Giorgio Agamben's Homo Sacer is one of the seminal works of political philosophy in recent decades. A twenty-year undertaking, this project is a series of interconnected investigations of staggering ambition and scope investigating the...
Political science
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Canada's residential school system for Aboriginal children was an educationsystem in name only for much of its existence. These residential schools werecreated for the purpose of separating Aboriginal children from their families, in...
- Author:Kendall, MikkiSummary:
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. "One of the most important books of the current moment."- Time "A rousing call to action... It should be required reading for everyone."-Gabrielle Union, author of We're Going to...
- Author:Newcombe, HannaSummary:
It has been said many times that the human future is clouded by multiple and mutually interacting problems. While in the 19th century we had the luxury of believing in almost automatic progress - an "onward and upward"...
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A citizen's guide to making the big city a place where we can afford to live. Housing is increasingly unattainable in successful global cities, and Toronto is no exception - in part because of zoning that protects "stable...
- Author:Pogrund, BenjaminSummary:
On 21 March 1960, Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe, leader of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), led a mass defiance of South Africa's pass laws. He urged blacks to go the nearest police station and demand arrest. When police opened fire...
- Author:Forsey, Eugene A.Summary:
Explores Canada's parliamentary system from the decisions made by the Fathers of Confederation, to the daily work of Members of Parliament in the Commons and Senate chambers. Also contains useful information on Canada's constitution,...
- Author:Walter, Barbara F.Summary:
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A leading political scientist examines the dramatic rise in violent extremism around the globe and sounds the alarm on the increasing likelihood of a second civil war in the United States "Like those who...
- Author:Kendi, Ibram X.Summary:
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From the National Book Award–winning author of Stamped from the Beginning comes a “groundbreaking” ( Time ) approach to understanding and uprooting racism and inequality in our society—and in ourselves. “...
- Author:Wyatt, ValerieSummary:
Want to build your very own country from scratch? It's easy in 3 easy steps. Step 1: Stake Out Your Identity, with a flag, money and a national anthem. Step 2: Run the Country, with a government, constitution, laws and an economy....
- Author:Lindsay, James, Boghossian, Peter G.Summary:
In our current political climate, it seems impossible to have a civil conversation with someone of a different opinion. Here, Peter Boghossian and James Lindsay guide listeners through techniques necessary for every successful...
- Author:Tinlin, Marijo N.Summary:
In recent years, it has become fashionable to bash the United States, to discuss how destructive we have been as a nation and to deny this country of its founding principles. Most Americans simply do not agree with that. They believe we...
- Author:Pollak, JoelSummary:
From the moment Donald Trump announced his candidacy for the White House until very late on Election Night 2016, media and pollsters kept insisting Trump wouldn't--couldn't--be president. But for Larry Schweikart-one of a...
- Author:Rushford, GregSummary:
Get the inside scoop on the most powerful city on Earth Washington, D.C.: Capital of the Free World; the most powerful city on Earth. No other country, company, or international organization can compare with the reach and wealth of the...
- Author:Streeck, Wolfgang, Birch, AdelynSummary:
The provocative political thinker asks if it will be with a bang or a whimper In How Will Capitalism End? the acclaimed analyst of contemporary politics and economics Wolfgang Streeck argues that capitalism is now in a critical...
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In all civilized nations, attempts are made to define and buttress human rights. The core of the concept is the same everywhere: Human rights are the rights that one has simply because one is human. They are universal and equal. The...
- Author:Clément, DominiqueSummary:
This book shows how human rights became the primary language for social change in Canada and how a single decade became the locus for that emergence. The author argues that the 1970s was a critical moment in human rights history—one...
- Author:Pils, Eva.Summary:
How can we make sense of human rights in China's authoritarian Party-State system' Eva Pils offers a nuanced account of this contentious area, examining human rights as a set of social practices. Drawing on a wide range of...
- Author:Lautensach, Alexander, Lautensach, SabinaSummary:
This first and only university textbook of human security is intended as an introductory text from senior undergraduate level up includes chapters by 24 authors,from BC, Canada, and around the globe, that encompass the full spectrum of...
- Author:Penikett, TonySummary:
Canadian politicians, like many of their circumpolar counterparts, brag about their country’s “Arctic identity” or “northern character,” but what do they mean, exactly? Stereotypes abound, from Dudley Do-Right to Northern Exposure, but...
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