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  • The Social Safety Net

    Canada in Decline Book I

    by Nora Loreto ...
    Series Book 1 - Canada in Decline
    Canada’s social safety net is fraying. Why does it feel like everything is collapsing?Canada is at a crossroad. Neoliberalism has hollowed out and sold off the social services Canadians rely on now more than ever, and has brought into stark relief the dissonance among colonial, Indigenous, and some of Canada's most at-risk groups.The Social Safety Net tracks the forty-year attack on Canada’s ... Read more

    $11.99 AUD

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  • Practicing Liberation Workbook

    Radical Tools for Grassroots Activists, Community Leaders, Teachers, and Caretakers Working Toward Social Justice

    The accompanying workbook to Practicing Liberation: essential skills, exercises, and journal prompts for social-change workers to protect boundaries, prevent burnout, and nourish organizational cultures of resilience and careWhat do you imagine a better world to look, feel, and sound like?Practicing Liberation Workbook shows that nourishing our movements and communities depends on nourishing ... Read more

    $22.99 AUD

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  • Practicing Liberation

    Transformative Strategies for Collective Healing & Systems Change: Reflections on burnout, trauma & building communities of care in social justice work

    **How do we do effective, sustainable social change…without burning out, internalizing systemic toxicity, or replicating urgency culture?A trauma-informed anthology with contributions from 13 activists and community organizers—for readers of adrienne maree brown, Staci K. Haines, and Ejeris Dixon**When your work is inextricable from your identity, your community, and your own liberation, you need ... Read more

    $23.99 AUD

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  • The Marketizers

    Public Choice and the Origins of the Neoliberal Order

    by Jacob Jensen ...
    Series series Goldsmiths Press / PERC Papers
    A history of the pervasive idea that politics is a marketplace.An original interpretation of the neoliberal order’s origins, The Marketizers is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the marketization of politics since the 1980s. The book traces the origins of the neoliberal order to public choice theory and argues that the reinvention of government on the model of the market would ... Read more

    $46.99 AUD

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  • Rethinking Sustainable Development

    Economic Integration and Public Policy

    by Seck TAN ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Public Economics and Finance
    This book demonstrates falsified economic performance of global economies when the environment is not recognised as a capital, and when the ecosystem is overlooked towards sustainable development.Seck begins with an analysis of standard macroeconomic framework and policy practice. He argues, with reference to environmental accounting literature, that environmental capital must form an integral ... Read more

    $75.99 AUD

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  • Income Redistribution, Inequality and Democracy

    A Political Economy Approach

    Series series Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy
    This book examines why democracy has failed to deliver effective solutions to income inequality problems over the last four decades, and if democracy can offer solutions to various increases in inequality in the future. It also addresses what elements are necessary for democracy to serve as an effective alternative for addressing inequality issues.Historical experiences over the past 40 years, ... Read more

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  • Detrans

    True Stories of Escaping the Gender Ideology Cult

    Transgender activists are all about speaking up—unless you regret your “transition” and have made the journey back. Then you’d better keep your mouth shut. But a compelling new book gives detransitioners a voice. And their testimony is unforgettable.The number of teens and pre-teens persuaded they were born with the wrong body has exploded. Goaded by a toxic online “community” and assisted by ... Read more

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  • Poverty for Profit

    How Corporations Get Rich off America’s Poor

    by Anne Kim ...
    A Ms. Magazine Most Anticipated BookA devastating investigation into the “corporate poverty complex”—the myriad businesses that profit from the poorPoverty is big business in America. The federal government spends about $900 billion a year on programs that directly or disproportionately impact poor Americans, including antipoverty programs such as the earned income tax credit, Medicaid, and ... Read more

    $34.99 AUD

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  • Gun Control in Context

    Learning from the Australian Gun Control Experience

    by Suzanna Fay ...
    This book approaches the gun control debate by asking what it takes to achieve acceptance of, and compliance with, gun control regulations in a community thought to be opposed and resistant. It does this by centring this question on the experience of gun dealers who occupy a dual role in the compliance process – subject to its regulations, yet central to the application of all regulatory processes ... Read more

    $69.99 AUD

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  • For the Public Good

    Reimagining Arts Graduate Programs in Canadian Universities

    Arts graduate education is uniquely positioned to deliver many of the Public Good needs of contemporary Canada. For the Public Good argues, however, that graduate programs must fundamentally change if they are to achieve this potential. Drawing on deep experience and research, the authors outline how reformed programs that equip graduates with advanced skills can address Canada’s most vexing ... Read more

    $41.99 AUD

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  • Abolition and Social Work

    Possibilities, Paradoxes, and the Practice of Community Care

    A critical anthology exploring the debates, conundrums, and promising practices around abolition and social work in academia and within impacted communities.Within social work—a profession that has been intimately tied to and often complicit in the building and sustaining of the carceral state—abolitionist thinking, movement-building, and radical praxis are shifting the field. Critical scholarship ... Read more

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  • The Guarantee

    Inside the Fight for America’s Next Economy

    With a foreword by Angela GarbesFrom the president of the Economic Security Project, a book showing how a just future is around the corner, if we are ready to seize itThe Guarantee asks us to imagine an America where housing, health care, a college education, dignified work, family care, an inheritance, and an income floor are not only attainable by all but guaranteed, by our government, for ... Read more

