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Counterpoints eBook Series

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  • The Gay Agenda

    Claiming Space, Identity, and Justice

    Edited by Gerald Walton ...
    Series Book 437 - Counterpoints
    The «gay agenda» is a rhetorical strategy deployed by the religious right and other social conservatives to magnify fear and hostility of queers. Queers are accused, among other things, of strategizing to recruit children into sexually deviant lifestyles; dismantling family and marriage as cornerstones of civilization; and forcing the entertainment industry and court systems to do their bidding. ... Read more

    $55.70 CAD

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    by Lorne Tepperman, Nina Gheihman ...
    British social reformer Robert Owen once declared that "man is the creature of circumstances." A century and a half later, his famous words still ring true. While many adopt a fatalist approach, believing that their lot in life is inevitable, in fact a number of highly complex social factors determine the outcome of our socioeconomic status and integration into society. It may seem unfair, but the ... Read more

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  • Is Everyone Really Equal?

    An Introduction to Key Concepts in Social Justice Education

    by Robin DiAngelo, Özlem Sensoy ...
    Series series Multicultural Education Series
    This award-winning guide to social justice education is appropriate for students from high school through graduate school.Based on the authors’ extensive experience in a range of settings in the United States and Canada, the book addresses the most common stumbling blocks to understanding social justice. This comprehensive resource includes new features such as a chapter on intersectionality and ... Read more

    $43.46 CAD

  • "You Can Tell Just By Looking"

    And 20 Other Myths about LGBT Life and People

    by Michael Bronski, Ann Pellegrini, Michael Amico ...
    Series Book 3 - Myths Made in America
    **2014 Lambda Literary Award Finalist: LGBT NonfictionBreaks down the most commonly held misconceptions about lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people and their lives**In “You Can Tell Just by Looking” three scholars and activists come together to unpack enduring, popular, and deeply held myths about lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people, culture, and life in America. Myths, such as ... Read more

    $12.95 CAD

  • Caring Democracy

    Markets, Equality, and Justice

    by Joan C. Tronto ...
    A rethinking of American democracy that puts caring responsibilities at the centerAmericans now face a caring deficit: there are simply too many demands on people’s time for us to care adequately for our children, elderly people, and ourselves.At the same time, political involvement in the United States is at an all-time low, and although political life should help us to care better, people see ... Read more

    $29.60 CAD

  • America's Education Deficit and the War on Youth

    Reform Beyond Electoral Politics

    by Henry A. Giroux ...
    America’s latest war, according to renowned social critic Henry Giroux, is a war on youth. While this may seem counterintuitive in our youth-obsessed culture, Giroux lays bare the grim reality of how our educational, social, and economic institutions continually fail young people. Their systemic failure is the result of what Giroux identifies as “four fundamentalisms”: market deregulation, ... Read more

    $17.18 CAD

  • Media and Development

    by Martin Scott ...
    Series series Development Matters
    Media matters. From encouraging charitable donations and delivering public health messages to promoting democratic participation and state accountability, the media can play a crucial role in development. Yet the influence of the media is not always welcome. It can also be used as a mechanism of surveillance and control or to disseminate hate speech and propaganda.How then should we respond to the ... Read more

    $26.54 CAD

  • Introduction to Sociological Theory

    Theorists, Concepts, and their Applicability to the Twenty-First Century

    by Michele Dillon ...
    The extensively revised and updated second edition combines carefully chosen primary quotes with wide-ranging discussion and everyday illustrative examples to provide an in-depth introduction to classical and contemporary sociological theory.Combines classical and contemporary theory in a single, integrated textShort biographies and historical timelines of significant events provide context to ... Read more

    $80.99 CAD

  • Sex Work Matters

    Exploring Money, Power, and Intimacy in the Sex Industry

    by Mindy S. Bradley-Engen, Giulia Garofalo, Mashrur Shahid Hossain, Kerwin Kaye, Patty Kelly, Juline Koken, Barbara G. Brents, Rebecca Pates, Maggie O'Neill, Melissa Petro, Jane Pitcher, Daniel Schmidt, Jo Weldon, Carrie M. Hobbs, Kate Hausbeck, Anne Dölemeyer, Laura Mara Agustn ...
    Sex Work Matters brings together sex workers, scholars and activists to present pioneering essays on the economics and sociology of sex work. From insights by sex workers on how they handle money, intimate relationships and daily harassment by the police, to the experience of male and transgender sex work, this fascinating and original book offers new theoretical frameworks for understanding the ... Read more

    $33.38 CAD

  • Prairie Rising

    Indigenous Youth, Decolonization, and the Politics of Intervention

    by Jaskiran K Dhillon ...
    In 2016, Canada’s newly elected federal government publically committed to reconciling the social and material deprivation of Indigenous communities across the country. Does this outward shift in the Canadian state’s approach to longstanding injustices facing Indigenous peoples reflect a “transformation with teeth,” or is it merely a reconstructed attempt at colonial Indigenous-settler relations ... Read more

    $30.95 CAD

  • Learning Activism

    The Intellectual Life of Contemporary Social Movements

    by Aziz Choudry ...
    What do activists know? Learning Activism is designed to encourage a deeper engagement with the intellectual life of activists who organize for social, political, and ecological justice. Combining experiential knowledge from his own activism and a variety of social movements, Choudry suggests that such organizations are best understood if we engage with the learning, knowledge, debates, and ... Read more

    $23.75 CAD

  • The Tolerance Trap

    How God, Genes, and Good Intentions are Sabotaging Gay Equality

    by Suzanna Danuta Walters ...
    From Glee to gay marriage, from lesbian senators to out gay Marines, we have undoubtedly experienced a seismic shift in attitudes about gays in American politics and culture. Our reigning national story is that a new era of rainbow acceptance is at hand. But dig a bit deeper, and this seemingly brave new gay world is disappointing. For all of the undeniable changes, the plea for tolerance has ... Read more

    $22.58 CAD