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  • The Truth about Patriotism

    by Steven Johnston ...
    The Truth about Patriotism is a bracing repudiation of the claim that patriotism is essential—or even beneficial—to democracy. Contending that even at its best patriotism subverts the democracy it purports to value, Steven Johnston turns to patriotism’s defenders to show how they must jettison much of democracy to champion patriotism. Closely examined, patriotism itself effectively demonstrates ... Read more

    $38.49 CAD

  • American Dionysia

    Violence, Tragedy, and Democratic Politics

    by Steven Johnston ...
    Violence and tragedy riddle democracy - not due to fatal shortcomings or unnecessary failures, but because of its very design and success. To articulate this troubling claim, Steven Johnston explores the cruelty of democratic founding, the brutal use democracies make of citizens and animals during wartime, the ambiguous consequences of legislative action expressive of majority rule, and militant ... Read more

    $34.39 CAD

  • A History of Trust in Ancient Greece

    by Steven Johnstone ...
    An enormous amount of literature exists on Greek law, economics, and political philosophy. Yet no one has written a history of trust, one of the most fundamental aspects of social and economic interaction in the ancient world. In this fresh look at antiquity, Steven Johnstone explores the way democracy and markets flourished in ancient Greece not so much through personal relationships as through ... Read more

    $15.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Lincoln

    The Ambiguous Icon

    by Steven Johnston ...
    Series series Modernity and Political Thought
    The judgment that Abraham Lincoln is the finest president in the history of the United States borders on self-evident. This status tends to disable the very possibility of a more critical understanding or appreciation, one that does not work, explicitly or implicitly, within the taken-for-granted frame of his greatness.Still, America is not blind to or ignorant of Lincoln’s shortcomings. Rather it ... Read more

    $52.59 CAD

  • Disputes and Democracy

    The Consequences of Litigation in Ancient Athens

    by Steven Johnstone ...
    Athenians performed democracy daily in their law courts. Without lawyers or judges, private citizens, acting as accusers and defendants, argued their own cases directly to juries composed typically of 201 to 501 jurors, who voted on a verdict without deliberation. This legal system strengthened and perpetuated democracy as Athenians understood it, for it emphasized the ideological equality of all ... Read more

    $24.79 CAD

  • Wonder and Cruelty

    Ontological War in It’s a Wonderful Life

    by Steven Johnston ...
    Series series Politics, Literature, & Film
    It’s a Wonderful Life is an American film classic celebrated for its inspirational character. Famously shown during the holiday season, it brings families together in the spirit of mutual love and support. It tells the story of George Bailey, who turns suicidal one Christmas Eve after decades of frustration and sacrifice in which his dreams are repeatedly shattered for the good of others. George ... Read more

    $115.89 CAD

  • Talking International Law

    Legal Argumentation Outside the Courtroom

    Edited by Ian Johnstone, Steven Ratner ...
    Examining legal argumentation by states and other actors in the settings where it mostly transpires - outside of courts, Talking International Law challenges the realist assumption that legal argumentation is largely inconsequential. Addressing a gap in scholarship within international law and international relations theory, this book provides a comprehensive analysis of why it occurs, how, where, ... Read more

    $143.99 CAD

  • The Democratic Arts of Mourning

    Political Theory and Loss

    by Osman Balkan, Vicki Hsueh, Steven Johnston, Claudia Leeb, Heather Pool, Joel Schlosser, Charles Fred Alford, Shirin S. Deylami, David Myer Temin, Simon Stow, Bonnie Honig ...
    The Democratic Arts of Mourning reflects on the variety of ways in which mourning affects political and social life. In recent decades, political theorists have increasingly examined and explored the themes of loss, grief, and mourning. With an introduction that contextualizes the turn to mourning in previous scholarship on the politics of tragedy, this book includes twelve chapters that clarify ... Read more

    $43.19 CAD

  • Critical Care

    A Problem-Based Learning Approach

    by Taylor Johnston, Steven Miller, Joseph Rumley ...
    Series series Anaesthesiology: A Problem-Based Learning Approach
    Critical Care: A Problem-Based Learning Approach provides a comprehensive review of the dynamic and ever-changing field of critical care. Its problem-based format incorporates a vast pool of practical, ABA board-exam-style multiple-choice questions for self-assessment, and is an ideal resource for exam preparation as well as ongoing clinical education among trainees and clinicians. Each of its 35 ... Read more

    $184.79 CAD

  • The Guide to Greening Cities

    by Sadhu Aufochs Johnston, Steven S. Nicholas, Julia Parzen ...
    Superstorm Sandy sent a strong message that a new generation of urban development and infrastructure is desperately needed, and it must be designed with resilience in mind. As cities continue to face climate change impacts while growing in population, they find themselves at the center of resilience and green city solutions, yet political and budgetary obstacles threaten even the best-planned ... Read more

    $42.89 CAD

  • International Public Opinion and the Bosnia Crisis

    by Paolo Bellucci, Erin Carrière, Philip Everts, Lise Morjé Howard, Marc Morjé Howard, Pierangelo Isernia, Karin Johnston, Steven Kull, Marc O'Reilly, Clay Ramsay, Deone Terrio, Richard Vengroff, Robert J. Wybrow ...
    Does public opinion matter in international conflict resolution? Does national foreign policy remain independent of public opinion and the media? International Public Opinion and the Bosnia Crisis examines, through U.S., Canadian, and European case studies, how public reaction impacted democratic governments' response to the ethnic and religious conflict in Bosnia during the period from 1991-1997. ... Read more

    $64.09 CAD

  • Audiobook

    Year the World Paused, The

    Stories of Inspiration and Transformation

    by Janet Wiszowaty, Kathleen Seeley, Andy Attwood, Betty Huntington, Catherine Engmann, Chantel White, Diane Ippersiel, Dima Sawaf, Holly Fitch Stevens, Holly Johnston0, Janine Brisebois1, Janna Lynn Skroch2, Judith Richardson Schroeder3, Kare Viola4, Kelly Wheadon5, Mariette Kongeh6, Mark Hugh Sam7, Shannon Faulkner8, Terry Deakin9, Vernessa Morris0, Veronica Ramos-Clark1, Yvonne Heath2 ...
    Narrated by Janet Wiszowaty ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 2 min

    What happens when life throws us a curveball? Usually, we deal with it in the moment and go on about our day. But what happens when the world is thrown a curveball — a global pandemic? The world is forced to pause.In this book, you will meet 21 courageous authors who chose to act when thrown the curveball of the pandemic. Like most of us, they were not prepared for the year 2020. But in each ... Read more

    $15.10 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus