Authors Richard Boyatzis and Annie McKee argue that today's leaders face unprecedented challenges that result in a vicious cycle of stress and sacrifice. Here, they marshal decades of multidisciplinary research and hands-on consulting...
Political science
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Author:Boyatzis, Richard E., McKee, AnnieSummary: - Author:Bowles, Paul, Wilson, Gary N.Summary:
Northern British Columbia has always played an important role in Canada’s economy, but for many Canadians it has existed as an almost forgotten place: a vast territory where only a few roads and a ferry system connected small cities,...
- Author:Valiavicharska, ZhivkaSummary:
Post-Stalinism - the last three decades of socialism in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe - gave birth to new political ideas and social struggles, which reshaped socialist societies and forged new global imaginaries. With a focus on...
- Author:Manthorpe, JonathanSummary:
Jonathan Manthorpe argues that democracy is more resilient than it appears, and is capable of overcoming the attacks from within and without that have sapped its vigour since the end of the Cold War. He begins with a description of the...
- Author:Brown, Stephen, den Heyer, Molly, Black, David R.Summary:
In 2013, the government abolished the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), which had been Canada’s flagship foreign aid agency for decades, and transferred its functions to the newly renamed Department of Foreign Affairs,...
- Author:Calhoun, Craig J.Summary:
This collection of essays presents groundbreaking work from an interdisciplinary group of leading theorists and scholars representing the fields of history, philosophy, political science, sociology, and anthropology. The volume will...
- Author:Penner, DevinSummary:
Spectacle is usually considered a superficial form of politics, which tries to distract and deceive a passive audience. It is difficult to see how this type of politics could be reconciled with the democratic requirement of active and...
- Author:Al-Solaylee, KamalSummary:
Drawing on extensive reporting from around the world and astute political analysis, Return: Why We Go Back to Where We Come From illuminates a personal quest. Kamal Al-Solaylee, author of the bestselling and award-winning Intolerable: A...
- Author:Pedwell, CarolynSummary:
Although we tend to associate social transformation with major events, historical turning points, or revolutionary upheaval, Revolutionary Routines argues that seemingly minor everyday habits are the key to meaningful change. Through...
- Author:DeFronzo, JamesSummary:
The rise of Islamic Fundamentalist revolutionary movements, the conflict in Iraq, the surge of leftist political movements in Latin America led by Venezuela's example, and updates of the chapters on Russia, China, Vietnam, Cuba,...
- Author:Louie, Chief ClarenceSummary:
A common sense blueprint for what the future of First Nations should look like as told through the fascinating life and legacy of a remarkable leader. In 1984, at the age of twenty-four, Clarence Louie was elected Chief of the Osoyoos...
- Author:Kennedy, Robert F.Summary:
In honor of the fiftieth anniversary of Robert Francis Kennedy's death, an inspiring collection of his most famous speeches accompanied by commentary from notable historians and public figures. Twenty-five years after Bobby Kennedy was...
- Author:Mercer, RickSummary:
Canada's pre-eminent satirical commentator brings down the curtain on his hugely successful show in this instant #1 national bestseller. Rick Mercer can always be relied on to provoke a strong reaction-but what he said one fall day in...
- Author:Hemingway, Mollie ZieglerSummary:
What really happened in the 2020 election? This devastating account exposes the fraud and cynicism behind the Democrats' historic power grab, which has destroyed the faith of millions of Americans in the press and our political...
- Author:Blizzard, ChristinaSummary:
It wasn’t so much a big blue machine that chugged its way across Ontario’s political landscape in the spring of 1995 — it was more a big purple bulldozer driven by leader Mike Harris and a new breed of Tories. Gone were the pinstripes...
- Author:Sharpton, AlSummary:
Al Sharpton shines a light on everyday people called to do extraordinary things--like Pauli Murray, who refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus months before Rosa Parks did the same, and Gwen Carr, whose private pain in losing...
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Rights and the City takes stock of rights struggles and progress in cities by exploring the tensions that exist between different concepts of rights. Sandeep Agrawal and the volume's contributors expose the paradoxes that planners and...
- Author:Bergman, RonenSummary:
The first definitive history of the Mossad, Shin Bet, and the IDF's targeted killing programs, from the man hailed by David Remnick as "arguably [Israel's] best investigative reporter" The Talmud says: "If...
- Author:Warner, AndreaSummary:
In Rise Up and Sing!, Andrea Warner explores how music has contributed to the fight for social justice. Across eight areas of activism--the climate emergency, Indigenous rights, civil rights, disability rights, 2SLGBTQIA+ rights, gender...
- Author:Pannier, AliceSummary:
As the UK leaves the European Union and as the multilateral order is increasingly under stress, bilateral security links are more important than ever. Among such relationships, the UK-France partnership has become particularly critical...
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