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At the Centre of Government

By (author) Ian Brodie
Categories: Political Science

“Canada’s prime minister is a dictator. ” “The Sun King of Canadian government. ” “More powerful than any other chief executive of any other democratic country. ” These kinds of claims are ...

The Politics of War

When Canada committed forces to the military mission in Afghanistan after September 11, 2001, little did Canadians foresee that they would be involved in a war-riven country for over a decade. The Politics ...

Capitalism: A Crime Story

A mugger says to a stranger, “Give me your wallet or I will beat you to pulp!” It is a crime. An employer says to a worker: “Adding lung-saving ventilation will reduce my profit. Give me back some ...

Undertow in the Third Wave

By (author) Peter A. Ferguson
Categories: Comparative politics

In 2015, the world suffered a net decline in political freedom for the 10th consecutive year. Undertow in the Third Wave seeks to understand why by examining 40 cases of democratic reversal. Peter A. ...

Restructuring the European State

By (author) Paolo Dardanelli
Categories: Political Science

This book examines why European integration fuels state disintegration. Dardanelli, a senior lecturer in comparative politics at the University of Kent, presents a systematic investigation of the connections ...

Hunting the Northern Character

By (author) Tony Penikett
Categories: Indigenous peoples

Canadian politicians, like many of their circumpolar counterparts, brag about their country’s “northern character” but what do they mean, exactly? Southern perspectives fail to capture northern ...

Look Who's Watching, Revised Edition

Look Who’s Watching confirms in vivid detail that the trust placed by users in the Internet is increasingly misplaced. Based on illustrative anecdotal evidence and analysis of new survey data, Look ...

Is This the End of the Liberal International Order?

The twentieth semi-annual Munk Debate pits Niall Ferguson against Fareed Zakaria to debate the end of the liberal international order.

Since the end of World War II, global affairs have been shaped by ...

Fox

Fox moves on quick and elegant feet through the terror and exhilaration of Winnipeg’s 1919 General Strike, the most turbulent period of the city’s history. In a novel of remarkably vivid, kinetic ...

Seven Fallen Feathers

By (author) Tanya Talaga
Categories: Biography: general

The shocking true story covered by The Guardian and The New York Times of the seven young Indigenous students who were found dead in a northern Ontario city. Winner of the RBC Taylor Prize and the Shaughnessy ...