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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Governance of the federation is more complex today than ever before: perennial issues of federalism remain unresolved, conflicts continue over the legitimacy of federal spending power, and the accommodation of Quebec nationalism and...
- Author:Bunting, Annie, Quirk, JoelSummary:
Contemporary slavery has emerged as a source of fascination and a spur to political mobilization. This volume brings together experts to carefully explore how the language of slavery has been invoked to support a series of government...
- Author:Kelly, James B., Manfredi, Christopher P.Summary:
The introduction of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms in 1982 was accompanied by much fanfare and public debate. This book does not celebrate the Charter; rather it offers a critique by distinguished scholars of law and...
- Author:Gordon, EdSummary:
This book offers sage wisdom for navigating race in a radically divisive America. Bombarded with media, music, and social media messages that enforce stereotypes of people of color, journalist Ed Gordon shows what black power and black...
- Author:Anderson, Colin R., Brady, Jennifer, Levkoe, Charles Z., Koç, Mustafa, Anderson, Colin R., Beckie, Mary A., Bogdan, Eva A., Bomford, Mark, Brady, Jennifer, Braun, Jennifer A., Brock, Samara, Bunn, Robyn, Valentine Cadieux, Kirsten, Clement, Chantal, Detolle, Anais, Green, Arthur, Gupta, Ankit, Jennings, Robert, Johnson, Josee, Huddart Kennedy, Khan, Ahmed, Koc, Mustafa, Lee, Keith, Levkoe, Charles Z., Lowitt, Kristen, Martin, Wanda, Millious, Victoria, Mount, Phil, Mundel, Erika, Nash, Alan, Polyakov, Seriy, Rideout, Keren, Scott, Steffanie, Soma, Tammara, Sprague, Cathryn, Sumner, Jennifer, Szanto, David, Trenouth, Lani, Van Esterik, Penny, Ventresca, Matt, Wever, Cassie, Wong, Carmen, Zougris, KonstantinosSummary:
Few things are as important as the food we eat. "Conversations in Food Studies" demonstrates the value of interdisciplinary research through the cross-pollination of disciplinary, epistemological, and methodological perspectives. Widely...
- Author:Leidner, GordonSummary:
An inspiring collection of stories from ordinary Americans who sought Lincoln's help during the Civil War. What was it like to meet our 16th President? Was he really as kind and honest as we perceive him to be today? This astonishing...
- Author:Rosen, JeffreySummary:
An intimate look at the life and career of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, in her own words, through an extraordinary series of conversations with the head of the National Constitution Center. Conversations with RBG is a remarkable and...
- Author:Nesbitt, BruceSummary:
This collection presents all of Earle Birney’s known published and unpublished writings on Trotsky and Trotskyism for the very first time. It includes their correspondence as well as a selection of Birney’s letters and literary writings...
- Author:Harrigan, James R., Davies, AntonySummary:
There are only two ways that humans work together: they cooperate with one another, or they coerce one another. And once you realize this fundamental fact, it will change how you see the world.In this myth-busting book, Antony Davies...
- Author:Mérand, FrédéricSummary:
How great powers react to their inevitable decline shapes their own destiny as well as the course of international politics. Leaders can decide to engage with others or isolate themselves; to build alliances or initiate war; to stoke up...
- Author:Brownlee, Jamie, Hurl, Chris, Walby, KevinSummary:
"Corporatizing Canada is an impressive collection by activist scholars focusing on the commercialization by stealth of the public sector. Its accessible style is well integrated around three dimensions of corporatization that...
- Author:Nunes, DevinSummary:
Once the party of anti-communism and tax-cutting under President Kennedy, the Democratic Party is now dominated by a surging socialist movement and led by a presidential candidate who vows to "transform" America. On a near-daily basis,...
- Author:Redfern, NicholasSummary:
More and more people are beginning to realize that we are being manipulated and lied to. We are denied access to secrets that shouldn't be secrets. Our politicians obfuscate, deny, and outright lie. No one knows whom to trust. The...
- Author:Doolittle, RobynSummary:
Reporter Robyn Doolittle was one of three journalists to view the video of Mayor Rob Ford apparently smoking crack cocaine and report on it in May 2013. Doolittle presents a portrait of a troubled man, a formidable family, and a city...
- Author:McCullough, ColinSummary:
Creating Canada’s Peacekeeping Past illuminates how Canada’s participation in the United Nations’ peacekeeping efforts from 1956 to 1997 was used as a symbol of national identity – in Quebec and the rest of the country. Delving into...
- Author:Kelly, RobertSummary:
Spark continual creative growth for both learners and educators. Topics include: How to create an educational culture conducive to creative development. Effective instructional design and assessment as creativity. Bridging the gap...
- Author:Paquet, GillesSummary:
In Crippling Epistemologies and Governance Failures, Gilles Paquet criticizes the prevailing practices of the social sciences on the basis of their inadequate concepts of knowledge, evidence and inquiry, concepts he claims have become...
- Author:Mueller, Tom.Summary:
A David-and-Goliath story for our times: the riveting account of the heroes who are fighting a rising tide of wrongdoing by the powerful, and showing us the path forward. We are living in a time of mind-boggling corruption, but we are...
- Author:Gaffen, FredSummary:
For well of a hundred years, Canadians and Americans have crossed the border that separates their two countries to serve in one another’s armed forces. The American Civil War, the two world wars, Korea, Vietnam, the Gulf War - Cross-...
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