Synopsis
This book about crime, law, power, and social issues in Canada includes contributions from academics, legal practitioners, journalists, and social activists who have been studying and struggling for years against the abuse of power in myriad realms of Canadian life and represents the first systematic effort in Canada to integrate a variety of topics related to power into a single collection aimed at identifying and exploring common themes, issues, problems, and remedies.
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About the Author
Editor, Susan C. Boyd teaches in the department of sociology and criminology at St. Mary's University in Halifax. Authors, Dorothy E. Chunn and Robert Menzies teach in the school of criminology at Simano Fraser University.
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[Ab]Using power: The Canadian Experience
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Fernwood Publishing, Halifax, NS, Canada, 2001
ISBN 10: 1552660478
ISBN 13: 9781552660478
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(Ab)Using Power: The Canadian Experience
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Fernwood Publishing, Halifax, NS, 2001
ISBN 10: 1552660478
ISBN 13: 9781552660478
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Clean, tight, unmarked; small crease to bottom front corner of cover; otherwise spine straight and uncreased; very minimal wear; This is a book about crime, law, power and social injustice in Canada. The 15 chapters are organized in five interconnected parts: The State, The Political Elite, Corporations, Professions, and Criminal (In)Justice. Each essay has been chosen on the strength of its capacity to further academic and public understandings of power relations, and illuminate the problem of upperworld wrongdoing in Canada. Selected topics span some of the most controversial issues and notorious examples of power abuse in recent Canadian history. Seller Inventory # 006731
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Abusing Power: The Canadian Experience
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ISBN 10: 1552660478
ISBN 13: 9781552660478
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Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. 8vo pp.287.paperback edition."This book about crime, law, power, and social issues in Canada includes contributions from academics, legal practitioners, journalists, and social activists who have been studying and struggling for years against the abuse of power in myriad realms of Canadian life and represents the first systematic effort in Canada to integrate a variety of topics? book. Seller Inventory # 209605