Power and resistance : critical thinking about Canadian social issues
Record details
- ISBN: 9781552668535
- ISBN: 1552668533
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Physical Description:
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xiii, 434 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - Edition: Sixth edition.
- Publisher: Winnipeg, Manitoba : Fernwood, 2017.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Social problems and social power: Individual dysfunction or social injustice? / Wayne Antony, Les Samuelson and Jessica Antony -- Matters of the state still matter: political power and social problems / Murray Knuttila -- Death by poverty: the lethal impacts of colonialism / Pamela D. Palmater -- Keeping Canada White: immigration enforcement in Canada / Wendy Chan -- Crime as a social problem: social inequality and justice / James Popham and Les Samuelson -- Persistent poverty: a matter of political will / Jim Silver -- Embodied oppression: the social determinants of health / Elizabeth McGibbon -- Occupy democracy: exploring democracy as a relationship / Dennis Pilon -- Corporatizing public universities: the transformation of higher education in Canada / Jamie Brownlee -- Power, participation and state legitimacy in the Alberta Tar Sands: the rise and fall of a democratic mirage / Mark Hudson -- Making universities safe for women: sexual assault on campus / Elizabeth Sheehy -- Resisting conformity: women talk about their tattoos / Jessica Antony -- Hidden rainbows in plain sight: human rights discourse and gender and sexual minority youth / Tracey Peter and Catherine Taylor -- Making drug use into a problem: the politics of drug policy in Canada / Susan Boyd, Connie Carter and Donald MacPherson -- It begins with food: food as inspiration and imperative for social change / Sally Miller -- "Twitter Revolution" or human revolution?: Social media and social justice activism / Leslie Regan Shade, Normand Landry and Rhon Teruelle. |
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Subject: | Social problems -- Canada Canada -- Social conditions |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at University College of the North Libraries.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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The Pas Campus Library | HN 103.5 .P68 2017 (Text) | 58500001005867 | Stacks | Volume hold | Available | - |
Wayne Antony is a publisher at Fernwood Publishing. He is also a founding member of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-Manitoba (CCPA-MB) and has been on the board of directors since its inception in 1997. Prior to becoming involved with the CCPA-MB, he worked with the Winnipeg political activist organizations, The Socialist Education Centre and Thin Ice. Wayne also taught sociology at the University of Winnipeg for eighteen years. He is co-author of three reports on the state of public services in Manitoba (for CCAP-MB) and is co-editor (with Les Samuelson) of five editions of Power and Resistance: Critical Thinking about Canadian Social Issues, co-editor (with Dave Broad) of Citizens or Consumers? Social Policy in a Market Society and Capitalism Rebooted? Work and Welfare in the New Economy (both with Dave Broad), and co-editor (with Julie Guard) Bankruptcies and Bailouts.