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  • Understanding Political Economy

    Capitalism, Democracy and Inequality

    by Bob Hancké, Toon Van Overbeke, Dustin Voss ...
    Series series Understanding series
    This book unpacks what political economy is and does through an investigation of its main questions and approaches. Bob Hancké, Toon Van Overbeke and Dustin Voss offer a historical and thematic review of the evolution of political-economic thought, centred on the relation between capitalism and democracy.Chapters discuss how interests, ideas and institutions are the methodological and conceptual ... Read more

    $35.99 CAD

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  • Free and Equal

    A Manifesto for a Just Society

    by Daniel Chandler ...
    Imagine: You are designing a society, but you don't know who you'll be within it—rich or poor, man or woman, gay or straight. What would you want that society to look like? This is the revolutionary thought experiment proposed by the twentieth century's greatest political philosopher, John Rawls. As economist and philosopher Daniel Chandler argues in this hugely ambitious and exhilarating ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

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  • The Just City

    by Susan S. Fainstein ...
    "The just city is one in which equity, democracy, and diversity are important considerations. This is in contrast with the city as growth machine. Fainstein examines three cities: New York, London, and Amsterdam. She provides a history of post–World War II planning and then focuses on fairly recent cases of development in each. Her goals, though modest, are important if growing inequality in urban ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

  • A Theory of Fields

    by Neil Fligstein, Doug McAdam ...
    Finding ways to understand the nature of social change and social order-from political movements to market meltdowns-is one of the enduring problems of social science. A Theory of Fields draws together far-ranging insights from social movement theory, organizational theory, and economic and political sociology to construct a general theory of social organization and strategic action. In a work of ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

  • 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

    $46.99 CAD

  • The Strange Non-death of Neo-liberalism

    by Colin Crouch ...
    The financial crisis seemed to present a fundamental challenge to neo liberalism, the body of ideas that have constituted the political orthodoxy of most advanced economies in recent decades. Colin Crouch argues in this book that it will shrug off this challenge. The reason is that while neo liberalism seems to be about free markets, in practice it is concerned with the dominance over public life ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • The Third Way and its Critics

    by Anthony Giddens ...
    The idea of finding a 'third way' in politics has become a focus of discussion across the world. Political leaders, in the US, Europe, Asia and Latin America claim to be following its principles. Yet the notion has also attracted much criticism. Some say it is an empty concept without any real content. Critics from the more traditional left argue that it is a betrayal of left-wing ideals.Anthony ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • Globalization and Capitalist Geopolitics

    Sovereignty and state power in a multipolar world

    by Daniel Woodley ...
    Globalization and Capitalist Geopolitics is concerned with the nature of corporate power against the backdrop of the decline of the West and the struggle by non-western states to challenge and overcome domination of the rest of the world by the West. This book argues that although the US continues to preside over a quasi-imperial system of power based on global military preponderance and financial ... Read more

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  • Cities by Design

    The Social Life of Urban Form

    by Fran Tonkiss ...
    Who makes our cities, and what part do everyday users have in the design of cities? This book powerfully shows that city-making is a social process and examines the close relationship between the social and physical shaping of urban environments.With cities taking a growing share of the global population, urban forms and urban experience are crucial for understanding social injustice, economic ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • Rent

    by Joe Collins ...
    Series series What is Political Economy?
    The problem of rent is at the root of vital social concerns in the twenty-first century, ranging from the climate emergency and spiralling economic inequality to the repercussions of global economic crises. But while many of us may be familiar with rent (especially paying it), how should we really understand it?Examining both concrete contexts and complex concepts, in this book Joe Collins ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • Comparative Political Economy

    Contours of a Subfield

    by Georg Menz ...
    This new and comprehensive volume covering the subfield of comparative political economy provides a detailed overview over its intellectual roots, clarifies its contents, and introduces the readers to key debates while identifying new and exciting avenues for future research. Ideas, interests, and institutions have traditionally been the main focus points of this field, but the volume argues that ... Read more

    $46.99 CAD

  • The Political Power of Global Corporations

    by John Mikler ...
    We have long been told that corporations rule the world, their interests seemingly taking precedence over states and their citizens. Yet, while states, civil society, and international organizations are well drawn in terms of their institutions, ideologies, and functions, the world's global corporations are often more simply sketched as mechanisms of profit maximization.In this book, John Mikler ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD