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  The Ideological Origins of the...

  Bernard Bailyn

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  To the original text of what has become a classic of American historical literature, Bernard Bailyn adds a substantial essay, "Fulfillment," as a Postscript. Here he discusses the intense, nation-wide debate on the ratification of the Constitution, stressing the continuities between that struggle over the foundations of the national government and the original principles of the Revolution. This detailed study of the persistence of the nation's ideological origins adds a new dimension to the book and projects its meaning forward into vital current concerns.

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  The State We Need - Keys to the...

  Michael Meacher

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  At a time when great issues are crying out for resolution - financial and economic stagnation, an increasingly polarised society, global paralysis over climate change, and spiritual emptiness and loss of vision throughout the West - politics is dominated by spin and manipulation. Too many people feel confused, cynical and angry ... and poorly represented by a remote political elite in Westminster. Despite the crash, that elite are still clinging to the same old ideas that have been tried and found wanting; we're still being told that we're not allowed to think outside the box of Thatcher's capitalism. This book opens up a whole new vista - one that is radical but also practical. It presents a different model for business, a restructured banking system, an alternative economic policy, a reconfigured power structure, an industrial policy geared to the revival of manufacturing, a sharply different approach to employment and welfare, as well as inequality in society, and a fundamental reassessment of the handling of climate change. The State We Need answers the cry of the alienated many. It delivers a full analysis of the problems facing the British state, and offers the comprehensive, resonating vision of Britain for which we've all been waiting.

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  So Rich So Poor - Why It's so...

  Peter Edelman

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  “A competent, thorough assessment from a veteran expert in the field.” —Kirkus Reviews   Income disparities in our wealthy nation are wider than at any point since the Great Depression. The structure of today’s economy has stultified wage growth for half of America’s workers—with even worse results at the bottom and for people of color—while bestowing billions on the few at the very top.   In this “accessible and inspiring analysis”, lifelong anti-poverty advocate Peter Edelman assesses how the United States can have such an outsized number of unemployed and working poor despite important policy gains. He delves into what is happening to the people behind the statistics and takes a particular look at young people of color, for whom the possibility of productive lives is too often lost on the way to adulthood (Angela Glover Blackwell).   For anyone who wants to understand one of the critical issues of twenty-first century America, So Rich, So Poor is “engaging and informative” (William Julius Wilson) and “powerful and eloquent” (Wade Henderson).

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  Subdivided - City-Building in an...

  Jay Pitter, John Lorinc

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  How do we build cities where we aren't just living within the same urban space, but living together?
  
   
  Greater Toronto is now home to a larger proportion of foreign-born residents than any other major global metropolis. Not surprisingly, city officials rarely miss an opportunity to tout the region’s ethno-cultural neighbourhoods. Yet there’s strong evidence that the GTA is experiencing widening socio-economic disparities that have produced worrisome divisions. We say that ‘diversity is our strength,’ but has a feel-good catchphrase prevented us from confronting the forces that seem to be separating and isolating urban communities?
  
   
  Through compelling storytelling and analysis, Subdivided’s contributors – a wide range of place-makers, academics, activists and journalists – ask how we can expand city-building processes to tackle issues ranging from transit equity and trust-based policingto holistic mental health, dignified affordable housing and inclusive municipal governance. Ultimately, Subdivided aims to provoke the tough but pressing conversations required to build a truly connected and just city.
  
   
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  Introduction - Jay Pitter
  
   
  Identity and the City: Thinking Through Diversity – Beyhan Farhadi
  
   
  Doing Immigrant Resettlement Right – Doug Saunders
  
   
  Wasauksing–Vancouver–Toronto: My Path Home – Rebeka Tabobondung
  
   
  How We Welcome: Why Canada’s Refugee Resettlement Program Undermines Place-making – Sarah Beamish and Sofia Ijaz
  
   
  Finding Space for Spirituality – Fatima Syed
  
   
  Navigating the City with an Invisible Illness: The Story of Dorothy – Denise DaCosta
  
   
  Culture and Mental Illness – Karen Pitter
  
   
  Neighbourhood Watch: Racial Profiling and Virtual Gated Communities – Asmaa Malik
  
   
  Accessing Education: An Immigrant’s Story – Nicholas Davis
  
   
  Policing and Trust in the Hyper-Diverse City – Nana Yanful
  
   
  Three Questions about Carding – Idil Burale
  
   
  An Overburdened Promise: Arts Funding for Social Development – Ian Kamau, Paul Nguyen and Ryan Paterson, with John Lorinc
  
   
  Designing Dignified Social Housing – Jay Pitter
  
   
  Walking Through Loss: A Critical Visit to an Old Neighbourhood – Photography by Taha Muharuma
  
   
  Reconsidering Revitalization: The Case of Regent Park – Jay Pitter in conversation with Sandra Costain
  
   
  Model Citizens – Andrea Gunraj
  
   
  A Tale of Two – or Three – Cities: Gentrification and Community Consultations – Mariana Valverde
  
   
  Mobility in the Divided City – Eric Mann
  
   
  Toward MoreComplete Communities: Business Out of the Box – Alina Chatterjee
  
   
  Going Beyond Representation: The Diversity Deficit in Local Government – John Lorinc
  
   
  Brampton, a.k.a. Browntown – Noreen Ahmed-Ullah
  
   
  Life in the City In-Between – Shawn Micallef
  
   
  Conclusion – J. David Hulchanski

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  Robert Sobukwe - How can Man Die...

  Benjamin Pogrund

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  I am greatly privileged to have known him and to have fallen under his spell. His long imprisonment, restriction and early death were a major tragedy for our land and the world.' - ARCHBISHOP DESMOND TUTU on Sobukwe On 21 March 1960, Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe led a mass defiance of South Africa's pass laws. He urged blacks to go to the nearest police station and demand arrest. Police opened fi re on a peaceful crowd in the township of Sharpeville and killed 69 people. This protest changed the course of South Africa's history. Sobukwe, leader of the Pan-Africanist Congress, was jailed for three years for incitement. At the end of his sentence the government rushed the so-called 'Sobukwe Clause' through Parliament, to keep him in prison without a trial. For the next six years Sobukwe was kept in solitary confinement on Robben Island. On his release Sobukwe was banished to the town of Kimberley, with very severe restrictions on his freedom, until his death in February 1978. This book is the story of a South African hero, and of the friendship between him and Benjamin Pogrund, whose joint experiences and debates chart the course of a tyrannous regime and the growth of black resistance. This new edition of How Can Man Die Better contains a number of previously unpublished photographs and an updated Epilogue.

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  Summary of Ben Carson & Candy...

  Falcon Press

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  Summary of Ben Carson & Candy Carson's A More Perfect Union is a book by Ben Carson, MD, and his wife, Candy Carson. This book explores the intricacies of the Constitution in both its historical context and its application by the present United States government. By breaking down all of the concepts covered in the Constitution, US citizens can be better educated on the freedoms ensured by this document so that they can be more vigilant about attempts to infringe upon those freedoms…

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