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Good Places to Live: Poverty and Public Housing in Canada
Brunswick Books |
October 1, 2011 |
157 pages
Professor:
Prof. Fiona Meyer Cook
Course Codes:
SOWK 1000V
Semester:
Summer-2013
Demonstrating how public housing projects are stigmatized and stereotyped as havens of poverty, illegal activity, and violence, this study contends that the problems with which they are so often associated are not inherent but the result of structural inequalities and neoliberal government... More Info
The New Geography of Jobs
Mariner Books |
March 19, 2013 |
294 pages
Makes correlations between success and geography, explaining how such rising centers of innovation as San Francisco and Austin are likely to offer influential opportunities and shape the national and global economies.
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Down the Up Escalator
Random House Digital, Inc. |
April 2, 2013 |
288 pages
"An intimate look at the lives of Americans who have been affected, in very different ways, by the 2008 Recession"--
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$29.95
Wal-Mart Wars
March 25, 2013 |
256 pages
Wal-Mart is America’s largest retailer. The national chain of stores is a powerful stand-in of both the promise and perils of free market capitalism. Yet it is also often the target of public outcry for its labor practices, to say nothing of class-action lawsuits, and a central symbol in... More Info
$16.00
The No-Nonsense Guide to Class, Caste & Hierarchies
New Internationalist |
May 25, 2013 |
144 pages
Upper, middle, or lower? Which class are you? Hierarchies and rankings have been with us since the earliest times and, as Seabrook argues, they show no sign of disappearing yet. Those at the top would have too much to lose. This No-Nonsense Guidegives the full picture of how class analysis emerged... More Info
$55.00
Writing Unemployment
April 17, 2013 |
280 pages
This landmark study explores the cultural and literary history of unemployment in Canada from the 1920s to the 1970s, which were crucial decades in the formation of our current conception of Canada as a nation. Writing Unemploymentasks how writers with diverse political affiliations participated in... More Info
Labouring Canada
February 7, 2008 |
471 pages
This text is a collection of classic and contemporary articles exploring the nature of work in Canadian history from the late eighteenth century to the current day. Class relations and labour form the core of the volume, but attention will also be paid to the state and its relations withworkers... More Info
$35.00
River of Dark Dreams
Belknap Press |
February 26, 2013 |
560 pages
When Jefferson acquired the Louisiana Territory, he envisioned an “empire for liberty” populated by self-sufficient white farmers. Cleared of Native Americans and the remnants of European empires by Andrew Jackson, the Mississippi Valley was transformed instead into a booming capitalist economy... More Info
$34.95
The Canadian War on Queers
University of British Columbia Press |
July 1, 2010 |
554 pages
From the 1950s to the late 1990s, agents of the state spied on, interrogated, and harassed gays and lesbians in Canada, employing social ideologies and other practices to construct their targets as threats to society and enemies of the state. Based on official security documents and interviews with... More Info
$19.95
Oil, Wheat, & Wobblies
September 18, 2012 |
316 pages
The Industrial Workers of the World, or Wobblies, a radical labor union, played an important role in Oklahoma between the founding of the union in 1905 and its demise in 1930. In Oil, Wheat, & Wobblies, Nigel Anthony Sellars describes IWW efforts to organize migratory harvest hands and... More Info
$30.95
The Road Out
January 31, 2013 |
294 pages
"A wrenching, extraordinary tale. The Road Out is not a story of victims, but a story of passion and literacy. With abundant authority and vulnerability, Hicks uncovers unexpected insights and offers new ways to bring a love of reading along with some hope into the far corners of urban lives on the... More Info
$35.00
Failed Evidence
NYU Press |
September 3, 2012 |
260 pages
With the popularity of crime dramas like CSI focusing on forensic science, and increasing numbers of police and prosecutors making wide-spread use of DNA, high-tech science seems to have become the handmaiden of law enforcement. But this is a myth,asserts law professor and nationally known expert... More Info
$29.58
The Immigrant Fight
December 1, 2012 |
152 pages
One of the central issues nations share in our globalized world is a drastic reshaping of populations brought about by massive labor migrations. With this has come another globally pervasive issue: immigrant abuse. From Asian workers abused in the oil-rich Gulf states, Latinos trafficked at the... More Info
$27.50
Raising Expectations (and Raising Hell)
Verso |
November 20, 2012 |
332 pages
How one militant union organizer fought the bosses—and national labor leaders. In 1995, in the first contested election in the history of the AFL-CIO, John Sweeney won the presidency of the nation’s largest labor federation, promising renewal and resurgence. Today, less than 7 percent of... More Info
Wanderlust
Penguin |
June 1, 2001 |
326 pages
A cultural history of walking explores the ancient practice, from ancient Greece to the present, delving into Wordsworth, Gary Snyder, Rousseau, Jane Austen, and other cultural and literary icons to show how this basic activity has been imagined throughout history. 17,500 first printing.
