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Struggles for Justice in Canada and Mexico

By (author) Linda Snyder
Categories: Social classes

Case studies of Canadian and Mexican communities struggling for justice illustrate social mobilization and community organizing theory.

Struggles for Justice in Canada and Mexico examines Canadian and ...

Redesigning Work

By (author) Graham Lowe & Frank Graves
Categories: Sociology

Redesigning Work is a data-rich analysis of the state of Canada’s workers and their job market… This is an important book for employers, workers and policy-makers alike. ”Honourable John ...

Brought to Light

By (author) J. Scott Kenney
Categories: Secret societies

A sociological lens on the freemasons; the author asked contemporary freemasons, "What does it mean to you today?"

Secret societies are becoming increasingly controversial—thrust into public awareness ...

Subversive Action

Edited by Nilan Yu & Deena Mandell
Categories: Sociology

Raises questions about the boundaries of social work and the use of extralegal action in the pursuit of human rights and social justice.

Mainstream conceptions of social work usually consider it to fall ...

Settler

Canada has never had an “Indian problem” but it does have a Settler problem. Through an engaging, and sometimes enraging, look at the relationships between Canada and Indigenous nations, the authors ...

Récits inachevés

Collectif réunisant des approches méthodologiques qualitatives en sciences humaines et sociales.

Que dire et quoi écrire sur des personnes qui laissent peu de traces ou qui, lorsqu’elles en laissent, ...

Le Québec et ses mutations culturelles

Feu la québécitude ? Le fond des traditions ne soutient plus nos rêves d’émancipation. Il faut maintenant faire sans elles ou trouver de nouvelles façons de renouer avec elles.

Qu’est-ce que ...

Dying from Improvement

By (author) Sherene Razack
Categories: Sociology

Dying from Improvement is a major contribution to the issues of Indigenous disposability, suffering, and struggles for justice within a settler state that is dedicated to their disappearance. ” –Audra ...

Venezuela’s Health Care Revolution

By (author) Chris Walker
Categories: Sociology

Established under late Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez, Misión Barrio Adentro (MBA)—Venezuela’s adaptation of the Cuban social medical model—utilizes a free, universal health care system to serve ...

Usurpation de l'identité citoyenne dans l'espace public démocratique

By (author) Sophie Boulay
Preface by Thierry Giasson
Categories: Sociology
Series: Communication

Cet ouvrage révèle 99 cas d’astroturfing, une stratégie de communication dont la source réelle est occultée et qui prétend à tort être d’origine citoyenne.

Des manifestants rémunérés ? ...