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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “andre c drainville”
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  • A History of World Order and Resistance

    The Making and Unmaking of Global Subjects

    by Andre C. Drainville ...
    Series series Rethinking Globalizations
    This book combines theory with history to look into a dozen episodes of struggle over the concrete and situated terms of world ordering, and it finds reasons to think that the contemporary 'movement of movements' against neo-liberal globalization has deeper roots and a broader history than is usually recognized. Informed by case studies from the US, the UK, France, South Africa, Algeria, the ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Historicizing Academic Freedom

    On Universities, Scholarly Indeterminacy, and World Ordering

    by André Drainville ...
    André Drainville gives a provocative and necessary intervention into discussions of academic freedom, showing its connection to the evolving social relations of knowledge and power over the last thousand years. Rather than assuming that academic freedom is an established and well-defined, if threatened, right, Drainville historicizes the concept, understanding scholarly struggles for intellectual ... Read more

    $28.39 USD

  • Contesting Globalization

    Space and Place in the World Economy

    by André C. Drainville ...
    Series series RIPE Series in Global Political Economy
    Contesting Globalization makes an innovative and original addition to the literature on globalization examining the challenges faced by those wishing to develop progressive visions of transparent global governance and civil society.This new study closely traces the history and development of the institutions of global governance (The World Bank, IMF, WTO etc.) as well as the emergence of the anti ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

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  • The European Roots of Canadian Identity

    by Philip Resnick ...
    What makes Canada a different kind of society from the United States? In this book-length essay, Philip Resnick argues that, in more ways than one, Canada has been profoundly marked by its European origins. This is most apparent where the European historical underpinnings both of English-speaking and French-speaking Canada are concerned, but it is no less true when one examines Canada's multiple ... Read more

    $27.59 USD

  • Sorry, I Don't Speak French

    Confronting the Canadian Crisis That Won't Go Away

    by Graham Fraser ...
    As the threat of another Quebec referendum on independence looms, this book becomes important for every Canadian — especially as language remains both a barrier and a bridge in our divided countryCanada’s language policy is the only connection between two largely unilingual societies — English-speaking Canada and French-speaking Quebec. The country’s success in staying together depends on making ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Urban Outcasts

    A Comparative Sociology of Advanced Marginality

    by Loïc Wacquant ...
    Breaking with the exoticizing cast of public discourse and conventional research, Urban Outcasts takes the reader inside the black ghetto of Chicago and the deindustrializing banlieue of Paris to discover that urban marginality is not everywhere the same. Drawing on a wealth of original field, survey and historical data, Loïc Wacquant shows that the involution of America's urban core after the ... Read more

    $30.00 USD

  • White Thinking

    'Profound' The Sunday Times

    by Lilian Thuram ...
    Translated by David Murphy, Aedín Ní Loingsigh, Cristina Johnston ...
    'Profound' The Sunday Times'Truly Significant' The Independent'Ambitious' The ConversationWhat does it mean to be white? Beyond just a skin colour, is it also a way of thinking? If so, how did it come about, and why?In this book, drawing on history, personal experience and activist literature, the former footballer and World Champion Lilian Thuram looks at the origins and workings of white ... Read more

    $9.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Mask and the Flag

    Populism, Citizenism, and Global Protest

    by Paolo Gerbaudo ...
    From the Arab Spring to the Spanish Indignados, from Occupy Wall Street in New York to Nuit Debout in Paris, contemporary protest bears the mark of citizenism, a libertarian and participatory brand of populism which appeals to ordinary citizens outraged at the arrogance of political and financial elites in the wake of the Great Recession. This book draws on 140 interviews with activists and ... Read more

    $15.19 USD

  • Geopolitics at the End of the Twentieth Century

    The Changing World Political Map

    Edited by Nurit Kliot, David Newman ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Geopolitics
    An excellent examination of how the collapse of the Soviet Union and the impact of globalization have brought about changes not only to the territorial configuration sovereignty of states and their boundaries, but also to traditional notions of state, boundaries, sovereignty and social orderThese essays focus on the key regional and geopolitical characteristics of this global reordering, with an ... Read more

    $51.99 USD

  • Whiteness

    An Introduction

    by Steve Garner ...
    What is whiteness? Why is it worth using as a tool in the social sciences?Making sociological sense of the idea of whiteness, this book skilfully argues how this concept can help us understand contemporary societies. If one of sociology's objectives is to make the familiar unfamiliar in order to gain heightened understanding, then whiteness offers a perfect opportunity to do so.Leaning firstly on ... Read more

    $85.99 USD

  • To Know Our Many Selves

    From the Study of Canada to Canadian Studies

    by Dirk Hoerder ...
    To Know Our Many Selves profiles the history of Canadian Studies, which began as early as the 1840s with the Study of Canada. Professor Dirk Hoerder discusses this comprehensive examination of culture by highlighting its unique interdisciplinary approach, which included both sociological and political angles. Years later, as the study of other ethnicities was added to the cultural story of Canada, ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • Mastering Globalization

    New Sub-States' Governance and Strategies

    Edited by Stéphane Paquin, Guy LaChappelle ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Federalism and Decentralization
    Contemporary globalization is transforming and undermining the role of the nation-state, causing it to lose its grip on both the national economy and identity. This is a penetrating analysisof this phenomenon and an explorationn of how governments - national, regional, local, global city-regions - can respond.This original selection of essays discusses the impact of globalization on nation-states ... Read more

    $68.99 USD