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  • Education in France

    Continuity and Change in the Mitterrand Years 1981-1995

    Edited by Anne Corbett, Bob Moon ...
    In common with most industrialised countries, France has undertaken an ambitious programme of education reform over the last fifteen years. This book uses key extracts from contemporary writing to examine exactly how and why that process has happened, focusing on all stages of the education system. Sections cover the main characteristics of school reform in France, its aims and objectives, a ... Read more

    $365.52 CAD

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  • 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

    $13.99 CAD

  • The New Spirit of Capitalism

    by Luc Boltanski, Eve Chiapello ...
    Translated by Gregory Elliott ...
    New edition of this major work examining the development of neoliberalismIn this established classic, sociologists Luc Boltanski and Eve Chiapello get to the heart of contemporary capitalism. Delving deep into the latest management texts informing the thinking of employers, the authors trace the contours of a new spirit of capitalism. They argue that beginning in the mid-1970s, capitalism ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • The Public intellectual in Canada

    by Nelson Wiseman ...
    This illuminating, entertaining, and timely volume examines the place and impact of public intellectuals in our rapidly changing and diverse society. Boasting an all-star cast of contributors – including some of Canada’s most prominent writers, journalists, and academics – it probes the role of public discourse and intellectual persuasion in shaping Canada’s past, present, and future.The Public ... Read more

    $35.99 CAD

  • Religion, Culture, and the State

    Reflections on the Bouchard-Taylor Report

    Edited by Howard Adelman, Pierre Anctil ...
    The Canadian principle of reasonable accommodation demands that the cultural majority make certain concessions to the needs of minority groups if these concessions will not cause 'undue hardship.' This principle has caused much debate in Quebec, particularly over issues of language, Muslim head coverings, and religious symbols such as the kirpan (traditional Sikh dagger). In 2007, Quebec Premier ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD

  • Bourdieu in the City

    Challenging Urban Theory

    by Loïc Wacquant ...
    Building on three decades of comparative research on marginality, ethnicity, and penality in the postindustrial metropolis, Loïc Wacquant offers a novel interpretation of Pierre Bourdieu as urban theorist. He invites us to explore the city through what he calls the trialectic of symbolic space (the mental categories through which we perceive and organize the world), social space (the distribution ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

  • The Oxford Handbook of Pierre Bourdieu

    Edited by Thomas Medvetz, Jeffrey J. Sallaz ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    Pierre Bourdieu was one of the most influential social thinkers of the past half-century, known for both his theoretical and methodological contributions and his wide-ranging empirical investigations into colonial power in Algeria, the educational system in France, the forms of state power, and the history of artistic and scientific fields-among many other topics. Despite the depth and breadth of ... Read more

    $151.19 CAD

  • The Case for Decentralized Federalism

    Edited by Ruth Hubbard, Gilles Paquet ...
    Series series Governance Series
    The Case for Decentralized Federalism and its sister volume The Case for Centralized Federalism are the outcome of the Federalism Redux Project, created to stimulate a serious and useful conversation on federalism in Canada. They provide the vocabulary and arguments needed to articulate the case for a centralized or a decentralized Canadian federalism.The Case for Decentralized Federalism brings ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • Re-Thinking Economics

    Exploring the Work of Pierre Bourdieu

    Edited by Asimina Christoforou, Michael Lainé ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Heterodox Economics
    Once again, unfettered capitalism has failed. Promises for global prosperity and peace have given way to a world of deep recession, social upheaval and political instability. Once again, mainstream economics has proved its inadequacy. Despite its technical rigour and mathematical virtuosity, it failed dramatically to respond to the current crisis. Why is this so? Mainstream economics turns a blind ... Read more

    $114.99 CAD

  • Spatial Planning Systems of Britain and France

    A Comparative Analysis

    Edited by Philip Booth, Michelle Breuillard, Charles Fraser, Didier Paris ...
    Spatial Planning Systems of Britain and France brings together a wide selection of comparative essays to highlight the fundamental similarities and differences between the spatial planning in Great Britain and France: two countries that are near neighbours and yet have developed very different modes of planning in terms of their structure, practical application and underlying philosophies.Drawing ... Read more

    $94.81 CAD

  • Anthropology and Development

    Understanding Contemporary Social Change

    by Jean-Pierre Oliver De-Sardan ...
    This book re-establishes the relevance of mainstream anthropological (and sociological) approaches to development processes and simultaneously recognizes that contemporary development ought to be anthropology's principal area of study. Professor de Sardan argues for a socio-anthropology of change and development that is a deeply empirical, multidimensional, diachronic study of social groups and ... Read more

    $45.99 CAD

  • Autonomous Public Bodies and the Law

    A European Perspective

    by Stéphanie De Somer ...
    Series series Elgar Monographs in Constitutional and Administrative Law
    This book aims to give readers an insight into two dynamics that influence the phenomenon of autonomous public bodies (APBs) in the European legal sphere today. Stephanie De Somer first studies both phenomena-EU impulse and national restraint-as standalone trends and then addresses the tensions between them. The first trend covers EU legislation that obliges Member States to entrust the ... Read more

    $41.99 CAD