Few issues have polarized Canadians and Americans as much as the abortion debate. In this thoughtful and thought-provoking reflection on the implications the law on abortion has on democracy, Mark MacGuigan brings a much-needed...
Political science
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Author:MacGuigan, Mark R.Summary: - Author:Snider, LaureenSummary:
When corporations misbehave the consequences are devastating. The monetary costs of the 2008 financial crisis, a direct result of financial mismanagement, were in the trillions, and yet none of those responsible were held to account....
- Author:Mitchell, PenniSummary:
This accessible and engaging book introduces readers to key historical events, and the women who were central to them, in the struggle for women’s equality in Canada. Four and a half decades after the report of the Royal Commission on...
- Author:Jeffrey, GarySummary:
Abraham Lincoln was born in a one-room log cabin in 1809. It looked like he would be a simple farmer, but Abe loved books and read anything he could get his hands on. In time, he became a successful lawyer and started getting attention...
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"The Government of British Columbia is committed to developing new accessibility and inclusion legislation that will work to identify, remove and prevent barriers that impede the full participation of people with disabilities in their...
- Author:Tyson, Neil deGrasseSummary:
An exploration of the age-old complicity between skywatchers and warfighters, from the best-selling author of Astrophysics for People in a Hurry. In this fascinating foray into the centuries-old relationship between science and...
- Author:Doyle, NormanSummary:
Before he walked onto the political stage, Norman Doyle grew up in Avondale, Conception Bay, in a family of nine children. He followed in his father’s footsteps and made his way to New York City, where he found employment as an...
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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...
- Author:Botsford Fraser, Marian, Pillay, Sukanya, Roach, Kent, Boyden, JosephSummary:
The Canadian Civil Liberties Association celebrates its fiftieth anniversary with this overview of its activities--sometimes quiet and sometimes strident--as a watchdog and safeguard for Canadians and their rights as citizens. Through a...
- Author:Drake, AnnaSummary:
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...
- Author:McBride, Stephen, Mahon, Rianne, Boychuk, Gerard W.Summary:
The 2007-08 financial crisis marked a turning point for social policy. World leaders were forced to take a position: Should they entrench neo-liberal policies in response to the crisis? Or should they implement alternative measures to...
- Author:Johnstone, RachaelSummary:
The landmark decision R. v. Morgentaler (1988) struck down Canada’s abortion law and is widely believed to have established a right to abortion, but its actual impact is much less decisive. In After Morgentaler, Rachael Johnstone...
- Author:Goudeau, JessicaSummary:
"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...
- Author:Matas, DavidSummary:
Verbal attacks against Israel for human rights violations have turned into physical attacks against the Jewish community worldwide. How has that happened? This book attempts to explain the phenomenon. Anti-Zionists, whose primary goal...
- Author:Kahl, ColinSummary:
This program includes a bonus conversation with the authors. Two of America's leading national security experts offer a definitive account of the global impact of COVID-19 and the political shock waves it will have on the United...
- Author:Ross, Alexander ReidSummary:
US society is notoriously complacent when it comes to the rise of fascist tendencies. When Dylann Roof murdered nine black parishioners in a Charleston church, media emphasis remained superficial. Familiar narratives of insane lone...
- Author:Bellett, GeraldSummary:
The acclaimed non-fiction international political thriller exposing the real reason for Watergate, the hidden death of Howard Hughes, and the illicit activities of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), with the CIA's...
- Author:Mukbil, HudaSummary:
In Agent of Change, Huda Mukbil, a Black Arab-Canadian Muslim, chronicles her life as an intelligence officer in Canada's lead spy agency, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service. Mukbil was at forefront of the fight against...
- Author:Silversides, AnnSummary:
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...
- Author:Silversides, AnnSummary:
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...
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