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  • Democracy's Hidden Heroes

    Fitting Policy to People and Place

    Democracy’s Hidden Heroes tells the story of the local public managers and nonprofit directors who work where bureaucratic hierarchies and community networks meet and often collide. These “hidden heroes” struggle to align universal rules and compliance demands with the unique circumstances facing their organizations and communities.David Campbell recounts compelling stories of the workarounds, ... Read more

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  • The Walls around Opportunity

    The Failure of Colorblind Policy for Higher Education

    by Gary Orfield ...
    Series Book 8 - Our Compelling Interests
    The case for race-conscious education policyIn our unequal society, families of color fully share the dream of college but their children often attend schools that do not prepare them, and the higher education system gives the best opportunities to the most privileged. Students of color hope for college but often face a dead end.For many young people, racial inequality puts them at a disadvantage ... Read more

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  • China's Left-Behind Children

    Caretaking, Parenting, and Struggles

    by Xiaojin Chen ...
    Series series Rutgers Series in Childhood Studies
    One unintended consequence of the unprecedented rural-to-urban migration in China over the past three decades is the exponentially increased number of "left-behind" children—children whose parents migrated to more developed areas and who live with one parent or other extended family members. The daily lives of these children, including their caretaking arrangements, parent-child bonding and ... Read more

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  • Aging, Aging Populations and Welfare

    Series Book 40 - International Perspectives on Aging
    As the world experiences a rapid increase in the aging population, it is essential to address the challenges and opportunities that arise as a result. This book explores the significant impact of aging on individual well-being, societal welfare systems, and the global economy.By examining the multifaceted aspects of aging, demography and welfare, the book aims to provide a comprehensive and ... Read more

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  • Gov. Ron DeSantis Signs Social Media Bill.

    Analysis on what Parents need to know on the signing of the Social Media Bill barring accounts for Children Under 14 and measures for 14- and 15-Year Olds.

    Gov. Ron DeSantis Signs Social Media Bill.This book is an insightful exploration of Florida's groundbreaking Social Media Bill, designed to protect children under the age of 14 from the potential dangers of social media platforms.This book provides a detailed analysis of the bill's provisions, its implications for parents and young users, and strategies for... ... Read more

    $15.42 AUD

  • Health Policy in the United States

    Access, Cost and Quality

    by B. Guy Peters ...
    Written by a well-respected health and public policy expert, this book provides a comprehensive exploration of the under-appreciated role of public health policy in the United States’ medical care industry. The book offers students: • an introduction to the fundamentals of health policy, with comparative perspectives from other countries; • analysis of major health care programmes, including ... Read more

    $65.99 AUD

  • Engaging Children and Young People in Planning

    A Handbook for Transformative Practice

    Engaging Children and Young People in Planning places planners’ skills for engagement with children and young people centre stage by discussing several projects delivered or supported by planning students to young people in the Northeast of England. Urban or town and country planning is a largely unfamiliar concept to children and young people. Moreover, in England, the environment in which young ... Read more

    $69.99 AUD

  • WHO'S AFRAID OF GENDER?

    By Judith Butler

    by Clew Limri ...
    Series Book 48 - summarise & Analysis
    Dive into the thought-provoking exploration of gender and its intersections with power, politics, and society in Judith Butler's compelling work, 'Who's Afraid of Gender?' In this groundbreaking book, Butler unpacks the rise of anti-gender ideology movements sweeping the globe, revealing their insidious tactics and the dire consequences they pose for marginalized communities.Through meticulous ... Read more

    $10.55 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The New Normal and Its Impact on Society

    Perspectives from ASEAN and the European Union

    This book focuses on the socio-cultural changes and issues experienced in ASEAN and the European Union in the post-pandemic world. In doing so, chapters discuss the social impact of specific themes such as changing work ethics, migration, and cyber security, which have shifted the cultural and economic landscapes of Southeast Asia and Europe. The book will be useful for policymakers, journalists, ... Read more

    $58.99 AUD

  • Social Structure Adaptation to COVID-19

    Impact on Humanity

    Social Structure Adaptation to COVID-19 offers global, interdisciplinary perspectives that examine how the COVID-19 pandemic has altered the development trajectory of schools, public health, the workforce, and technology adoption. It explores social themes in society, economy, policy, and culture and draws on a social framework to describe key functions of societal adaptation to the pandemic ... Read more

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  • Family Unfriendly

    How Our Culture Made Raising Kids Much Harder Than It Needs to Be

    The bestselling author of Alienated America traveled the country asking families and experts the same two questions: Why is parenting so hard now? And why are the results so bad?Our culture tells parents there's one best way to raise kids: enroll them in a dozen activities, protect them from trauma, and get them into the most expensive college you can. If you can't do that, don't bother.How is ... Read more

    $16.99 AUD

  • Who's Afraid of Gender?

    by Judith Butler ...
    One of the most anticipated books of 2024 according to The Times, Guardian, Financial Times, New Statesman, The Independent, The Scotsman, Time and moreShouldn't we know what we're arguing about?From one of the most influential thinkers of our time, an enlightening, essential account of how a fear of gender is fuelling reactionary politics around the worldJudith Butler, the ground-... ... Read more

    $21.99 AUD