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Filming Politics

The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) was created in 1939 to produce, distribute, and promote Canadian cinema both domestically and abroad. During the early years of the NFB, its creative output was ...

Political Thought in Canada

What, if anything, makes Canada’s political identity unique? Pollsters can measure values, but they cannot explain how these values arose over time, why they changed, or how people have attempted to ...

The Development of Political Thought in Canada

Edited by Katherine Fierlbeck
Categories: Political Science

Contemporary Canadian political thought is fresh, provocative, and ubiquitous. But how can we explain the popularity of the present within the context of the past? The premise of this book is that Canada’s ...

Power, Money, and Trade

By (author) Mark R. Brawley
Categories: Political economy

This book is an introduction to International Relations that uses examples from International Political Economy (IPE). It presents the theories and paradigms of International Relations in the context ...

Shifting Boundaries

By (author) Tim Schouls
Categories: Ethnic studies

Canada is often called a pluralist state, but few commentators view Aboriginal self-government from the perspective of political pluralism. Instead, Aboriginal identity is framed in terms of cultural ...

Western Visions, Western Futures

Western Visions, Western Futures explores the interplay between western alienation and western aspirations. Because of regional optimism, western Canadians often feel alienated from the rest of Canada ...

Street Protests and Fantasy Parks

The speed and intensity of global integration in the last two decades have provoked serious debate about the human impact of globalization and deep concern about the capacity of the state to provide social ...

Canadian Communication Thought

By (author) Robert Babe
Categories: Political science and theory

Canada has a rich heritage of English-language communication thought. For the first time "Canadian Communication Thought" assembles much of this erudition by introducing and examining the writings of ...

Citizens and Nation

Grandmother Andre told stories in front of a campfire. Elizabeth Goudie wrote a memoir in school scribblers. Phyllis Knight taped hours of interviews with her son. Today’s families rely on television ...