Democracy and Social Ethics is a classic political science text by Jane Addams. It is well to remind ourselves, from time to time, that "Ethics" is but another word for "righteousness," that for which many men and women of every...
Democracy
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Auteur:Laxer, James, Springer, JaneSommaire:"[The Groundwork Guides] are excellent books, mandatory for school libraries and the increasing body of young people prepared to take ownership of the situations and problems previous generations have left them." -- Globe and Mail. In...
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Auteur:Greer, John MichaelSommaire:Things fall apart; the center cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world. Although writing nearly a century ago, William Butler Yeats could easily be describing the United States today. The central feature of today's...
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Auteur:Goodman, Peter S.Sommaire:Journalist Peter S. Goodman profiles five representative members of the billionaire class and chronicles how their exploitation of Covid-19 has hastened a fifty-year trend of wealth centralization.
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Constitutional politics is exceptionally intense and unpredictable. It involves negotiations over the very nature of the state and the implications of self- determination. Multinational democracies face pressing challenges to the...
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Civilizing the State explores the disintegration of the liberal state in the face of rising polarization and corporate power. Drawing on international examples of democratic citizen-powered alternatives, it offers a vision of a partner...
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Auteur:Brooks, StephenSommaire:"In this concise edition of the bestselling Canadian Democracy, Stephen Brooks and Marc Ménard explore the essential components of politics and government in Canada. Highly readable and brimming with useful features, Canadian Democracy...
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Auteur:Marland, AlexSommaire:The pursuit of political power is strategic as never before. Ministers, MPs, and candidates parrot the same catchphrases. The public service has become politicized. And decision making is increasingly centralized in the Prime Minister’s...
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Deliberative democracy - whereby people debate competing ideas before agreeing upon political action - must surely rest on its capacity to include all points of view. But how does this inclusive framework engage with activism that...
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On December 26, 1991, an event of extraordinary importance in universal history took place.It involved the dissolution of the Soviet Union, an event of enormous repercussions that almost no one had anticipated. In fact, only the...
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