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Group politics and social movements in Canada / edited by Miriam Smith.
Group Politics and Social Movements in Canada, Second Edition updates and expands its exploration of a wide range of organized group and social movement activity in Canadian politics.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781442606968
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxxi, 381 pages)
- Edition: Second edition.
- Publisher: Toronto [Ontario] : University of Toronto Press, [2014]
- Distributor: Beaconsfield, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, 2014.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Issued as part of the Canadian Electronic Library. Canadian publishers collection. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Pt.1. Political Economy. Business Interests and Civil Society in Canada, Peter Clancy -- Party On or Party's Over? Organized Labour and Canadian Politics / Charlotte Yates & Amanda Coles -- Farm Groups in Canadian Politics / Grace Skogstad -- On the Defensive : Anti-Poverty Advocacy and Activism in Times of Austerity / Jonathan Greene -- Occupy : History, Physicality, Virtuality / Matt James -- Pt. 2. Ethnicity, Gender, and Religion. Ethnocultural Political Mobilization, Multiculturalism, and Human Rights in Canada / Audrey Kobayashi -- The Women's Movement in Flux : Feminism and Framing, Passion, and Politics/ Alexandra Dobrowolsky -- Identity and Opportunity : The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Movement / Miriam Smith -- Populist and Conservative Christian Evangelical Movements : A Comparison of Canada and the United States / Trevor W. Harrison -- Pt. 3. Nations and Nationalism. Aysaka'paykinit : Contesting the Rope Around the Nations' Neck / Kiera L. Ladner -- Nationalism and Protest : The Sovereignty Movement in Quebec / Pascale Dufour and Christophe Traisnel -- Pt. 4. Environment, Disability, and Health. The Canadian Environmental Movement : Remembering Who We Are / Robert Paehlke -- Meaning Frames, Opportunity Structures, and Rights in the Canadian Disability Rights Movement / Lisa Vanhala -- Social Movements : The Next Wave in Contentious Politics? / Michael Orsini. |
| Restrictions on Access Note: | Access restricted to authorized users and institutions. |
| Additional Physical Form available Note: | Also available in print version. |
| System Details Note: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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| Subject: | Social movements > Political aspects > Canada. Social movements > Political aspects > Canada > Case studies. |
