For researchers seeking detailed information about the black diaspora in North America, this authoritative reference provides more than 300 years of black Canadian history, from the first migration of
Lifelong trade unionist and social activist Engler describes and analyzes capitalism from the perspective of the working class, and makes the case that a working-class alternative to wage slavery is e
An examination of poverty and homelessness in Halifax at the turn of 20th century, this book challenges the notion that the poor are deviants who are responsible for their own misfortune. Using public
"This book is an institutional ethnographic investigation of the Ontario Works program and the problems that it creates in the lives of people on social assistance. Ontario Works is a work-for-welfare
A thought-provoking contribution to the emerging field of white studies, this book argues?that whiteness is an influential?racial category, not a form of invisibility. Looking at white femininity in p
Through in-depth qualitative research with African Canadians in three Canadian cities?Calgary, Toronto, and Halifax?this study explores how experiences of racism, when combined with other social and e
An analysis of the claim that private-public partnerships (called PPPs or P3s) reduce the building and operating costs of public projects and services, this study examines a large number of P3 case st