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$30.00
The Presumption of Guilt
Palgrave Macmillan |
June 22, 2010 |
256 pages
"Shortly after noon on Tuesday, July 16, 2009, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., MacArthur Fellow and Harvard professor, was mistakenly arrested by Cambridge police sergeant James Crowley for attempting to break into his own home. The ensuing media firestorm ignited debate across the country. The... More Info
$27.50
The Politics of Inequality
January 20, 2012 |
251 pages
Since the early days of the American republic, political thinkers have maintained that a grossly unequal division of property, wealth, and power would lead to the erosion of democratic life. Yet over the past thirty-five years, neoconservatives and neoliberals alike have redrawn the tenets of... More Info
$19.95
Death of the Liberal Class
Vintage Canada |
August 30, 2011 |
256 pages
The liberal class plays a vital role in a democracy. It gives moral legitimacy to the state. It makes limited forms of dissent and incremental change possible. The liberal class posits itself as the conscience of the nation. It permits us, through its appeal to public virtues and the public good,... More Info
$35.95
Global Lockdown
Psychology Press |
January 18, 2005 |
323 pages
The recent explosion in women's imprisonment in the US--a 2,800 percent increase from 1970 to 2001--and around the world has received little critical analysis. Women of color, immigrants, and indigenous women, in particular, have been targeted by "tough on crime" policies and the global war on... More Info
$29.95
Come Hell or high water
Basic Civitas Books |
May 25, 2013 |
258 pages
A searing assessment of the meaning of Hurricane Katrina combines interviews with survivors of the disaster and the author's knowledge of black migrations and government policy over decades, and explores the legacy of black suffering in America since slavery. 75,000 first printing.
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No Citizen Left Behind
Harvard Univ Pr |
April 23, 2012 |
360 pages
While teaching at an all-Black middle school in Atlanta, Meira Levinson realized that students' individual self-improvement would not necessarily enable them to overcome their profound marginalization within American society. This is because of a civic empowerment gap that is as shameful and... More Info
$19.95
Convicting the Innocent
Harvard University Press |
September 3, 2012 |
376 pages
This probing analysis of three of Giotto’s major works and the patrons who commissioned them goes beyond the clichés of Giotto as the founding figure of western painting. It traces the interactions between Franciscan friars and powerful bankers and illuminates the complex interactions between... More Info
Borderline Justice
Pluto Press |
October 30, 2012 |
225 pages
From pre-arrival to detention and deportation, Borderline Justice describes the exclusionary policies, inhumane decisions, and obstacles to justice for refugees and migrants in the current legal system.Frances Webber, a legal practitioner with over 30 years experience, provides a unique insight... More Info
The Rise and Fall of the Welfare State
Pluto Press (UK) |
December 15, 2011 |
240 pages
In an age of government imposed austerity, and after 30 years of neo-liberal restructuring, the future of the welfare state looks increasingly uncertain. Asbjørn Wahl offers an accessible analysis of the situation across Europe, identifies the most important challenges, and presents practical... More Info
$30.95
The Lure of the City
Pluto Pr |
November 15, 2011 |
224 pages
Cities, by their very nature, are a mass of contradictions. They can be at once visually stunning, culturally rich, exploitative, and unforgiving. In The Lure of the City, Austin Williams and Alastair Donald explore the potential of cities to meet the economic, social, and political challenges of... More Info
$22.95
Assembling women
Ilr Pr |
May 25, 2013 |
208 pages
Despite the massive influx of women into the labor force as a result of globalization, the gender inqualities at work have remained largely unchanged. This book addresses two related questions: What has prompted the feminization of manufacturing work in d
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Missing
November 1, 2011 |
280 pages
Stories of the missing offer profound insights into the tension between how political systems see us and how we see each other. In Missing, Jenny Edkins highlights stories from a range of circumstances that shed light on this critical tension.
