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The Basics eBook Series

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  • The City: The Basics

    by Kevin Archer ...
    Series series The Basics
    The City: The Basics provides a brief yet compelling overview of the study of cities and city life. The book draws on a range of perspectives – economic, political, cultural, and environmental aspects are all considered – to provide a broad comparison of the evolution of cities in the rich Global North and the poorer Global South. Topics covered in the book include:a brief history of cities from ... Read more

    $47.99 CAD

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    Ideas That Work for Canadians

    by Jack Layton ...
    The only book written by Jack Layton (1950-2011) on his political life and vision, this is the former NDP leader's passionate call to action and will inspire all Canadians to embrace a better future.On August 22, 2011, Jack Layton, Official Opposition Leader, died as he lived, with dignity, bestowing to his country a message of hope. Canada was in mourning and within hours of his death, tens of ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Canada after Harper

    His ideology-fuelled attack on Canadian society and values, and how we can now work to create the country we want

    by Ed Finn ...
    Most Canadians know that Stephen Harper has had a tremendous impact on the country since becoming prime minister in 2006. But few have the in-depth knowledge of how far his transformation has gone -- what has already been done, and what the consequences will be in the future.This book brings together Canadian experts in a wide variety of areas. They document key changes put in place by the Harper ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • In Defense of Globalization

    With a New Afterword

    by Jagdish Bhagwati ...
    In the passionate debate that currently rages over globalization, critics have been heard blaming it for a host of ills afflicting poorer nations, everything from child labor to environmental degradation and cultural homogenization. Now Jagdish Bhagwati, the internationally renowned economist, takes on the critics, revealing that globalization, when properly governed, is in fact the most powerful ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

  • Triple Crown

    Winning Canada's Energy Future

    by Jim Prentice, Jean-Sebastien Rioux ...
    NATIONAL BESTSELLEROne of Canada’s leading voices on our energy future offers a powerful case for taking back control of our resourcesCanada has a world-class resource base and the capacity to become a world leader in the petroleum and other resource-based industries. But as former federal cabinet minister and Alberta premier Jim Prentice argues in this provocative and timely new book, we have ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Urban Nation

    Why We Need to Give Power Back to the Cities to Make Canada Strong

    by Alan Broadbent ...
    Canada’s cities are crippled by a lack of financial and governing clout. Their infrastructures are crumbling and their citizens are disaffected by the inability of municipal government—or any government, for that matter—to act on the issues that influence their constituents’ lives. Cities generate a disproportionate amount of Canada’s wealth and are home to the majority of the population, yet they ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Line in the Tar Sands

    Struggles for Environmental Justice

    Edited by Joshua Kahn, Stephen D'Arcy, Tony Weis, Toban Black ...
    Tar sands “development” comes with an enormous environmental and human cost. In the tar sands of Alberta, the oil industry is using vast quantities of water and natural gas to produce synthetic crude oil, creating drastically high levels of greenhouse gas emissions and air and water pollution. But tar sands opponents—fighting a powerful international industry—are likened to terrorists, government ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Humanizing the Economy

    Co-operatives in the Age of Capital

    by John Restakis ...
    How the largest social movement in history is making the world a better place.At the close of the twentieth century, corporate capitalism extended its reach over the globe. While its defenders argue that globalization is the only way forward for modern, democratic societies, the spread of this system is failing to meet even the most basic needs of billions of individuals around the world. Moreover ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • No-Nonsense Guide to International Development, 2nd Edition

    by Maggie Black ...
    Series Book 17 - No-Nonsense Guides
    “Overseas aid” and “international development” are catch-all terms that cover a multitude of activities and abuses. Building dams in India, planting treesin Burkina Faso, and rescuing street children in Brazil are images of development with which we can all identify. But what few people realize is that the terms “aid” and “development” often mask confusion, contradiction, and even downright ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • A Foodie's Guide to Capitalism

    by Eric Holt-Giménez ...
    Capitalism drives our global food system. Everyone who wants to end hunger, who wants to eat good, clean, healthy food, needs to understand capitalism. This book will help do that.In his latest book, Eric Holt-Giménez takes on the social, environmental, and economic crises of the capitalist mode of food production. Drawing from classical and modern analyses, A Foodie’s Guide to Capitalism ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD

  • Too Many People?

    Population, Immigration, and the Environmental Crisis

    by Ian Angus, Simon Butler ...
    Too Many People? provides a clear, well-documented, and popularly written refutation of the idea that "overpopulation" is a major cause of environmental destruction, arguing that a focus on human numbers not only misunderstands the causes of the crisis, it dangerously weakens the movement for real solutions.No other book challenges modern overpopulation theory so clearly and comprehensively, ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • The Geography of the World Economy

    by Paul Knox, Linda Mccarthy, John Agnew ...
    The Geography of the World Economy provides an in-depth and stimulating introduction to the globalization of the world economy. The book offers a consideration of local, regional, national and global economic development over the long historical term. The theory and practice of economic and political geography provide a basis for understanding the interactions within and among the developed and ... Read more

    $142.99 CAD