Group Politics and Social Movements in Canada /

Group Politics and Social Movements in Canada / edited by Miriam Smith. - Second edition. - xxxi, 381 pages : 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Political Economy. Business Interests and Civil Society in Canada, Peter Clancy -- Party On or Party's Over? Organized Labour and Canadian Politics / Farm Groups in Canadian Politics / On the Defensive : Anti-Poverty Advocacy and Activism in Times of Austerity / Occupy : History, Physicality, Virtuality / Charlotte Yates & Amanda Coles -- Grace Skogstad -- Jonathan Greene -- Matt James. Pt.1. Ethnicity, Gender, and Religion. Ethnocultural Political Mobilization, Multiculturalism, and Human Rights in Canada / The Women's Movement in Flux : Feminism and Framing, Passion, and Politics/ Identity and Opportunity : The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Movement / Populist and Conservative Christian Evangelical Movements : A Comparison of Canada and the United States / Audrey Kobayashi -- Alexandra Dobrowolsky -- Miriam Smith -- Trevor W. Harrison. Pt. 2. Nations and Nationalism. Aysaka'paykinit : Contesting the Rope Around the Nations' Neck / Nationalism and Protest : The Sovereignty Movement in Quebec / Kiera L. Ladner -- Pascale Dufour and Christophe Traisnel. Pt. 3. Environment, Disability, and Health. The Canadian Environmental Movement : Remembering Who We Are / Meaning Frames, Opportunity Structures, and Rights in the Canadian Disability Rights Movement / Social Movements : The Next Wave in Contentious Politics? / Robert Paehlke -- Lisa Vanhala -- Michael Orsini. Pt. 4.




Text in English.

9781442606951 (pbk.) 1442606959 (pbk.) 9781442608177 (hardbound) 144260817X (hardbound)

2014397327

20139067973


Political participation--Canada.
Social movements--Political aspects--Canada.
Social movements--Political aspects--Canada--Case studies.
Participación política--Canadá.
Movimientos Social--Aspectos políticos--Canadá.

JL 186.5 / G882 2014

322.4/40971