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Elements in Global Development Studies eBook Series

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  • Temporary Migrants from Southeast Asia in Australia

    Lost Opportunities

    by Juliet Pietsch ...
    Series series Elements in Global Development Studies
    Much of the scholarship in development studies focuses on developing countries. However, many of the same issues can be seen in developed countries, where migrants now constitute a sizeable proportion of the poor and politically disenfranchised. In immigrant receiving countries such as Australia, temporary migrants in low-income households are most at risk of poor social and health outcomes. This ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

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  • Municipalities and Multiculturalism

    The Politics of Immigration in Toronto and Vancouver

    by Kristin Good ...
    The Canadian model of diversity management is considered a success in the international community, yet the methods by which these policies are adopted by local governments have seldom been studied. Municipalities and Multiculturalism explores the role of the municipality in integrating immigrants and managing the ethno-cultural relations of the city.Throughout the study, Kristin R. Good uses ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • The Politics of Ontario

    Edited by Cheryl N. Collier, Jonathan Malloy ...
    Ontario is the most populous of Canada's provinces, contains the country's largest city, and continues to be the centre of finance, IT, and media. It is also experiencing significant changes and upheavals. The Politics of Ontario is the first comprehensive book on Ontario's politics, government, and public policy since Graham White's The Government and Politics of Ontario in 1997. Although The ... Read more

    $41.99 USD

  • Power and Resistance

    Critical Thinking about Canadian Social Issues, Sixth Edition

    by Wayne Antony ...
    How do we make sense of the social problems that continue to plague Canadian society? Our understanding of issues such as poverty, racism, violence, homophobia, crime and pollution stems from our view of how society is structured. From the dominant neoliberal perspective, social problems arise from individuals making poor choices. From a critical perspective, however, these social troubles are ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Group Politics and Social Movements in Canada, Second Edition

    Edited by Miriam Smith ...
    Group Politics and Social Movements in Canada, Second Edition updates and expands its exploration of a wide range of organized group and social movement activity in Canadian politics. Particularly distinctive is the inclusion of Quebec nationalism and Aboriginal politics. Many other areas of collective activity are also included: the Occupy movement and anti-poverty organizing, ethnocultural ... Read more

    $43.99 USD

  • University Commons Divided

    Exploring Debate & Dissent on Campus

    by Peter MacKinnon ...
    Series series UTP Insights
    In recent years, a number of controversies have emerged from inside Canadian universities. While some of these controversies reflect debates occurring at a broader societal level, others are unique to the culture of universities and the way in which they are governed. In University Commons Divided, Peter MacKinnon provides close readings of a range of recent incidents with a view to exploring new ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • Rescuing Canada's Right

    Blueprint for a Conservative Revolution

    by Tasha Kheiriddin, Adam Daifallah ...
    Canadians everywhere are asking: what's wrong with the Conservative Party? The Liberal Party of Canada has held power for 70 of the past 100 years—a feat unrivaled by any other political party in the Western hemisphere. This dominance has caused a great deal of frustration on all political fronts, especially on the right, and the long-awaited merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Indigenous Homelessness

    Perspectives from Canada, Australia, and New Zealand

    by Paul Andrew, Tim Aubry, Yale Belanger, Cynthia Bird, Christina Birdsall-Jones, Marleny M. Bonnycastle, Deidre Brown, Rebecca Cherner, Patricia Franks, Susan Farrell0, Joshua Freistadt1, Charmaine Green2, Kelly Greenop3, Shiloh Groot4, Darrin Hodgetts5, Selena Kern6, Pita Richard Wiremu King7, Fran Klodawsky8, Gabrielle Lindstrom9, Paul Memmott0, Daphne Nash1, Julia Parrel2, Sarah Prout3, Mohi Rua4, Rebecca Schiff5, Rebecca Schiff6, Annette Siddle7, Maureen Simpkins8, Barbara A. Smith9, Wilfreda E. Thurston0, Alina Turner1, David Turner2, Jeanette Waegemakers Schiff3, Tiniwai Chas Te Whetu4, Rob Willetts5 ...
    Being homeless in one’s homeland is a colonial legacy for many Indigenous people in settler societies. The construction of Commonwealth nation-states from colonial settler societies depended on the dispossession of Indigenous peoples from their lands. The legacy of that dispossession and related attempts at assimilation that disrupted Indigenous practices, languages, and cultures—including ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Urban Aboriginal Policy Making in Canadian Municipalities

    Edited by Evelyn J. Peters ...
    Series Book 2 - Fields of Governance: Policy Making in Canadian Municipalities
    Individual chapters highlight the unique issues related to policy making in this field - the important role of diverse Aboriginal organizations, the need to address Aboriginal and Treaty rights and the right to self-government, and the lack of governmental leadership - revealing a complex jurisdictional and programming maze. Contributors look at provinces where there has been extensive activity as ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Migration in Southern Africa

    IMISCOE Regional Reader

    Edited by Pragna Rugunanan, Nomkhosi Xulu-Gama ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This open access Regional Reader proposes new ways of theorizing migration in Southern Africa by arguing that traditional western forms of theorizing do not adequately fit the South-South migration context. It explores the existing definitions of a ‘migrant’ with a view to conceptualise a definition which will speak to the complexities, envisioning a more inclusive Southern African region. The ... Read more

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  • So They Want Us to Learn French

    Promoting and Opposing Bilingualism in English-Speaking Canada

    by Matthew Hayday ...
    Since the 1960s, bilingualism has become a defining aspect of Canadian identity. And yet, today, relatively few English Canadians speak or choose to speak French. Why has personal bilingualism failed to increase as much as attitudes about bilingualism as a Canadian value?In So They Want Us to Learn French, Matthew Hayday explores the various ways in which bilingualism was promoted to English ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Contemporary Politics in Australia

    Theories, Practices and Issues

    Edited by Rodney Smith, Ariadne Vromen, Ian Cook ...
    Contemporary Politics in Australia provides a lively and wide-ranging introduction to the study of Australian politics. Written by a diverse range of experts, the book offers a comprehensive overview of current theories, debates and research in Australian political science and looks forward to new developments. It encompasses not only formal and institutionally based politics, but also the ... Read more

    $112.99 USD