"The idea of multilateralism is not something that can be forced on states, nor does it come naturally to them." —Tom Keating Seeking Order in Anarchy offers insights into both the theoretical foundations and the real-world outcomes of...
Political science
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Author:Murray, Robert W.Summary: - Author:Puddister, KateSummary:
Can Parliament legalize same-sex marriage? Can Quebec unilaterally secede from Canada? Can the federal government create a national firearms registry? Each of these questions is contentious and deeply political, and each was addressed...
- Author:Cameron, GeoffreySummary:
The United States and Canada have historically accepted approximately three-quarters of resettled refugees, leading the world in this key aspect of global refugee protection. Send Them Heredraws on a rich archival record and extensive...
- Author:Alford, RyanSummary:
For 150 years, Canada's constitutional order has been both flexible and durable, ensuring peace, order, and good government while protecting the absolute rights at the core of the rule of law. In this era of transnational terrorism...
- Author:Kapuściński, RyszardSummary:
In Shah of Shahs Kapuscinski brings a mythographer's perspective and a novelist's virtuosity to bear on the overthrow of the last Shah of Iran, one of the most infamous of the United States' client-dictators, who resolved...
- Author:Taylor, ZackSummary:
Rising income inequality and concentrated poverty threaten the social sustainability of North American cities. Suburban growth endangers sensitive ecosystems, water supplies, and food security. Existing urban infrastructure is crumbling...
- Author:Ready, CaseySummary:
Shelter in a Storm brings together the personal and the political to ask: What is neoliberalism? How does it harm women? And what can be done about it? The book looks at how three YWCA women’s shelters in Ontario were affected by the...
- Author:Hyman, Louis, Tohill, JosephSummary:
Consuming with a conscience is one of the fastest growing forms of political participation worldwide. Every day we make decisions about how to spend our money and, for the socially conscious, these decisions matter. Political consumers...
- Author:Applebaum, Anne, Cohen, Stephen F., Kasparov, Garry, Pozner, VladimirSummary:
How should the West deal with Putin’s Russia? For the U.S. and some European powers the answer is obvious: isolate Russia with punishing economic sanctions, remove it from global institutions such as the G8, and arm the nations directly...
- Author:Gingrich, Newt, Krugman, Paul, Laffer, Arthur, Papandreou, GeorgeSummary:
As middle-class incomes stagnate in advanced economies while the rich experience record income gains, the eleventh semi-annual Munk Debate pits wealth redistribution supporters Paul Krugman and George Papandreou against Newt Gingrich...
- Author:Sigfusson, SveinSummary:
This account of the Sigfusson Transportation Company details how it was unfairly treated by the Government, in attempting to create a network of winter roads in northern Ontario, Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
- Author:Boschman, RobertSummary:
A global exploration of water, bringing together academics and experts from five continents to illuminate the many issues facing the world's most important resource. Water is more important than ever before. It is increasingly...
- Author:Birx, Deborah L.Summary:
White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator and Coronavirus Task Force member Dr. Deborah Birx provides an inside account of the Trump Administration's response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
- Author:Boyko, JohnSummary:
The Hill Times: Best Books of 2017 As Sir John A. Macdonald intended, the federal government must be recognized as the nation’s voice. Power. It is the capacity to inspire while encouraging and enabling change, and it matters. When...
- Author:Nikiforuk, AndrewSummary:
The fossil fuel industry and many environmental groups tout hydraulic fracturing — “fracking” — as a panacea, with slick promises of energy independence, greenhouse gas reductions, and benefits to local economies. Yet the controversial...
- Author:Walmsley, Christopher, Kading, TerrySummary:
Small Canadian cities confront serious social issues as a result of the neoliberal economic restructuring practiced by both federal and provincial governments since the 1980s. Drastic spending reductions and ongoing restraint in social...
- Author:St. George, JudithSummary:
Have you ever thought about being President of the United States? There are good things and bad things about the job. One good thing is you get to live in a giant house with a movie theater, swimming pool, and even a bowling alley! But...
- Author:Oluo, IjeomaSummary:
Ijeoma Oluo offers a contemporary, accessible take on the racial landscape in America, addressing issues such as privilege, police brutality, intersectionality, microaggressions, the Black Lives Matter movement, and the "N" word....
- Author:Wiseman, NelsonSummary:
In this volume, Nelson Wiseman skilfully describes the history of the New Democratic Party in Manitoba, tracing the roots of the social democratic movement to the years of mass immigration and social unrest that preceded the Winnipeg...
- Author:Munck, RonaldoSummary:
Social movements are a key feature of the political and social landscape of Latin America. Ronaldo Munck explores their full range, emanating from different sections of Latin American society and motivated by many different concerns,...
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