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Teardown : rebuilding democracy from the ground up / by Meslin, Dave,author.;
"Something is wrong with democracy. We can all see it's not working. From the recent American election to Brexit, around the word and close to home, the headlines are full of examples of governments misleading their people, parties misleading their delegates, and policy drifting further and further away from what polls keep showing people want. We always vote for change, and yet we always end up with the same old lies. If this just the way democracy works, we should just give up. If the game is rigged, why play it? But as Dave Meslin's career has shown, we can un-rig it. We can get rid of the corrupting influence of money on policy. We can get rid of governments that ignore their constituents. We can take away the blank cheques we write to our leaders each election. But a huge part of that is overcoming our own apathy. And that comes from knowing how to get things done. It's hard to change the world if you can't change a municipal by-law. Unrigged will show readers how to do both. And it will show us that these two challenges are not fundamentally different. Once we know that we can do it, and we know how to do it, we can get democracy working for us rather than against us. From throwing back the curtain of secrecy surrounding City Hall to the ongoing campaign for electoral reform, Dave Meslin has been both out on the street in marches and in the back rooms drawing up policy. With Unrigged he shows us how it's done."--
Subjects: Democracy; Political participation;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The Dream Hotel: A Read with Jenna Pick A Novel [electronic resource] : by Lalami, Laila.aut; CloudLibrary;
NATIONAL BESTSELLER ● READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON TODAY ● From Laila Lalami—the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist and a “maestra of literary fiction” (NPR)—comes a riveting and utterly original novel about one woman’s fight for freedom, set in a near future where even dreams are under surveillance. Sara has just landed at LAX, returning home from a conference abroad, when agents from the Risk Assessment Administration pull her aside and inform her that she will soon commit a crime. Using data from her dreams, the RAA’s algorithm has determined that she is at imminent risk of harming the person she loves most: her husband. For his safety, she must be kept under observation for twenty-one days. The agents transfer Sara to a retention center, where she is held with other dreamers, all of them women trying to prove their innocence from different crimes. With every deviation from the strict and ever-shifting rules of the facility, their stay is extended. Months pass and Sara seems no closer to release. Then one day, a new resident arrives, disrupting the order of the facility and leading Sara on a collision course with the very companies that have deprived her of her freedom. Eerie, urgent, and ceaselessly clear-eyed, The Dream Hotel artfully explores the seductive nature of technology, which puts us in shackles even as it makes our lives easier. Lalami asks how much of ourselves must remain private if we are to remain free, and whether even the most invasive forms of surveillance can ever capture who we really are.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Literary; Dystopian; Political;
© 2025., Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group,
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Ripper : The Making of Pierre Poilievre. by Bourrie, Mark.;
As Canada heads towards a pivotal election, bestselling author Mark Bourrie charts the rise of Opposition leader Pierre Poilievre and considers the history and potential cost of the politics of division. Six weeks into the Covid pandemic, New York Times columnist David Brooks identified two types of Western politicians: rippers and weavers. Rippers, whether on the right or the left, see politics as war. They dont care about the destruction thats caused as they fight for power. Weavers are their opposite: people who try to fix things, who want to bring people together and try to build consensus. At the beginning of the pandemic, weavers seemed to be winning. Five years later, as Canada heads towards a pivotal election, thats no longer the case. Across the border, a ripper is remaking the American government. And for the first time in its history, Canada has its own ripper poised to assume power.Pierre Poilievre has enjoyed most of the advantages of the mainstream Canadian middle class. Yet hes long been the angriest man on the political stage. In Ripper: The Making of Pierre Poilievre, bestselling author Mark Bourrie, winner of the Charles Taylor Prize, charts Poilievres rise through the political system, from teenage volunteer to outspoken Opposition leader known for cutting soundbites and theatrics. Bourrie shows how we arrived at this divisive moment in our history, one in which rippers are poised to capitalize on conflict. He shows how Poilievre and this new style of politics have gained so much groundand warns of what it will cost us if they succeed.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political;
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What's happened to politics? / by Rae, Bob,1948-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Prisoners of geography : ten maps that explain everything about the world / by Marshall, Tim,1959-author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-272) and index.A journalist uses ten maps of crucial regions to explain the geopolitical strategies of the world powers.
Subjects: Geopolitics.; Maps; World politics.;
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Indigenous peoples in politics / by Rose, Simon,1961-;
Includes bibliographical references, Internet address and index.Examines the political involvement of Indigenous Peoples in Canada.LSC
Subjects: Native peoples; Native peoples; Native activists; Native peoples;
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The Origin of Politics : Human Nature and the Shaping of Political Systems. by Wade, Nicholas.;
Combining the scope of Yuval Noah Harari with the political savvy of Francis Fukuyama, 'The Origin of Politics' draws from anthropology, evolutionary biology, and historical analysis to explore how human nature shapes the direction of society - and how policies which ignore human nature risk chaos and even extinction.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: HISTORY / Civilization; POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / General; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution;
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The effective citizen : how to make politicians work for you / by Steele, Graham.;
Includes bibliographical references.LSC
Subjects: Political participation;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Canada's system of government /
Includes bibliographical references (p. 46) and index.Examines Canada's system of government, including the history behind the present system, the responsibilities of each level of government, and the judicial system.
Subjects: Political parties;
© 2004., Weigl,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Resist! : how to be an activist in the age of defiance / by Segalov, Michael,author.;
Subjects: Social action.; Social change.; Political participation.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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