2020

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Who Wants to Be a Farmer?
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Who Wants to Be a Farmer?

From: Agriculture and the Generation Problem

Topics in this chapter explore the future of global agriculture and include: the aspirations of rural youth, rural youth and collective action and what the future holds for smallholder farms. 29 $2.90 Add
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Why Do We Theorize?

Why Do We Theorize?

From: Restless Ideas

Living on the Brink … 21 Social Theory in an Anxious Age … 23 An Age of Indeterminacy … 24 Looking Back at Twentieth-Century Sociological Theory … 27 Looking Around at … 26 $2.60 Add
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Why Sexuality is Work

Why Sexuality is Work

1975

From: Revolution at Point Zero

The essays in part 1 of the book explore the theoretical foundations of the politicization of housework. These essays explore the wages against housework movement, the transactional nature of … 5 $0.50 Add
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Wild Rose Country
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Wild Rose Country

The Klan in Alberta, 1930’s

From: The Ku Klux Klan in Canada

This chapter discusses Klan activity in Alberta in the late 1920’s and early 1930s. 18 $1.80 Add
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With Philosophy, Psychology, and Terror: Transforming Bodies into Labor Power

With Philosophy, Psychology, and Terror: Transforming Bodies into Labor Power

From: Beyond the Periphery of the Skin

In this chapter, feminist scholar Silvia Federici discusses the effects of the capitalist system on the conception of the body. She discusses how capitalist systems reduce the body to a base unit … 14 $1.40 Add
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Wizipan Little Elk, Rosebud Lakota

Wizipan Little Elk, Rosebud Lakota

“On the reservation, you have the beauty of the culture and our traditional knowledge contrasted with the reality of poverty.”

From: How We Go Home

Wizipan Little Elk, who is Rosebud Lakota, tells his story. He is the Executive Director of the Rosebud Economic Development Corporation, where he manages development projects to create jobs for … 22 $2.20 Add
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Women and Basic Income

Women and Basic Income

From: Basic Income For Canadians

This chapter specifically investigates the impact that basic income has on women. 19 $1.90 Add
Women and Work

Women and Work

Feminism, Labour, and Social Reproduction

With #MeToo dominating headlines and an unprecedented number of women running for office, the fight for women’s equality has perhaps never been higher on the political agenda. Around … 192 View
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Women, Globalization, and the International Women’s Movement

Women, Globalization, and the International Women’s Movement

2001

From: Revolution at Point Zero

The essays in part 2 of the book explore the patriarchal foundations that the global economy is built on. The essays in this section cover topics including the International Women’s … 6 $0.60 Add
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Women, Land Struggles, and Globalization: An International Perspective

Women, Land Struggles, and Globalization: An International Perspective

2004

From: Revolution at Point Zero

The essays in part 3 of the book explore the modern female experience from a variety of perspectives. These include individuals involved in elder care, migrant domestic workers and subsistence farmers. 12 $1.20 Add
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Women's Issues

Women’s Issues

From: Stolen Motherhood

This chapter looks at the evolution of the concept/experience of motherhood, and the author asserts that society is increasingly viewing pregnancy and childbirth from a utilitarian perspective, … 33 $3.30 Add
Won't Get Fooled Again

Won’t Get Fooled Again

A Graphic Guide to Fake News

“Fake news!” screams Donald Trump from his Twitter account when journalists ask tough questions about his past or present behaviour. Meanwhile, his Fox & Friends fan club makes … ; 208 View
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Woody Point

Woody Point

From: No Place For A Woman

Getting My Bearings Again – Building My House on the Hill – The Electricity Kerfuffle – Jinny-Down-by-the-Bow – Spring: Back Home Again – A Summer of Wonders – … 60 $6.00 Add
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Work and Human Dignity

Work and Human Dignity

From: Basic Income For Canadians

This chapter looks at how we assign value to people based on their jobs and how basic income could end that way of measuring the value of humans. 21 $2.10 Add
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Writing Apace and Returning to Social Action

Writing Apace and Returning to Social Action

From: No Place For A Woman

The opening sections of the book provide a brief biography of Ella Manuel, describing her Newfoundland upbringing, travels, and relationships throughout her life. 4 $0.40 Add
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Wrong Turn

Wrong Turn

Is a P3 the Best Way to Expand Edmonton’s LRT

From: Ideology over Economics

Assessment of the Proposed P3 Approach for the Southeast Line Private Operation of the Southeast Line and VfM Risk Transfer in the VfM Edmonton’s LRT Should Have Been Fully Public … 26 $2.60 Add