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A civil society?; collective actors in Canadian political life.


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A civil society?; collective actors in Canadian political life.

Smith, Miriam.

Broadview Press

2005

224 pages

$24.95

Paperback

JL186

Smith (political studies, Trent U., Canada) analyzes the role of groups and social movements This is a partial list of social movements.
  • Abahlali baseMjondolo - South African shack dwellers' movement
  • Animal rights movement
  • Anti-consumerism
  • Anti-war movement
  • Anti-globalization movement
  • Brights movement
  • Civil rights movement
 at the federal level of Canadian politics, placing the discussion in the context of the social, economic, and political changes of the past three decades. Her central argument is that the patterns of influence of group politics have been reshaped by the shift from the Keynesian welfare state era to the era of neoliberal ne·o·lib·er·al·ism  
n.
A political movement beginning in the 1960s that blends traditional liberal concerns for social justice with an emphasis on economic growth.



ne
 globalization globalization

Process by which the experience of everyday life, marked by the diffusion of commodities and ideas, is becoming standardized around the world. Factors that have contributed to globalization include increasingly sophisticated communications and transportation
. She finds that neoliberalism ne·o·lib·er·al·ism  
n.
A political movement beginning in the 1960s that blends traditional liberal concerns for social justice with an emphasis on economic growth.



ne
 restricts the scope and legitimacy of collective agency and democratic politics.

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