Political Elites in Canada offers a timely look at Canadian political power brokers and how they are adapting to a fast-paced digital media environment. Elite power structures are changing worldwide, with traditional influencers losing...
Politics and government
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Auteur:Marland, Alex, Giasson, Thierry, Lawlor, AndreaSommaire: -
Auteur:Monaghan, Jeffrey, Crosby, Andrew C.Sommaire:In recent years, Indigenous peoples have lead a number of high profile movements fighting for social and environmental justice in Canada. From land struggles to struggles against resource extraction, pipeline development, and fracking,...
- Auteur:Perry, Adele, Jones, Esyllt W., Morton, LeahSommaire:
Place and Replace is a collection of recent interdisciplinary research into Western Canada that calls attention to the multiple political, social, and cultural labours performed by the concept of “place.” The book continues a long-...
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Auteur:Cashin, Peter J., Roberts, EdwardSommaire:Peter Cashin was at the centre—the stormy centre—of Newfoundland’s political and public life for more than thirty years. Known to many as “the fighting Major,” in a tribute to his wartime service with the Royal Newfoundland Regiment, he...
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Auteur:Marland, Alex, Giasson, Thierry, Esselment, Anna LennoxSommaire:Election campaigning never stops. That is the new reality of politics and government in Canada, where everyone from staffers in the Prime Minister’s Office to backbench MPs practise political marketing and communication as though each...
- Auteur:Fraser, AntoniaSommaire:
Presents a re-creation of the tempestuous two-year period in Britain's history leading up to the passing of the Great Reform Bill in 1832.
- Auteur:Woodward, BobSommaire:
The transition from President Donald J. Trump to President Joseph R. Biden Jr. stands as one of the most dangerous periods in American history. But as # 1 internationally bestselling author Bob Woodward and acclaimed reporter Robert...
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Auteur:Price, RogerSommaire:Why do people take an interest in politics? What do they hope to gain from voting? Why support one political "party" rather than another? To what extent is political behavior rooted in "class" or community? Although these are all...
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Auteur:Savir, UriSommaire:Uri Savir has an ambitious, indispensable goal: to bring peacemaking into the 21st century. “Little in today’s world,” writes Savir, “is more progressive than modern warfare. Yet little is more archaic than peacemaking.” We remain...
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Auteur:Harder, Lois, Patten, SteveSommaire:Few moments in Canadian history are as intriguing as the political battle between Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and the “Gang of Eight” provincial premiers who opposed his plans to “patriate” Canada’s constitution from Britain....
- Auteur:Harris, MichaelSommaire:
A timely indictment of a prime minister determined to remake Canada. In Party of One, Investigative journalist Michael Harris gives us an intimate look at Stephen Harper, and draws a portrait of a Prime Minister whose policies and...
- Auteur:Jacobs, MegSommaire:
An authoritative history of the energy crises of the 1970s and the world they wrought
In 1973, the Arab OPEC cartel banned the export of oil to the United States, sending prices and tempers rising across the country. Dark...
- Auteur:Faraj, RezeqSommaire:
Voici un livre incontournable pour comprendre la Palestine et ce qu’on omet généralement de nous dire sur le conflit israélo-palestinien. PALESTINE : Le refus de disparaître est un éloquent plaidoyer en faveur de l’instauration d’une...
- Auteur:Estes, NickSommaire:
In Our History Is the Future, Nick Estes traces traditions of Indigenous resistance that led to the #NoDAPL movement. Our History Is the Future is at once a work of history, a manifesto, and an intergenerational story of resistance.
- Auteur:Brands, H. W.Sommaire:
“Americans tend to forget that we have always been at war with one another—even in the beginning - . Brands tells the story of the American Revolution as it really unfolded—as a civil war between colonial patriots and those loyal to the...
- Auteur:Lavoie, FrédérickSommaire:
"Orwell in Cuba: How '1984' Came to Be Published in Castro's Twilight" is a personal account of contemporary Cuba at a pivotal point in its history, with the Castro brothers passing power on to a new generation. We discover Cuba through...
- Auteur:Douglas, R. M.Sommaire:
The award-winning history of twelve million German-speaking civilians in Europe who were driven from their homes after WWII: "a major achievement" (New Republic). Immediately after the Second World War, the victorious Allies...
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Auteur:Brownsey, KeithSommaire:In 2015, the New Democratic Party won an unprecedented victory in Alberta. Unseating the Progressive Conservatives -- who had won every provincial election since 1971 -- they formed an NDP government for the first time in the history of...
- Auteur:Clarke, AmandaSommaire:
Opening the Government of Canada presents a compelling case for a more open model of governance in the digital age - but a model that also continues to uphold democratic principles at the heart of the Westminster system. Amanda Clarke...
- Auteur:Walsh, RobSommaire:
On a day-to-day basis, what does a newly elected Member of Parliament do? How does the House of Commons work? Drawing on his years of service to five majority and three minority parliaments, Rob Walsh shares first-hand insights into the...
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