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  • Doing Interpretive Research

    Learning and Teaching Imagination in Social Research

    by Dr Koen P. R. Bartels, Prof Hendrik Wagenaar ...
    Interpretivism has an intuitive appeal to many social researchers, but they often feel ill-equipped to do it. Other social researchers tend to believe that interpretivism is a specialized niche with little relevance to their research practice. What has been lost is the awareness that interpretation is an explanatory logic and form of inquiry that is at the root of all social science research, ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • A Call to Action Research

    Confronting the Social and Environmental Sustainability Crises

    by Davydd J. Greenwood, Johan E. Ravn, Koen P.R. Bartels ...
    This groundbreaking book issues an urgent call to confront the global social and ecological crises that are destabilizing societies everywhere. Business as usual in social science and governance is no longer sustainable. A Call to Action Research urges academic researchers, citizens, third sector workers, public officials, and businesspeople to join forces for global social justice and ecological ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • National Service and Volunteerism

    Achieving Impact in Our Communities

    by Maria-Elena Augustin, Emily Bachman, Koen P. R. Bartels, Jodi Benenson, Valerie Beynon, Julia Carboni, Guido Cozzi, Na’eem H. Crawford-Muhammad, Todd Joseph Currie, Deborah Jospin, Jay D. Jurie0, Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg1, Jessica Kleinberger2, Karen Kopera-Frye3, Stephanie Krick4, Myung J. Lee5, Katharine Leonberger6, Peter Levine7, Noemi Mantovan8, Rita Massey9, Sarah Maxwell0, Connie L. McNeely1, Tadar Muhammad2, Alice Neira3, Dorothy Norris-Tirrell4, Shelby Olson5, Jarrad Plante6, Cristian Pliscoff7, Shirley Sagawa8, Sara Strickhouser9, Dennis O. Torbett0, Norma Winston1, James D. Wright2, Thomas A. Bryer3 ...
    National service and volunteerism enjoy a rich history in the United States and an emergent future in other parts of the world. However, there remains relatively scant evidence of overall impact of national service programs and volunteer effectiveness. This condition continues to threaten national service and volunteer programs with the risk of defunding and/or the risk of not investing ... Read more

    $55.09 USD

  • Communicative Capacity

    Public Encounters in Participatory Theory and Practice

    by Koen P.R. Bartels ...
    Participatory democracy has become an unshakable norm and its practice is widespread. Nowadays, public professionals and citizens regularly encounter each other in participatory practice to address shared problems. But while the frequency, pace and diversity of their public encounters has increased, communicating in participatory practice remains a challenging, fragile and demanding undertaking ... Read more

    $44.09 USD

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  • Canada Lives Here

    The Case for Public Broadcasting

    by Wade Rowland ...
    Canada Lives Here tells the tumultuous story of public broadcasting in Canada, from its inception in 1933 to the CBC’s current, controversial attempts to adapt to collapsing revenues and new technologies. It explores in detail the struggle to preserve public space and foster community in an environment devoted to profit-making, arguing that the ideals of public service broadcasting are more ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Brand Command

    Canadian Politics and Democracy in the Age of Message Control

    by Alex Marland ...
    Series series Communication, Strategy, and Politics
    The pursuit of political power is strategic as never before. Ministers, MPs, and candidates parrot the same catchphrases. The public service has become politicized. And decision making is increasingly centralized in the Prime Minister’s Office. What is happening to our democracy? In this persuasive book, Alex argues that political parties and government are beholden to the same marketing ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • Christy Clark

    Behind the Smile

    by Judi Tyabji ...
    A political insider offers a revealing perspective and examines the public and private life of BC’s controversial premier.In the blood-sport arena of provincial politics, BC’s enigmatic premier, Christy Clark, has defied the pundits to win both party leadership and an upset election victory against all odds. Made deputy premier in 2001 shortly after her first foray into public life, she shunned ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • The Political Spectrum

    The Tumultuous Liberation of Wireless Technology, from Herbert Hoover to the Smartphone

    by Thomas Winslow Hazlett ...
    From the former chief economist of the FCC, a remarkable history of the U.S. government’s regulation of the airwavesPopular legend has it that before the Federal Radio Commission was established in 1927, the radio spectrum was in chaos, with broadcasting stations blasting powerful signals to drown out rivals. In this fascinating and entertaining history, Thomas Winslow Hazlett, a distinguished ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • Politics: Another Perspective

    Commentary and Analysis on Race, War, Ethics and the American Political Landscape in the Age of Obama

    by Wilmer J. Leon III Ph.D. ...
    Over the past 8 years there have been significant shifts in the American political landscape. The election of Senator Barack Obama as America’s 44th and first African American president signaled a giant leap forward in the American social, cultural, and political landscape. It has taken America 219 years to reach this point.Based upon Senator Obama’s campaign promises many people looked forward to ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Espionage, Statecraft, and the Theory of Reporting

    A Philosophical Essay on Intelligence Management

    by Nicholas Rescher ...
    Everything we know about what goes on in the world comes to us through reports, information transmitted through human communication. We rely on reports, which can take any number of forms, to convey useful information, and we derive knowledge from that information. It's no surprise, then, that reporting has many philosophical dimensions. Because it plays such a major role in knowledge management, ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • Return to Sender

    Unanswered Letters to the President, 2001-2015

    by Ralph Nader ...
    In letters addressed to Presidents George Bush and Barack Obama, Ralph Nader provides incisive critiques of more than a decade of American policy decision and indecision. Each letter offers frank advice and shines light on government mishaps and missed opportunities for progress. With his signature dry wit, Nader holds these Presidents to their campaign promises. He also boldly points to the ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • The Need for Speed

    A New Framework for Telecommunications Policy for the 21st Century

    by Robert E. Litan, Hal J. Singer ...
    The twenty-first-century telecommunications landscape is radically different from the one that prevailed as recently as the last decade of the twentieth century. Robert Litan and Hal Singer argue that given the speed of innovation in this sector, the Federal Communications Commission's outdated policies and rules are inhibiting investment in the telecom industry, specifically in fast broadband ... Read more

    $22.19 USD