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  • Petro-Rhetoric in Canada

    Narrating Extractivism

    by Sibo Chen ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This book draws on recent theoretical advances in energy humanities and environmental communication to examine the evolution of pro-bitumen discourses in Canada since the mid-2010s. It argues that the promotion of Alberta bitumen rests on three discursive pillars: petro-prosperity, petroleum-nationalism, and extractive populism. To explicate the meanings and implications of each pillar, three ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • Energy Politics and Discourse in Canada

    Probing Progressive Extractivism

    by Sibo Chen ...
    Series series Routledge Focus on Communication Studies
    This book examines the discourse around the intricate economic, political, and ideological struggles underlying Canadian fuel extractivism. Focusing on the two contending discourse coalitions formed by supporters and opponents of British Columbia’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry, the book explores the ongoing debates around the issue.The book’s in-depth investigation of the BC LNG ... Read more

    $30.99 USD

  • Anti-Asian Racism and the COVID-19 Pandemic in Canada

    Edited by Chandrima Chakraborty, Sibo Chen, Muyang Li, Guida Man, X. Alvin Yang ...
    The outbreak of COVID-19 led to an alarming increase in assaults and discrimination against individuals of Asian descent in many countries, including Canada. A shadow pandemic of racism affected mental health, interracial relationships, and the representation of Asians in a variety of ways. Anti-Asian Racism and the COVID-19 Pandemic in Canada is a comprehensive exploration of the underlying ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

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  • The End of This World

    Climate Justice in So-Called Canada

    by Angele Alook, Emily Eaton, David Gray-Donald, Joël Laforest, Crystal Lameman, Bronwen Tucker ...
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  • Line in the Tar Sands

    Struggles for Environmental Justice

    Edited by Joshua Kahn, Stephen D'Arcy, Tony Weis, Toban Black ...
    Tar sands “development” comes with an enormous environmental and human cost. In the tar sands of Alberta, the oil industry is using vast quantities of water and natural gas to produce synthetic crude oil, creating drastically high levels of greenhouse gas emissions and air and water pollution. But tar sands opponents—fighting a powerful international industry—are likened to terrorists, government ... Read more

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  • Human Security and Sustainable Development in East Africa

    Edited by Jeremiah O. Asaka, Alice A. Oluoko-Odingo ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Peace, Conflict and Security in Africa
    This book investigates contemporary human security issues in East Africa, setting forth policy recommendations and a research agenda for future studies.Human security takes a people-centered rather than state-centered approach to security issues, focusing on whether people feel safe, free from fear, want, and indignity. This book investigates human security in East Africa, encompassing issues as ... Read more

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  • The Geography of the World Economy

    by Paul Knox, Linda Mccarthy, John Agnew ...
    The Geography of the World Economy provides an in-depth and stimulating introduction to the globalization of the world economy. The book offers a consideration of local, regional, national and global economic development over the long historical term. The theory and practice of economic and political geography provide a basis for understanding the interactions within and among the developed and ... Read more

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  • Should Rich Nations Help the Poor?

    by David Hulme ...
    Series series Global Futures
    In the past decade, the developed world has spent almost US$ 2 trillion on foreign aid for poorer countries. Yet 1.2 billion people still live in extreme poverty and around 2.9 billion cannot meet their basic human needs.But should rich nations continue to help the poor? In this short book, leading global poverty analyst David Hulme explains why helping the world’s neediest communities is both the ... Read more

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  • Alberta Oil and the Decline of Democracy in Canada

    by Ricardo Acuna, Bob Barnetson, Sara Dorow, Josh Evans, Jason Foster, Joy Fraser, Trevor Harrison, Paul Kellogg, Manijeh Mannani, Gabrielle Slowey, Peter (Jay) Smith, Karen Wall ...
    Prior to May 2015, the oil-rich jurisdiction of Alberta had, for over four decades, been a one-party state. During that time, the rule of the Progressive Conservatives essentially went unchallenged, with critiques of government policy falling on deaf ears and Alberta ranking behind other provinces in voter turnout. Given the province’s economic reliance on oil revenues, a symbiotic relationship ... Read more

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  • State of the World's Forests 2016 (SOFO): Forests and Agriculture: Land Use Challenges and Opportunities

    by FAOoftheUN ...
    Forests and trees support sustainable agriculture. They stabilize soils and climate, regulate water flows, give shade and shelter, and provide a habitat for pollinators and the natural predators of agricultural pests. They also contribute to the food security of hundreds of millions of people, for whom they are important sources of food, energy and income. Yet, agriculture remains the major driver ... Read more

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  • Fossilized

    Environmental Policy in Canada's Petro-Provinces

    by Angela V. Carter ...
    Series series Nature | History | Society
    Thanks to increasingly extreme forms of oil extraction, Canada’s largest oil-producing provinces underwent exceptional economic growth from 2005 to 2015. Yet oil’s economic miracle obscured its ecological costs. Fossilized traces this development trajectory, assessing how the governments of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Newfoundland and Labrador offered extensive support for oil-industry development, ... Read more

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