Group Politics and Social Movements in Canada

Group Politics and Social Movements in Canada
Author :
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Total Pages : 417
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781442606951
ISBN-13 : 1442606959
Rating : 4/5 (959 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Group Politics and Social Movements in Canada by : Miriam Smith

Download or read book Group Politics and Social Movements in Canada written by Miriam Smith and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Group Politics and Social Movements in Canada Related Books

Group Politics and Social Movements in Canada
Language: en
Pages: 417
Authors: Miriam Smith
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-01-01 - Publisher: University of Toronto Press

GET EBOOK

Group Politics and Social Movements in Canada, Second Edition updates and expands its exploration of a wide range of organized group and social movement activit
Group Politics and Social Movements in Canada, Second Edition
Language: en
Pages: 417
Authors: Miriam Smith
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-04-04 - Publisher: University of Toronto Press

GET EBOOK

Group Politics and Social Movements in Canada, Second Edition updates and expands its exploration of a wide range of organized group and social movement activit
Protest and Politics
Language: en
Pages: 377
Authors: Howard Ramos
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-06-01 - Publisher: UBC Press

GET EBOOK

The Tea Party. The Occupy Movement. Idle No More. Around the world, social movements have taken to new media and the streets to challenge the status quo. At the
Moscow in Movement
Language: en
Pages: 291
Authors: Samuel A. Greene
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-08-20 - Publisher: Stanford University Press

GET EBOOK

Moscow in Movement is the first exhaustive study of social movements, protest, and the state-society relationship in Vladimir Putin's Russia. Beginning in 2005
Inside Canadian Politics
Language: en
Pages: 648
Authors: Alex Marland
Categories:
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-03-16 - Publisher:

GET EBOOK

Contemporary and accessible, Inside Canadian Politics provides a fresh perspective on the institutions and issues at the heart of our political system. This tex