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  • China’s Hong Kong

    A Political and Cultural Perspective

    by Shigong Jiang ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book differs from most others of its kind, by looking at the Hong Kong issue from China’s perspective, which in turn mirrors China’s own situation. Through a legal lens, the author conducts a political and cultural examination of the past and the present, and provides a comprehensive overview of the many theories and problems concerning Hong Kong. Including reflections on the theory of ... Read more

    $115.29 CAD

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  • The Prize

    Who's In Charge of America's Schools?

    by Dale Russakoff ...
    This New York Times bestseller chronicles how Mark Zuckerberg, Chris Christie, and Cory Booker tried—and failed—to reform education in Newark, NJ.In September of 2010, billionaire Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg went on Oprah to announce a pledge of $100 million to transform the downtrodden schools of Newark, New Jersey. There by his side were the city's Democratic mayor, Cory Booker, and the ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Next Big Story

    My Journey Through the Land of Possibilities

    by Soledad O'Brien, Rose Marie Arce ...
    From top CNN anchor and special correspondent Soledad O'Brien comes a highly personal look at her biggest reporting moments from Hurricane Katrina, the tsunami in Southeast Asia, the devastating Haiti earthquake, and to the historic 2008 U.S. elections and high profile interviews with everyday Americans. Drawing on her own unique background as well as her experiences at the front lines of the most ... Read more

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  • Identity in Democracy

    by Amy Gutmann ...
    Written by one of America's leading political thinkers, this is a book about the good, the bad, and the ugly of identity politics.Amy Gutmann rises above the raging polemics that often characterize discussions of identity groups and offers a fair-minded assessment of the role they play in democracies. She addresses fundamental questions of timeless urgency while keeping in focus their relevance to ... Read more

    $49.49 CAD

  • Jews, Confucians, and Protestants

    Cultural Capital and the End of Multiculturalism

    by Lawrence E. Harrison ...
    Multiculturalism—the belief that no culture is better or worse than any other; it is merely different—has come to dominate Western intellectual thought and to serve as a guide to domestic and foreign policy and development aid. But what if multiculturalism itself is flawed? What if some cultures are more prone to progress than others and more successful at creating the cultural capital that ... Read more

    $34.99 CAD

  • On the Muslim Question

    by Anne Norton ...
    Series series The Public Square
    Why “the Muslim question” is really about the West and its own anxieties—not IslamIn the post-9/11 West, there is no shortage of strident voices telling us that Islam is a threat to the security, values, way of life, and even existence of the United States and Europe. For better or worse, "the Muslim question" has become the great question of our time. It is a question bound up with others--about ... Read more

    Was $49.49 CAD Now $35.19 CAD

  • Dynamic Governance: Embedding Culture, Capabilities And Change In Singapore (English Version)

    by Boon Siong Neo, Geraldine Chen ...
    In a world of uncertainty and change, current achievements are no guarantee for future survival. Even if the initial chosen set of principles, policies and practices are good, static efficiency and governance would eventually lead to stagnation and decay. No amount of careful planning can assure a government of continual relevance and effectiveness if there is no capacity for learning, innovation ... Read more

    $41.79 CAD

  • Communication and the Globalization of Culture

    Beyond Tradition and Borders

    by Shaheed Nick Mohammed ...
    Shaheed Nick Mohammed's Communication and the Globalization of Culture: Beyond Tradition and Borders provides a unique perspective on the concept of culture and its fate in the globalized, mediated environment. Acknowledging widespread fears of cultural erosion at the hands of dominant global forces, Mohammed argues that what we understand as culture has always been the product of global forces, ... Read more

    $62.29 CAD

  • In the Smaller Scope of Conscience

    The Struggle for National Repatriation Legislation, 1986–1990

    by C. Timothy McKeown ...
    In 1989, The National Museum of the American Indian Act (NMAIA) was successfully passed after a long and intense struggle. One year later, the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) followed. These federal repatriation statutes—arguably some of the most important laws in the history of anthropology, museology, and American Indian rights—enabled Native Americans to reclaim ... Read more

    $31.89 CAD

  • John Dewey and the Habits of Ethical Life

    The Aesthetics of Political Organizing in a Liquid World

    by Jason Kosnoski ...
    This book uses John Dewey to articulate discursive practices that would help citizens form better intellectual and moral relationships with their fragmented, shifting political environment. These practices do not impart more or better information to citizens, but instead consist in dialog exhibiting rhythms and patterns that increase their interest in inquiring how distant events and communities ... Read more

    $142.19 CAD

  • Politics of Memory

    The Israeli Underground's Struggle for Inclusion in the National Pantheon and Military Commemoralization

    by Udi Lebel ...
    Series series Israeli History, Politics and Society
    This book illustrates how a dominant political party, the Mapai, under the leadership of P.M. David Ben-Gurion, chose to ‘hug,’ honor and commemorate ‘Her Fallen’ and ‘Her Bereaved Families,’ whilst simultaneously ignoring the fallen that were identified with the rival political party, Herut, led by Menachem Begin. Designing legislation and cultural policy designated for Teaching the public that ... Read more

    $86.56 CAD

  • Marginalities in India

    Themes and Perspectives

    Edited by Asmita Bhattacharyya, Sudeep Basu ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This volume engages with the renewed focus on various forms of persisting and new marginalities in globalising India. The persistence of hunger in pockets of India; forcible land acquisitions and their impact on deprived sections of society; the effects of urban relocations; material deprivation of minority groups and tribes as a result of conflicts; continuing caste discrimination; reported cases ... Read more

    $115.29 CAD