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$29.95
A new new deal
Ilr Pr |
October 1, 2009 |
275 pages
A Century Foundation Book In A New New Deal, the labor movement leaders Amy B. Dean and David B. Reynolds offer a bold new plan to revitalize American labor activism and build a sense of common purpose between labor and community organizations. Dean and Reynolds demonstrate how alliances organized... More Info
$10.00
The Paradox of American Unionism
Ilr Press |
May 25, 2013 |
226 pages
Why have Americans, who by a clear majority approve of unions, been joining them in smaller numbers than ever before? This book answers that question by comparing the American experience with that of Canada, where approval for unions is significantly...
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$39.00
Resilience
State Univ of New York Pr |
November 6, 2008 |
254 pages
Academia can be overwhelmingly foreign and hostile to those who have poor or working-class backgrounds. For people who are from the working class and also queer, the obstacles to earning a graduate degree may prove insurmountable. Frequently discouraged from attending college in the first place,... More Info
$24.00
Street kids
New York Univ Pr |
May 9, 2011 |
247 pages
Street outreach workers comb public places such as parks, vacant lots, and abandoned waterfronts to search for young people who are living out in public spaces, if not always in the public eye. Street Kids opens a window to the largely hidden world of street youth, drawing on their detailed and... More Info
No University Is an Island
New York Univ Pr |
October 1, 2011 |
289 pages
Hebrew has survived as a continuously written literature for nearly 3,000 years. It is the oldest, and in some ways most successful, minority literature. While Hebrew is central to the social history of the Jews, its history also offers a panoramic window into the relationships of other minority... More Info
$24.95
Migrants and Migration in Modern North America
Duke University Press Books |
September 5, 2011 |
456 pages
This collection of twenty essays provides an integrated view of migration in North America--within and between Canada, the Caribbean, Mexico, and the United States--during the past two centuries.
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Labor and monopoly capital
Monthly Review Pr |
January 1, 1998 |
338 pages
This widely acclaimed book, first published in 1974, was a classic from its first day in print.
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Out of the Blue
May 5, 2012 |
264 pages
Jan Wong wrote a story that sparked a violent backlash, including death threats. For the first time in her life she spiraled into clinical depression. Her newspaper accused her of feigning illness and fired her; her insurer rejected her claim of depression; and her publisher refused to publish this... More Info
Pensions under attack
James Lorimer & Company |
March 1, 2001 |
284 pages
Will privatizing public pension plans spell disaster for the elderly, or is it a bold idea for coping with rising costs? Major changes to the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) were made in 1998. Most likely on future agendas will be the abolition of the CPP and its replacement with a system of mandatory... More Info
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The Guy in the Green Truck
Fernwood Publishing Co., Ltd. |
February 19, 2010 |
176 pages
Spotlighting one man's choice to abandon security for chance, this biographical memoir relates the inspiring story of John St. Amand, who left a promising career as a sociologist?along with handsome health and retirement benefits?to take on the turbulent life of a union organizer.
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Universities at risk
James Lorimer & Co |
October 15, 2008 |
416 pages
Is the integrity of Canadian universities being threatened by big business and a results driven environment?
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Campus Confidential
James Lorimer & Company |
March 7, 2011 |
248 pages
A look at what's really happening inside Canada's universities.
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Making Ei Work
Queens Univ School of Policy |
January 30, 2013 |
400 pages
Since the inception and design of Canada's Employment Insurance (EI) program, the Canadian economy and labour market have undergone dramatic changes. It is clear that EI has not kept pace with those changes, and experts and advocates agree that the program is no longer effective or equitable.... More Info
Which side are you on?
New Press, The |
June 29, 2004 |
355 pages
The comic, poignant, one-of-a-kind book that "reads like an enthralling novel" (Studs Terkel). When it first appeared in hardcover, Which Side Are You On? received widespread critical accolades, and was nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award for nonfiction. In this new paperback... More Info
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Put to work
Monthly Review Pr |
November 30, 2009 |
136 pages
With unemployment surging to record levels and the economy in freefall, experts are looking to the Great Depression for lessonsin stimulating job creation. Then, as now, the system was unableto provide the jobs and financial support desperately needed by millions of people. But thenin the 1930sthe... More Info
Back to School
The New Press |
September 18, 2012 |
206 pages
"It's a statistic that's sure to surprise: close to 45 percent of postsecondary students in the United States today do not enroll in college directly out of high school and many attend part-time. Following a tradition of self-improvement as old as the Republic, the "nontraditional" college student... More Info
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