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The Basics eBook Series

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  • Ecofeminism: The Basics

    by Susan Buckingham ...
    Series series The Basics
    Ecofeminism: The Basics introduces ecofeminist approaches to understanding how humans interact with, dominate and are embedded within the natural environment, of which we are a part.Tracing ecofeminism from Françoise d’Eaubonne’s coining of the term in Feminism or Death through to the mid-2020s, the book examines its theoretical debates, activist practices and creative expressions, including its ... Read more

    $38.05 CAD

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    Racism and Colonial Violence in the Helping Professions

    by Amanda Gebhard, Sheelah McLean, Verna St. Denis ...
    When working with Indigenous people, the helping professions —education, social work, health care and justice — reinforce the colonial lie that Indigenous people need saving. In White Benevolence, leading anti-racism scholars reveal the ways in which white settlers working in these institutions shape, defend and uphold institutional racism, even while professing to support Indigenous people. White ... Read more

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  • First Voices

    An Aboriginal Women's Reader

    Edited by Patricia A. Monture, Patricia D. Mcguire ...
    A collection of articles that examine many of the struggles that Aboriginal women have faced, and continue to face, in Canada. Sections include: Profiles of Aboriginal Women; Identity; Territory; Activism; Confronting Colonialism; the Canadian Legal System; and Indigenous Knowledges. Photographs and poetry are also included. "This volume brings us the stories of wisdom keepers and artists, ... Read more

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  • Race and Education

    Reproducing White Supremacy in Britain

    by Kalwant Bhopal ...
    Series series Pelican Books
    Why is our education system unequal?How does race play a part?Is Britain still institutionally racist?Education remains the greatest indicator of life chances in Britain. What we study, where we study, and how long for shape all aspects of our lives. Our careers, our long-term health, our wealth and security are all moulded in the classroom.But who we are ultimately matters the most.In Rac... ... Read more

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  • Making Space for Indigenous Feminism, 2nd Edition

    by Joyce Green ...
    The first edition of Making Space for Indigenous Feminism proposed that Indigenous feminism was a valid and indeed essential theoretical and activist position, and introduced a roster of important Indigenous feminist contributors. This new edition builds on the success and research of the first and provides updated and new chapters that cover a wide range of some of the most important issues ... Read more

    $34.99 CAD

  • Trapped in the Gap

    Doing Good in Indigenous Australia

    by Emma Kowal ...
    In Australia, a ‘tribe’ of white, middle-class, progressive professionals is actively working to improve the lives of Indigenous people. This book explores what happens when well-meaning people, supported by the state, attempt to help without harming. ‘White anti-racists’ find themselves trapped by endless ambiguities, contradictions, and double binds — a microcosm of the broader dilemmas of ... Read more

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  • Reconciliation in Practice

    A Cross-Cultural Perspective

    by Ranjan Datta ...
    In 2015, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission released a report designed to facilitate reconciliation between the Canadian state and Indigenous Peoples. Its call to honour treaty relationships reminds us that we are all treaty people — including immigrants and refugees living in Canada. The contributors to this volume, many of whom are themselves immigrants and refugees, take up the challenge ... Read more

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  • Social Policy

    A Critical and Intersectional Analysis

    by Fiona Williams ...
    Welfare states face profound challenges. Widening economic and social inequalities have been intensified by austerity politics, sharpened by the rise in ethno-nationalism and exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. At the same time, recent decades have seen a resurgence of social justice activism at both the local and the transnational level. Yet the transformative power of feminist, anti-racist and ... Read more

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  • John Dryzek and Deliberative Democracy

    Understanding Deliberative Democracy, #4

    by Hercules Bantas ...
    Series Book 4 - Understanding Deliberative Democracy
    John Dryzek argues for a transnational deliberative democracy that moves beyond the nation state. This detailed, article length guide outlines Dryzek's radical concept of citizenship, his arguments about de-traditionalisation of societies through globalisation, and a transnational public sphere. ... Read more

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    A Graphic Guide

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    What do we mean by social class in the 21st century?University of Brighton sociologists Laura Harvey and Sarah Leaney and award-winning comics creator Danny Noble present an utterly unique, illustrated journey through the history, sociology and lived experience of class.What can class tell us about gentrification, precarious work, the role of elites in society, or access to education? How have ... Read more

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  • Prairie Rising

    Indigenous Youth, Decolonization, and the Politics of Intervention

    by Jaskiran K Dhillon ...
    In 2016, Canada’s newly elected federal government publically committed to reconciling the social and material deprivation of Indigenous communities across the country. Does this outward shift in the Canadian state’s approach to longstanding injustices facing Indigenous peoples reflect a “transformation with teeth,” or is it merely a reconstructed attempt at colonial Indigenous-settler relations ... Read more

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  • We Can Do Better

    Ideas for Changing Society

    by David Camfield ...
    The view that capitalism is an inherently flawed, exploitative, crisis-prone, oppressive system is not new. But neoliberal capitalism’s flaws are increasingly dangerous in Western countries and globally as corporations exert growing influence on governments, as the endless pursuit of profits pushes our climate to the breaking point and as far-right politics dominate the media. Solutions are needed ... Read more

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