Research Catalog

Title

Group politics and social movements in Canada / edited by Miriam Smith.

Publication

• North York, Ontario, Canada : University of Toronto Press, 2014.
• ©2014

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Details

Additional Authors

Smith, Miriam Catherine

Description

xxxi, 381 pages : illustration; 24 cm

Summary

"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. Particularly distinctive is the inclusion of Quebec nationalism and Aboriginal politics. Many other areas of collective activity are also included: the Occupy movement and anti-poverty organizing, ethnocultural political mobilization, disability, lesbian and gay politics, feminism, farmers and organized interests in agriculture, Christian evangelical groups, environment, and health movements. Contributors to the collection employ a number of theoretical perspectives from political science and sociology to describe the evolution of organized groups and movements and to evaluate successes in exercising influence on Canadian politics. Each chapter provides an overview of the group or movement along with an account of its main networks and organizations, strategies, goals, successes, and failures."--Pub. desc.

Subject

• Social movements > Political aspects > Canada
• Social movements > Political aspects > Canada > Case studies
• Mouvements sociaux > Aspect politique > Canada
• Mouvements sociaux > Aspect politique > Canada > Études de cas

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Additional Formats (note)

• Issued also in electronic format.

Language (note)

• Text in English.

Contents

• 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.

Call Number

JFE 15-8114

ISBN

• 9781442606951 (pbk.)
• 1442606959 (pbk.)
• 9781442608177 (bound)
• 144260817X (bound)

LCCN

2014397327

OCLC

862544829

Title

Group politics and social movements in Canada / edited by Miriam Smith.

Publisher

North York, Ontario, Canada : University of Toronto Press, 2014.

Copyright Date

©2014

Edition

Second edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Additional Formats

Issued also in electronic format.

Language

Text in English.

Added Author

Smith, Miriam Catherine, editor.

Other Form:

Group politics and social movements in Canada. Second edition. (CaOONL)20139067981

Research Call Number

JFE 15-8114