Historically, prime-time television has devoted at least one-third of its programming to crime. The extreme popularity of crime shows continues unabated. From Law & Order to CSI, Americans are riveted by crime TV. Court TV and other cable channels produce true crime series, too, that take viewers through both current crimes and trials and cold cases. Yet, despite efforts in these shows to depict real investigative and legal techniques, chances are, viewers have questions about criminal procedure, legal issues, and related concerns. For instance, why do police get angry when a...
Historically, prime-time television has devoted at least one-third of its programming to crime. The extreme popularity of crime shows continues una...
This study of the explosive and dramatic growth of poverty in Winnipeg includes chapters on the growth and incidence of poverty in Winnipeg; the impact of poverty on and community economic development strategies being developed by Winnipeg's Aboriginal community; community-based schooling as a response to inner city poverty; the experience with workfare in Manitoba; the importance of the minimum wage in combating poverty; and a wide range of small but innovative community development alternatives.
This study of the explosive and dramatic growth of poverty in Winnipeg includes chapters on the growth and incidence of poverty in Winnipeg; the impac...
An examination of the Canadian, urban-aboriginal experience based on the voices of native peoples, this study focuses on innovative community-based solutions being created and run by and for urban aboriginal people. Set primarily in Winnipeg's inner city, this sourcebook examines such topics as aboriginal involvement in community development, adult education, and the mainstream political process.
An examination of the Canadian, urban-aboriginal experience based on the voices of native peoples, this study focuses on innovative community-based so...
A tale of political manipulation, greed, betrayal, and self-censorship at the hands of the business elite and the mainstream media, this story of the Winnipeg Jets is a reminder that tradition means little in the economic climate of continentalist corporate sport.
A tale of political manipulation, greed, betrayal, and self-censorship at the hands of the business elite and the mainstream media, this story of the ...
For a country as wealthy as Canada, poverty is utterly unnecessary. In About Canada: Poverty, Jim Silver illustrates that poverty is about more than a shortage of money: it is complex and multifaceted and can profoundly damage the human spirit. At the centre of this analysis are Canada s neoliberal economic policies, which have created conditions that make a growing number of people vulnerable to low income, vanishing public services and poor physical health. Silver also highlights the ways in which poverty is intimately connected to colonialism and racial and gender discrimination, and...
For a country as wealthy as Canada, poverty is utterly unnecessary. In About Canada: Poverty, Jim Silver illustrates that poverty is about more tha...
