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“steve patten”

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  • Neoliberal Contentions

    Diagnosing the Present

    Edited by Lois Harder, Catherine Kellogg, Steve Patten ...
    Since the 1980s, neoliberalism has had a major impact on social life and, in turn, research in the social sciences. Emerging from the crisis of the Keynesian welfare state, neoliberalism describes a social transformation that has impacted relationships between citizens and the state, consumers and the market, and individuals and groups.Neoliberal Contentions offers original essays that explore ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

  • Patriation and Its Consequences

    Constitution Making in Canada

    Edited by Lois Harder, Steve Patten ...
    Few moments in Canadian history are as intriguing as the political battle between Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and the “Gang of Eight” provincial premiers who opposed his plans to “patriate” Canada’s constitution from Britain. This volume revisits these constitutional negotiations, including the personalities, visions, and political struggles that shaped the resulting constitutional agreement. ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • The Chrétien Legacy: Politics and Public Policy in Canada

    by Lois Harder,Steve Patten ...
    Contributors include Yasmeen Abu-Laban (Alberta) Caroline Andrew (Ottawa) Gerard W. Boychuk (Waterloo) Kathy Brock (Queen's) Stephen Clarkson (Toronto) David Docherty (Wilfrid Laurier) Alexandra Dobrowolsky (St Mary's) Christina Gabriel (Carleton) Ian Greene (York) Tom Keating (Alberta) Erick Lachapelle (Toronto) Laura MacDonald (Carleton) Michael Murphy (Otago New Zealand) Steve Patten (Alberta) ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • The Chrétien Legacy

    Politics and Public Policy in Canada

    by Lois Harder, Steve Patten ...
    The legacy of Jean Chrétien, Canadian prime minister from 1993-2003, is difficult to assess in the context of the sponsorship scandal and the subsequent cloud of uncertainty surrounding the Liberal Party's electoral prospects. The contributors to this volume use their considerable experience and expertise as policy observers and critical thinkers to provide provocative essays that analyse Chrétien ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

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    Understanding Aboriginal Issues

    by Wayne Warry ...
    There is an unconscious racism at work in Canada—an ignorance of Aboriginal peoples and culture that breeds indifference to, and ambivalence about, Aboriginal poverty and ill health. Warry examines conservative arguments and mainstream views that promote assimilation and integration as the solution to Aboriginal marginalization. He argues that we must acknowledge our denial of colonialism in order ... Read more

    $29.69 USD

  • First Nations Education Policy in Canada

    Progress or Gridlock?

    by Jerry Paquette, Gérald Fallon ...
    How can First Nations schools in Canada offer a curriculum that is at once authentically and deeply Aboriginal while comparable in content, quality, and standards to provincial and territorial education? First Nations Education Policy in Canada is a critical analysis of policy developments affecting First Nations education since 1986 and a series of recommendations for future policy changes.Jerry ... Read more

    $52.19 USD

  • A Family Matter

    Citizenship, Conjugal Relationships, and Canadian Immigration Policy

    by Megan Gaucher ...
    How do we define family? In an attempt to police incoming migrants, the Harper government adopted a strict definition of family to limit access to citizenship for certain immigrants. Even when immigrants had no intention of sponsoring family members, their familial networks affected their entry to Canada, resulting in differentiated treatment of families living within and beyond Canadian borders ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • political science is for everybody

    an introduction to political science

    Edited by amy l. atchison ...
    political science is for everybody is the first intersectionality-mainstreamed textbook written for introductory political science courses. While political science and politics are for everybody, political institutions are neither neutral nor unbiased. When we write political science textbooks that obscure the differences in how groups experience and interact with political institutions, we do ... Read more

    $60.29 USD

  • Gender, Work, and Economy

    Unpacking the Global Economy

    by Heidi Gottfried ...
    This engaging new text uses a feminist lens to crack open the often hidden worlds of gender and work, addressing enduring questions about how structural inequalities are produced and why they persist. Making visible the social relationships that drive the global economy, the book explores how economic transformations not only change the way we work, but how we live our lives.The full extent of ... Read more

    $22.00 USD

  • Sharing the Land, Sharing a Future

    The Legacy of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples

    Edited by Katherine Graham, David Newhouse ...
    Series Book 4 - Perceptions on Truth and Reconciliation
    Sharing the Land, Sharing a Future looks to both the past and the future as it examines the foundational work of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (RCAP) and the legacy of its 1996 report. It assesses the Commission’s influence on subsequent milestones in Indigenous-Canada relations and considers our prospects for a constructive future.RCAP’s five-year examination of the relationships of ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Making Sense of Corruption

    by Bo Rothstein, Aiysha Varraich ...
    Corruption is a serious threat to prosperity, democracy and human well-being, with mounting empirical evidence highlighting its detrimental effects on society. Yet defining this threat has resulted in profound disagreement, producing a multidimensional concept. Tackling this important and provocative topic, the authors provide an accessible and systematic analysis of how our understanding of ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • Democratic Governance

    by Mark Bevir ...
    Democratic Governance examines the changing nature of the modern state and reveals the dangers these changes pose to democracy. Mark Bevir shows how new ideas about governance have gradually displaced old-style notions of government in Britain and around the world. Policymakers cling to outdated concepts of representative government while at the same time placing ever more faith in expertise, ... Read more

    $39.59 USD