About Marguerite Mendell Marguerite Mendell is vice-principal and associate professor at the School of Community and Public Affairs and director of the Karl Polanyi Institute of Political Economy, Concordia University. Books by Marguerite Mendell Reclaiming Democracy The Social Justice and the Political Economy of Gregory Baum and Kari Polanyi Levitt by (author) Marguerite Mendell EUROPE EAST edited by Marguerite Mendell