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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Idéologies et organisation du pouvoir politique	Marcel Painchaud	xi, 251 p. : 26 cm	OL13510694W
The edifice complex	Deyan Sudjic	An analysis of the role played by the rich and powerful in architecture argues that architecture is an expression of authority rather than art, with examples from buildings commissioned by such figur…	OL15822460W
Southeast Asian perspectives on power	Liana Chua	"Over the last half-century, Southeast Asia has undergone innumerable, far-reaching changes that have consequences not only for large-scale institutions and processes, but also for everyday life. Thi…	OL16176804W
You're more powerful than you think	Eric Liu	"This is an age of epic political turbulence in America. Old hierarchies and institutions are collapsing. From the fracturing of the major political parties, to the spread of bottom-up movements lik…	OL20049760W
Recognizing Race and Ethnicity	Kathleen J. Fitzgerald	xvi, 575 pages : 26 cm	OL20216896W
The Canadian establishment	Peter Charles Newman	Volume One See 338.0922 NEW for Vol 2.	OL2052318W
Caste	Isabel Wilkerson	“As we go about our daily lives, caste is the wordless usher in a darkened theater, flashlight cast down in the aisles, guiding us to our assigned seats for a performance. The hierarchy of caste is n…	OL20878310W
Jules fait son chef	Katherine Quenot	Collection de courtes fictions brodées autour des figurines "kawaï" composant la ménagerie aux grands yeux commercialisée par Hasbro. Chaque titre réunit trois tranches de vie qui constituent autant …	OL21627551W
Prisonniers du frigo	Gaël Corboz	Maxime est désespéré: voilà un mois qu'il fouille tous les recoins de la maison dans l'espoir de retrouver Canapé, la souris rencontrée dans sa précédente aventure (cf. ##Prisonniers du sofa##). Mais…	OL24199042W
La crise du XIIe siècle	Thomas Noel Bisson	La civilisation médiévale parvint à maturité dans une époque marquée par des événements retentissants telles la Conquête normande et la première croisade. Le pouvoir tomba aux mains d'hommes gravitan…	OL24276195W
Le roi-lapin	Nadine Brun-Cosme	Le quotidien du roi-lapin tourne essentiellement autour de la dégustation de chocolat et de promenades au cours desquelles il ne rencontre jamais personne. Mais voilà qu'un jour sa route croise celle…	OL24839210W
Resolving political differences	Heather Kissock	Government. Power. Rights. All are in the news every day, but how many young Canadians understand these concepts? This series helps young Canadians learn how they can participate in the decisions tha…	OL26440424W
Power/knowledge	Michel Foucault	"Michel Foucault has become famous for a series of books that have permanently altered our understanding of many institutions of Western society. He analyzed mental institutions in the remarkable Mad…	OL26866W
The power elite and the state	G. William Domhoff	"This volume presents a network of social power, indicating that theories inspired by C. Wright Mills are far more accurate views about power in America than those of Mills's opponents. Dr. Domhoff s…	OL2704101W
Unequal peers	Mpilo Pearl Sithole	Annotation.	OL27737629W
Reborn	Thierry Robberecht	Roman de science-fiction (anticipation) 2064. La Terre n'es plus habitable. Seuls les plus riches ont pu se payer le transfert vers Reborn, la nouvelle planète. Pour offrir à leur fils un avenir, le…	OL28761588W
The American establishment	Silk, Leonard Solomon	Discusses the historical roots, major institutions, and individuals who have shaped the American establishment, its beliefs, and its future.	OL3279308W
The Emotional Organization	Stephen Fineman	This landmark collection is exclusively devoted to demonstrating/mapping (what is understood today about the power and structural effects of emotion and identity in organizations. Essays at the leadi…	OL3364417W
Lewd women and wicked witches	Marianne Hester	During the 1970s and 1980s feminists increasingly came to recognise how the eroticisation of women's inferiority, and male sexual violence are both central to the maintenance and perpetuation of male…	OL4086339W
Superclass	David J. Rothkopf	They number six thousand on a planet of six billion. They run our governments, our largest corporations, the powerhouses of international finance, the media, world religions, and, from the shadows, t…	OL9482580W