Political science

  • All in the family : the Trumps and how we got this way

    Creator

    Trump, Fred C.

    Abstract

    With revealing, never-before-told stories, Fred C. Trump III, nephew of President Donald Trump, breaks his decades-long silence in this revealing memoir and sheds a whole new light on the family name. For the record... Fred Trump never asked for any of this. The divisive politics. The endless headlines. A hijacked last name. The heat-seeking uncle, rising from real estate scion to gossip column fixture to The Apprentice host to President of the United States. Fred just wanted a happy life and a satisfying career.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Gallery Books

    Non spécifié
  • Indigenous legalities, pipeline viscosities : colonial extractivism and Wet'suwet'en resistance

    Creator

    McCreary, Tyler

    Abstract

    Indigenous Legalities, Pipeline Viscosities examines the relationship between the Wet'suwet'en and hydrocarbon pipeline development, showing how colonial governments and corporations seek to control Indigenous claims and how the Wet'suwet'en resist. Tyler McCreary explores pipeline regulatory review processes, reviews attempts to reconcile Indigeneity with development, and asks fundamental questions about territory and jurisdiction. In the process, he offers historical context for the continuing influences of colonialism on Indigenous peoples.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Calgary, Alberta]

    University of Alberta Press

    Non spécifié
  • On othering : processes and politics of unpeace

    Abstract

    In every sphere of life, division and intolerance has polarized communities and entire nations. The learned construction of the Other-an evil "enemy" against whom both physical and discursive violence is deemed acceptable-has fractured humanity, creating divisions that seemingly defy reconciliation. How do we restore the bonds of connection among human beings? How do we shift from polarization to peace?

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Calgary, Alberta]

    Athabasca University Press

    Non spécifié
  • Political activist ethnography : studies in the social relations of struggle

    Creator

    Bisaillon, Laura

    Abstract

    As activists strategize, build resistance, and foster solidarity, they also call for better dialogue between researchers and movements and for research that can aid their causes. In this volume, contributors examine how research can produce knowledge for social transformation by using political activist ethnography, a unique social research strategy that uses political confrontation as a resource and focuses on moments and spaces of direct struggle to reveal how ruling regimes are organized so activists and social movements can fight them.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Calgary, Alberta]

    Athabasca University Press

    Non spécifié
  • Resisting the dehumanization of refugees

    Abstract

    Refugees face distinct challenges and are often subject to dehumanization by politicians, media, and the public. In this context, Resisting the Dehumanization of Refugees provides urgent insights and policy relevant perspectives to improve refugees' social well-being and integration. Taking a transdisciplinary approach, scholars from the social sciences, arts, and humanities, alongside practitioners and refugees, explore what it means to experience dehumanization.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Calgary, Alberta]

    Athabasca University Press

    Non spécifié
  • A separate star : politics and strategy for anti-capitalist, anti-colonial, and anti-imperialist struggle

    Creator

    Red Braid Alliance for Decolonial Socialism

    Abstract

    A Separate Star collects the decolonial socialist ambitions of Red Braid Alliance through reflections on struggle, popular philosophical inquiries, and revolutionary strategy. The roots of the collectively-authored book are in Red Braid's decade of efforts to foster the self-organization of what they referred to as subaltern social groups in tent cities, squats, and nameless low-rise apartment buildings facing demoviction in cities and towns throughout south-west British Columbia.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Winnipeg

    ARP Books

    Non spécifié
  • Oath and honor : a memoir and a warning

    Creator

    Cheney, Liz.

    Abstract

    Read by Liz Cheney with 50+ audio source material clips included, Oath and Honor is a gripping first-hand account from inside the halls of Congress as Donald Trump and his enablers betrayed the American people and the Constitution—leading to the violent attack on our Capitol on January 6th, 2021—by the House Republican leader who dared to stand up to it.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Little, Brown & Company

    Non spécifié
  • Red memory : the afterlives of China's cultural revolution

    Creator

    Branigan, Tania

    Abstract

    An indelible exploration of the invisible scar that runs through the heart of Chinese society and the souls of its citizens. "It is impossible to understand China today without understanding the Cultural Revolution," Tania Branigan writes. During this decade of Maoist fanaticism between 1966 and 1976, children turned on parents, students condemned teachers, and as many as two million people died for their supposed political sins, while tens of millions were hounded, ostracized, and imprisoned.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Old Saybrook

    Tantor Audio

    Non spécifié
  • The duel : Diefenbaker, Pearson and the making of modern Canada

    Creator

    Ibbitson, John

    Abstract

    Instant National Bestseller. One of Canada's foremost authors and journalists offers a gripping account of the contest between John Diefenbaker and Lester Pearson, two prime ministers who fought each other relentlessly, but who between them created today's Canada. John Diefenbaker has been unfairly treated by history. Although he wrestled with personal demons, his governments launched major reforms in public health care, law reform, and immigration. On his watch, First Nations on reserve obtained the right to vote and the federal government began to open up the North.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Signal

    Non spécifié
  • Waiting to be arrested at night : a Uyghur poet's memoir of China's genocide

    Creator

    Izgil, Tahir Hamut

    Abstract

    Winner of the National Book Critics Circle John Leonard Prize, awarded to the best first book of the year. Named one of the best books of the year by: The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Economist, Time. A poet's account of one of the world's most urgent humanitarian crises, and a harrowing tale of a family's escape from genocide. One by one, Tahir Hamut Izgil's friends disappeared. The Chinese government's brutal persecution of the Uyghur people had continued for years, but in 2017 it assumed a terrifying new scale.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Books on Tape

    Non spécifié