As the new century unfolds, we face a host of economic and social challenges: jobs lost to "off shoring," a huge and growing number of Americans without health insurance coverage, an expanding gap between rich and poor,...
Political science
- Auteur:Bernstein, JaredSommaire:
- Auteur:Silversides, AnnSommaire:
Michael Lynch, the central figure of this book, was a long-time gay activist and a dynamic force in organizing an early response to the AIDS epidemic. Lynch's prescient articles in The Body Politic spoke to the gay communities of...
- Auteur:Goudeau, JessicaSommaire:
"Simply brilliant, both in its granular storytelling and its enormous compassion" —The New York Times Book Review The story of two refugee families and their hope and resilience as they fight to survive and belong in America...
- Auteur:Drake, AnnaSommaire:
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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Robert (Bob) Andrew Young (1950-2017) was Canada Research Chair in Multilevel Governance at the University of Western Ontario and one of Canada's most distinguished political scientists. In Across BoundariesYoung's former...
- Auteur:Archambeau, Gerald A.Sommaire:
Gerald Augustus Archambeau was born in Jamaica in 1933. Raised in Kingston by his three aunts, he was sent to Canada in 1947 to join his mother and stepfather in Montreal. He trained in the plumbing and steam-fitting trade, but at age...
- Auteur:Coulon, JocelynSommaire:
Au mois de juin 1945, l'Organisation des Nations unies a été créée afin de rassembler tous les États indépendants et d'organiser leurs rapports selon les modalités définies dans sa Charte. Ces modalités servent de cadre à une...
- Auteur:McInnes, JimmySommaire:
Iconic political speeches are some of the best remembered and most repeated passages in contemporary English language. Especially in the United States of America, what child doesn’t know Abraham Lincoln's “Fourscore and seven years ago...
- Auteur:Ehtisham, S. AkhtarSommaire:
This sweeping narrative sketches the political and economic realities of the past 50 years while tracing an eventful life from the turmoil following the partition of India and the creation of Pakistan to the present day. Discussing...
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John Perkins’ controversial and bestselling exposé, Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, revealed for the first time the secret world of economic hit men (EHMs). But Perkins’ Confessions contained only a small piece of this sinister...
- Auteur:Rousseau, Jean-JacquesSommaire:
- Auteur:Vidal Manzanares, CésarSommaire:
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...
- Auteur:Collins, ChuckSommaire:
For over thirty years, we’ve lived through a radical redistribution of wealth—upward, to a tiny fraction of the population. It’s as though we’re undertaking a bizarre social experiment to see how much inequality a democratic society can...
- Auteur:Tobin, Philip ChaseSommaire:
"I'll sue you!" In America's litigious society, everyone needs to know a few basics to avoid being snowed, cowed and generally abused. Even those who can afford to hire lawyers need to know what they are up to. This...
- Auteur:Boyd, John KirkSommaire:
In 1948 the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a deeply inspiring document that has been translated into over 300 languages and dialects. But because its provisions are not enforceable,...