Abstract

Warner, Tom. 2010. Losing Control: Canada’s Social Conservatives in the Age of Rights. Toronto: Between the Lines. Reviewed by Lorna Erwin. Kinsman, Gary and Patrizia Gentile. 2010. The Canadian War on Queers: National Security as Sexual Regulation. Vancouver: UBC Press. Reviewed by Mathieu Brûlé. Thompson, Jon. 2011. No Debate: The Israel Lobby and Free Speech at Canadian Universities. Toronto: Lorimer. Reviewed by Alan Sears. Pawley, Howard. 2011. Keep True: A Life In Politics. Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press. Reviewed by Errol Black. Stewart, Roderick and Sharon Stewart. 2011. Phoenix: The Life of Norman Bethune, Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press. Reviewed by Ken Collier. Lilley, Sasha. 2011. Capital and Its Discontents: Conversations with Radical Thinkers in a Time of Tumult. Reviewed by Thom Workman. McNally, David. 2011. Global Slump: The Economics and Politics of Crisis and Resistance. Oakland: PM Press. Reviewed by Bill Burgess. McBride, Stephen and Heather Whiteside. 2011. Private Affluence, Public Austerity: Economic Crisis and Democratic Malaise in Canada. Halifax: Fernwood. Reviewed by Joan McFarland. Harvey, David. 2010. The Enigma of Capital and the Crises of Capitalism. New York: Oxford University Press. Reviewed by Matthew Brett. Olsen, Gregg M. 2011. Power and Inequality: A Comparative Introduction. Don Mills: Oxford University Press. Reviewed by Larry Patriquin. Livingstone, David; Dorothy Smith and Warren Smith. 2011. Manufacturing Meltdown: Reshaping Steel Work. Halifax: Fernwood. Reviewed by Ann Duffy. Camfield, David. 2011. Canadian Labour in Crisis: Reinventing the Workers’ Movement. Halifax: Fernwood. Reviewed by Stephanie Ross. Webber, Jeffrey. 2011. From Rebellion to Reform in Bolivia. Chicago: Haymarket Books. Reviewed by Manuel Larrabure. Post, Charles. 2011. The American Road to Capitalism: Studies in Class Structure, Economic Development and Political Conflict, 1620-1877. Leiden: Brill. Reviewed by Jordy Cummings. Bannerji, Himani. 2011. Demography and Democracy: Essays on Nationalism, Gender and Ideology. Toronto: Canadian Scholars’ Press. Reviewed by Aziz Choudry. Wright, Erik Olin. 2010. Envisioning Real Utopias. London: Verso. Reviewed by Jeff Noonan.

Highlights

  • It is the success of the feminist and the gay and lesbian liberation movements, driving a rights-based political agenda made possible by the Charter, to which Warner attributes the moral backlash of the right

  • This was true of Brian Mulroney’s treachery involving the CF-18 aircraft maintenance contract; the Canada-US Free Trade Agreement, which was opposed by Pawley and his government; and the Meech Lake Accord, which was endorsed by Pawley, but was rejected by the party and met its demise in Manitoba because of the actions of New Democratic Party (NDP) members in the legislature under a Progressive Conservative (PC) government

  • How do we evaluate the influence of the Chinese state on the dynamics of the economy, on investment and demand? The statistic that “China’s

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Summary

Books Reviewed

No Debate: The Israel Lobby and Free Speech at Canadian Universities. Phoenix: The Life of Norman Bethune, Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press. Global Slump: The Economics and Politics of Crisis and Resistance. The American Road to Capitalism: Studies in Class Structure, Economic Development and Political Conflict, 1620-1877.

Reviewed by Lorna Erwin York University
Reviewed by Mathieu Brûlé York University
Reviewed by Alan Sears Ryerson University
Reviewed by Ken Collier Society for Socialist Studies
Reviewed by Thom Workman University of New Brunswick
Reviewed by Matthew Brett Concordia University
Reviewed by Larry Patriquin Nipissing University
Reviewed by Ann Duffy Brock University
Reviewed by Stephanie Ross York University
Reviewed by Manuel Larrabure York University
Reviewed by Jordy Cummings York University
Reviewed by Aziz Choudry McGill University
Findings
Reviewed by Jeff Noonan University of Windsor
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