Full Description
How do we make sense of poverty, globalization, violence between men and women, youth politics, barriers to Aboriginal economic development, privatization of universities, and the like? These are just some of the questions taken up in "Power and Resistance". The contributors to this book use a variety of analytical approaches. Yet, each shares a conviction that the social, economic and political issues confronting Canadians are shaped by the social inequalities that continue to plague us. At the same time, each author shows that, collectively and individually, Canadians resist these on-going inequalities in order to resolve our social troubles and create a more just society. This 4th edition adds chapters on youth politics, higher education, technology and work, and immigration.
Contents
Introduction (i)Wayne Antony and Les Samuelson (i)* the state and social Issues: theoretical Considerations Murray Knuttila * Intimate Violence in Canada: Policy, Politics, and Research (i)Ruth Mann (i)* Feeling Framed: emotion and the Hollwood Woman's Film Brenda Austin-Smith * Constructing sexual Problems: "these things May Lead to the tragedy of our species" Gary Kinsman * Aboriginal economic Development and the struggle for self-Government Cora Voyageur and Brian Calliou * Persistent Poverty and the Promise of Community solutions Jim Silver * Unholy Alliances: the Discourse of Globalization and our Global Future Parvin Ghorayshi * "Ways of Doing something": the social Relations of technology and Work Krista Scott-Dixon * Families, Feminism and the state: Canada in the twenty-First Century Susan McDaniel * A new Political Generation? Youth engagement In Canada and Beyond Janet Conway and Dan Morrison * Private Interests at Public expense: the transformation of University education in Canada Claire Polster * Health Care "Reform": Privatization and Its Impact on Women (i)Pat Armstrong(i) * Power and the Politics of sustainability Block 1912 Collective * Crime as a social Problem: From Definition to Reality (i)Les Samuelson(i)
