Power and resistance : critical thinking about Canadian social issues
Record details
- ISBN: 9781552668535 (softcover)
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Physical Description:
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xiii, 434 pages. - Edition: Sixth edition.
- Publisher: Halifax ; Fernwood Publishing, 2017.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 1. Social problems and social power: Individual dysfunction or social injustice? / Wayne Antony, Les Samuelson and Jessica Antony -- 2. Matters of the state still matter: political power and social problems / Murray Knuttila -- 3. Death by poverty: the lethal impacts of colonialism / Pamela D. Palmater -- 4. Keeping Canada White: immigration enforcement in Canada / Wendy Chan -- 5. Crime as a social problem: social inequality and justice / James Popham and Les Samuelson -- 6. Persistent poverty: a matter of political will / Jim Silver -- 7. Embodied oppression: the social determinants of health / Elizabeth McGibbon -- 8. Occupy democracy: exploring democracy as a relationship / Dennis Pilon -- 9. Corporatizing public universities: the transformation of higher education in Canada / Jamie Brownlee -- 10. Power, participation and state legitimacy in the Alberta Tar Sands: the rise and fall of a democratic mirage / Mark Hudson -- 11. Making universities safe for women: sexual assault on campus / Elizabeth Sheehy -- 12. Resisting conformity: women talk about their tattoos / Jessica Antony -- 13. 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 -- 15. It begins with food: food as inspiration and imperative for social change / Sally Miller -- 16. "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 |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Camosun College Library.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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Lansdowne Library | HN 103.5 P68 2017 (Text) | 26040003338726 | Main Collection | Volume hold | Available | - |