Democracy Undone: The Practice and the Promise of Self-governance in Canada
Acknowledgments ......................................................... vIntroduction ................................................................... 1
Part I: Government by the People
Chapter 1: Electoral and Other Woes .............. 13Part II: The Workplace
Chapter 2: Direct Democracy .......................... 35
Chapter 3: A Fundamental Conflict ................. 51Part III: Wealth Rules
Chapter 4: Worker Owners .............................. 73
Chapter 5: Capitalism Corrupts ........................ 91Part IV: The Change Problem
Chapter 6: The Political Fix ............................ 105
Chapter 7: Media Monopoly ........................... 107
Chapter 8: Co-ops and Crowns ....................... 139
Chapter 9: Democratizing Wealth .................. 153
Chapter 10: Technology Overload .................. 175Certain Fundamentals
Chapter 11: Global Excess ............................... 191
Chapter 12: Global Democracy ....................... 205
Chapter 13: Preparing the Citizen .................... 207Conclusion .................................................................... 257
Chapter 14: Some More Equal Than Others .... 241
Endnotes ....................................................................... 265
Index ............................................................................. 283
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Confessions of a Matriarchist: Rebuilding Society on Feminine Principles
Chapter 1: An Incident on the Coppermine River ……… 1
Chapter 2: From Molecules to Monkeys ………………….. 7
Chapter 3: Replication Ethos ………………………………... 15
Chapter 4: Toward Matriarchy ……………………………... 23
Chapter 5: Patriarchal Politics …………………………….... 33
Chapter 6: … and Matriarchal Possibilities …………….. 41
Chapter 7: Markets Free, Capitalist and Feminine ….. 53
Chapter 8: A Woman’s Place ………………………………... 67
Chapter 9: Science Fictions ………………………………….. 79
Chapter 10: The Golden Rule ……………………………….. 93
Chapter 11: Kinder, Gentler Religion …………………... 103
Chapter 12: Crime and Punishment …………………….. 113
Chapter 13: Macho Triumphant ………………………….. 127
Chapter 14: Sporting Blood ………………………………... 141
Chapter 15: Media Mayhem ……………………………….. 153
Chapter 16: The Mating Game ………………………….... 161
Chapter 17: The Next Generation ……………………….. 169
Chapter 18: Forming the Feminine Citizen ………….. 179
Chapter 19: The Patriarchs Strike Back ……………….. 193
Chapter 20: Making a Matriarchal Future …………… 199
Epilogue ………………………………………………………..... 209
Endnotes ……………………………………………………….... 211
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No Free Lunch and other Myths
Preface ........................................................................................... ixI Money Myths
1. The Free Banquet .............................................................. 5II Political Fables
2. OPEC and the Alberta Advantage ................................... 17
3. The Progress Myth .......................................................... 27
4. Must We Compete in the Global Marketplace? ............. 37
5. Hybrid Democracy ......................................................... 49III Moral Fictions
6. The Small Government Myth ........................................ 63
7. Democracy or Freedom? ................................................ 75
8. The Romance of Self-reliance: Down on the Farm ....... 87
9. The Romance of Self-reliance: Keep on Truckin' ......... 101
10. War Stories .................................................................. 111
11. Whose Moral Decline? ................................................ 123
12. The Free Will Fable ..................................................... 135
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