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Culture and Social Change

Social Movements in QuFigure 1bec and Ontario

Edited by Colin Leys and Marguerite Mendell

In contrast with the current tendency to see 'culture' only as an increasingly commodified instrument of social control in the hands of a power elite, the work collected in this volume reveals cultural transformations occurring in the older social movements, such as the labour movement and the churches, and creative new energies being released in the culture of the new social movements such as the women's movement, the ecology movement and community organizations.

The diversity of the topics reflects the multiplicity of political struggles. The editors correctly let the chapters speak for themselves.
Canadian Book Review Annual

Table of Contents:
Theoretical Issues in Socialist Renewal. Colin Leys (see bio. below): Marxism and Socialism at the End of the Twentieth Century. Jean-Pierre Deslauriers (Univ. du Quebec … Hull): The Relevance of Anarchism. Gregor Murray (Univ. Laval): Union Culture & Organizational Change in Ontario & Qu‚bec. Mona-Josee Gagnon (Univ. de Montreal): Trade Unions in Quebec: New Stakes. Laurie Adkin (University of Alberta): Ecology & Labour: Towards a New Societal Paradigm.Serge Quenneville (advisor for the environment, C.S.N. Service the g‚nie industriel): Local Unions & the Environment: Three Quebec Case-Studies. Rosemary Warskett (Labour College of Canada): Solidarity Through Diversity in the Ontario Labour Movement. Old and New Social Movements. Micheline De Seve (Univ. du Quebec … Montr‚al): Women, Political Action & Identity. Gragory Baum (McGill Univ.): The Catholic Left in Quebec. Joe Mihevc (York City Councilor & Univ. of Toronto): The Christian Left in Ontario. Michael McConkey (PhD., McGill Univ.): Toronto's Neighbourhood Association Movement. Henri Lustiger-Thaler (Ramopo College of New Jersey): Political Culture & the Politics of Bricolage: The Case of Montreal. Louis Favreau (Univ. du Quebec … Hull): The "Backyard Revolution" in Quebec: People & Community in a Liberal Democracy. John Clark (Chair, Ontario Coalition Against Poverty): Ontario Social Movements The Struggle Intensifies.

Colin Leys is a professor of political studies at Queen's University at Kingston. Marguerite Mendell is general editor of the series.

Volume Two of the series: Critical Perspectives on Historic Issues

230 pages

Paperback ISBN: 1-895431-28-X $19.99
Hardcover ISBN: 1-895431-29-8 $48.99
L.C. No. 92-70625
ISSN: 1195-1869

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