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Power and Resistance: Critical Thinking about Canadian Social Issues
Columbia University Press
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Description for Power and Resistance: Critical Thinking about Canadian Social Issues
Paperback. "The perfect teaching tool to introduce students to some of the pressing challenges facing contemporary Canada and the world." Editor(s): Antony, Wayne; Antony, Jessica; Samuelson, Les (University of Saskatchewan). BIC Classification: JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 203 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1000.
How do we make sense of the social problems that continue to plague Canadian society? Our understanding of issues such as poverty, racism, violence, homophobia, crime and pollution stems from our view of how society is structured. From the dominant neoliberal perspective, social problems arise from individuals making poor choices. From a critical perspective, however, these social troubles are caused by structural social inequalities. Disparities in economic, social and political power - that is, relations of power based on class, race, gender and sexual orientation - are the central structural element of capitalist, patriarchal, colonialist societies.
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How do we make sense of the social problems that continue to plague Canadian society? Our understanding of issues such as poverty, racism, violence, homophobia, crime and pollution stems from our view of how society is structured. From the dominant neoliberal perspective, social problems arise from individuals making poor choices. From a critical perspective, however, these social troubles are caused by structural social inequalities. Disparities in economic, social and political power - that is, relations of power based on class, race, gender and sexual orientation - are the central structural element of capitalist, patriarchal, colonialist societies.
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Product Details
Publisher
Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
Black Point, Nova Scotia, Canada
ISBN
9781552668535
SKU
V9781552668535
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