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  • Rejecting Refugees

    Political Asylum in the 21st Century

    de Carol Bohmer, Amy Shuman ...
    Many nations recognize the moral and legal obligation to accept people fleeing from persecution, but political asylum applicants in the twenty-first century face restrictive policies and cumbersome procedures. So, what counts as persecution? How do applicants translate their stories of suffering and trauma into a narrative acceptable to the immigration officials? How can asylum officials weed out ... Leer más

    $68.99 USD

  • Political Asylum Deceptions

    The Culture of Suspicion

    de Carol Bohmer, Amy Shuman ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book explores the legitimacy of political asylum applications in the US and UK through an examination of the varieties of evidence, narratives, and documentation with which they are assessed. Credibility is the central issue in determining the legitimacy of political asylum seekers, but the line between truth and lies is often elusive, partly because desperate people often have to use ... Leer más

    $40.99 USD

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  • Tragedy in the Commons

    Former Members of Parliament Speak Out About Canada's Failing Democracy

    de Alison Loat, Michael MacMillan ...
    In Tragedy in the Commons, Alison Loat and Michael MacMillan, founders of the non-partisan think tank Samara, draw on an astonishing eighty exit interviews with former Members of Parliament from across the political spectrum to unearth surprising observations about the practice of politics in Canada.Though Canada is at the top of international rankings of democracies, Canadians themselves ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

  • Citizen

    An American Lyric

    de Claudia Rankine ...
    * Finalist for the National Book Award in Poetry ** Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in Poetry * Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism * Winner of the NAACP Image Award * Winner of the L.A. Times Book Prize * Winner of the PEN Open Book Award *ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR:The New Yorker, Boston Globe, The Atlantic, BuzzFeed, NPR. L... ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

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  • Bill Davis

    Nation Builder, and Not So Bland After All

    de Steve Paikin ...
    2016 Ontario Historical Society Donald Grant Creighton Award — WinnerA National Post Bestseller, The Hill Times: Best Books of 2016, 2016 Speaker's Book Award — ShortlistedThe first authorized biography of Bill Davis, the enigmatic Ontario premier who carried on a Tory dynasty, but was also a crucial Trudeau supporter.A biography of one of Ontario’s most important premiers, who, despite having ... Leer más

    $21.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Told You So

    The Big Book of Weekly Columns

    de Ralph Nader ...
    “What sets Ralph Nader apart is that he has moved beyond social criticism to effective political action.”**—**The New York TimesThe column is the most natural literary form for a citizen’s advocate, and Ralph Nader may be its most robust and forceful practitioner. The Big Book of Ralph Nader Columns presents a panoramic portrait of the problems confronting our society and provides examples of the ... Leer más

    $20.99 USD

  • Red Mittens & Red Ink: The Vancouver Olympics

    de Bob Mackin ...
    The Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics ended with a bang, when the country that gave the game of hockey to the world was on top of the world. On home ice.Canadians celebrated coast-to-coast-to-coast the record 14 gold medals won by their Olympians in Vancouver and Whistler. The politicians and sponsors who staged the event were quick to declare it a grand success. But was it?The Games of the Great ... Leer más

    $7.50 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • National Suicide

    How Washington Is Destroying the American Dream from A to Z

    de Martin L. Gross ...
    From the New York Times bestselling author of The Government Racket, A Call for Revolution and The Tax Racket comes a scathing indictment of the dysfunctional federal government and its reckless disregard for the future of our country.The government of the United States is a juggernaut of mismanagement, malfeasance and incompetence. Despite the strong foundation laid down by the founding fathers, ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD

  • Justice by Lottery

    de Barbara Goodwin ...
    This book is about the virtues and social justice of random distribution. The first chapter is a utopian fragment about a future country, Aleatoria, where everything, including political power, jobs and money, is distributed by lottery. The rest of the book is devoted to considering the idea of the lottery in terms of the conventional components and assumptions of theories of justice, and to ... Leer más

    $15.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Five Dollars and a Pork Chop Sandwich

    Vote Buying and the Corruption of Democracy

    de Mary Frances Berry ...
    A timely and nonpartisan book on voter manipulation and electoral corruption—and the importance of stimulating voter turnout and participationThough voting rights are fundamental to American democracy, felon disfranchisement, voter identification laws, and hard-to-access polling locations with limited hours are a few of the ways voter turnout is suppressed. These methods of voter suppression are ... Leer más

    $13.99 USD

  • Comparing Public Bureaucracies

    Problems of Theory and Method

    de B. Guy Peters ...
    A foundational guide to understanding how bureaucracies differ—and why those differences matter.The comparative study of public policy once promised to make major contributions to our understanding of government. Much of that promise now appears unfulfilled. What accounts for this decline in intellectual fortunes and change in intellectual fashion? Comparing Public Bureaucracies seeks to ... Leer más

    $19.99 USD

  • Gomery's Blinders and Canadian Federalism

    de Ruth Hubbard, Gilles Paquet ...
    Series series Governance Series
    In 2004, Paul Martin asked Justice John Gomery to lead a public inquiry into potential misspending in the federal Sponsorship Program, a relatively small investment of taxpayers' money to try to convince Quebeckers of the benefits of Canadian federalism in the aftermath of the 1995 referendum on Quebec separation.The Gomery inquiry chose to focus exclusively on the sordid details of the money ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD