltmeyer; Raúl Delgado Wise | 190 | 2018 | View |
![]() Curing AffluenzaHow to Buy Less Stuff and Save the World |
Affluenza has not just changed the world, it has also changed the way we see the world. Short of money? Borrow some. Caught in the rain? Buy an umbrella. Thirsty? Buy a bottle of water and throw … | Richard Denniss | 288 | 2018 | View |
![]() Damming the PeaceThe hidden costs of the Site C Dam |
Since the 1970s, the Site C Dam in northeastern British Columbia’s Peace River Valley has been touted by BC Hydro and successive governments as necessary to meet the province’s … | Wendy Holm | 272 | 2018 | View |
![]() Freedom To LearnCreating a Classroom Where Every Child Thrives |
Disinterested students and behavioral problems are all too common in schools. Yet results show that behavior charts and other reward-and-punishment systems simply don’t work. Teachers are … | Art Willans; Cari Williams | 220 | 2018 | View |
![]() From the Inside Looking OutCompeting Ideas about Growing Old 2nd Edition |
In From The Inside Looking Out, Auger, Tedford-Litle and Wallace-Allen seek to overcome the “us” and “them” dichotomy that characterizes much of the literature on aging. … | Brenda Wallace-Allen; Diane Tedford-Litle; Jeanette A. Auger | 219 | 2018 | View |
![]() Game MisconductInjury, Fandom, and the Business of Sport |
“You’re not a human being, you’re a number, a product, an asset as long as you can perform. If you can’t perform, then you’re a liability and they’ll drop you.” Professional athletes suffer … | Nathan Kalman-Lamb | 192 | 2018 | View |
![]() Getting to ZeroCanada Confronts Global Warming |
In this book, long-time social and environmental activist Tony Clarke provides hard-to-find information and analysis about what Canada is and is not doing as of 2018 to get to zero emissions. He … | Tony Clarke | 248 | 2018 | View |
![]() Haircuts by Children and Other Evidence for a New Social Contract |
A cultural planner's immodest proposal: change how we think about children and we just might change the world. We live in an 'adultitarian' state, where the rules are based on … | Darren O'Donnell | 218 | 2018 | View |
![]() Hard to DoThe Surprising, Feminist History of Breaking Up |
From Jane Austen to Taylor Swift, Hard to Do breaks down the surprising politics of romantic love and its dissolution. Whatever the underlying motives – love, money, or mere masochism … | Kelli Maria Korducki | 146 | 2018 | View |
![]() In The Business of ChangeHow Social Entrepreneurs are Disrupting Business as Usual |
Our communities are facing the fallout from the demise of vital industry, bankrupt economies, bad policy or policing, and political mismanagement. People are looking for answers, and the … | Elisa Birnbaum | 195 | 2018 | View |
![]() Intrinsic HopeLiving Courageously In Troubled Times |
Climate disruption. Growing social inequality. Pollution. We are living in an era of unprecedented crises, resulting in widespread feelings of fear, despair, and grief. Now, more than ever, … | Kate Davies | 203 | 2018 | View |
![]() Labour Under AttackAnti-Unionism in Canada |
This multi-disciplinary edited collection critically examines the causes and effects of anti-unionism in Canada. Primarily through a series of case studies, the book’s contributors document … | Larry Savage; Stephanie Ross | 150 | 2018 | View |
![]() Legalizing TheftA Short Guide to Tax Havens |
When our infrastructures deteriorate, when social benefits are frozen, when our living conditions are precarious, it is because of tax havens. A source of growing inequalities and colossal tax … | Alain Deneault | 125 | 2018 | View |
![]() Let’s Move OnPaul Okalik Speaks Out |
Pangnirtung, where Paul Okalik was born, has survived starvation, epidemics, relocation, foreign language schooling, and confrontation with the Canadian justice system. That is what prompted Paul … | Louis McComber; Paul Okalik | 200 | 2018 | View |
![]() Motherhood, The Mother of All SexismA Plea for Parental Equality |
Quebec spoils its families, according to some, with those “long” parental leaves—a full year for mothers (Imagine!)—well-subsidized childcare and more. Marilyse Hamelin … | Marilyse Hamelin | 180 | 2018 | View |
![]() No ChoiceThe 30-Year Fight for Abortion on Prince Edward Island |
In 1969, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau passed a law legalizing abortion in Canada. But making abortion legal did not guarantee women access to these services. In many communities around the … | Kate McKenna | 124 | 2018 | View |