The experiences that have shaped Justin Trudeau over the course of his life and how how his passion for Canada and its people took root. Covering the years from his childhood at 24 Sussex to his McGill days during the tumultuous time of...
Political science
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Author:Trudeau, JustinSummary: - Author:Paine, ThomasSummary:
This pamphlet, which Paine published in 1776, put into print the word every man was thinking but no man dared say: Independence!
- Author:Hallam, RogerSummary:
What can we do to avert catastrophe and avoid extinction? The political class won't save us. According to Roger Hallam, real change comes from ordinary people breaking the law. In Common Sense for the 21st Century, Hallam explains...
- Author:Seidle, F. LeslieSummary:
This book is one of 23 volumes of research commissioned by the Royal Commission on Electoral Reform and Party Financing, and one of five volumes within this series dealing specifically with party and election finance. Because the issue...
- Author:Seidle, F. LeslieSummary:
This book is one of 23 volumes of research commissioned by the Royal Commission on Electoral Reform and Party Financing, and one of five volumes within this series dealing specifically with party and election finance. Because the issue...
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This major textbook provides an exciting and authoritative introduction to one of the most important fields of political science. Featuring contributions from key international experts, Comparative Politics examines a wide range of...
- Author:Touhey, RyanSummary:
In 1974, India shocked the world by detonating a nuclear device. In the diplomatic controversy that ensued, the Canadian government expressed outrage that India had extracted plutonium from a Canadian reactor donated only for peaceful...
- Author:Swift, Jamie, Tomlinson, BrianSummary:
Ten activists, scholars, and writers analyze contemporary development issues linking Canada and the Third World, and provide an in-depth critique of Canada's role in perpetuating poverty in the nations of the South. Widely adopted...
- Author:Ahmad, EqbalSummary:
Edward W. Said once urged the legendary Eqbal Ahmad not to "leave your words scattered to the winds, or even recorded on tape, but collected and published in several volumes for everyone to read. Then those who don't have the...
- Author:Bafilemba, Fidel, Prendergast, JohnSummary:
Includes a PDF of photographs.
- Author:Waterstone, Marv, Chomsky, NoamSummary:
The authors reveal how connections between common sense and power can keep social justice movements divided and marginalized, and they show how to overcome these divisions.
- Author:Macfarlane, EmmettSummary:
The Canadian Senate has long been considered an institutional pariah, viewed as an undemocratic, outmoded warehouse for patronage appointments and mired in spending and workload scandals. After decades of debate about reform, in 2014...
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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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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:Tilly, CharlesSummary:
The book accomplishes three main objectives. First, it presents a logic and method for describing contentious events, occasions on which people publicly make consequential claims on each other. Second, it shows how that logic yields...
- 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...
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