Defying conventional wisdom : political movements and popular contention against North American free trade / Jeffrey M. Ayres.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ayres, Jeffrey McKelvey, author.

Series:

Studies in comparative political economy and public policy.

Studies in Comparative Political Economy and Public Policy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political participation--Canada.

Social movements--Political aspects--Canada.

Foreign trade regulation--Canada--Citizen participation.

Canada.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Toronto, [Ontario] ; Buffalo, [New York] ; London, [England] : University of Toronto Press, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"This book offers a crisp and thoughtful account of political phenomena still fresh in the minds of Canadians and still relevant to policy-making processes. As the first major work on the origins, strategies, and activities of movements and coalitions that arose in Canada and spread across North America to oppose free trade, it captures an important developmental period in Canadian political life." "Focusing on an analysis of the Action Canada Network, Jeffrey Ayres adopts a political-process model to link the emergence of popular sector movements and transnational networks to constraints posed by the Canada-U.S. FTA and NAFTA."--Jacket

Contents:

1. Studying Movements Politically

2. The Origins of a Movement

3. The Politics of Coalition Building

4. The Parliamentary Protest Campaign

5. The Constraints of Electoral Politics

6. NAFTA and the Structuring of Domestic and Transnational Protest

7. From National Sovereignty towards Popular Sovereignty?

8. Political and Theoretical Implications.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-281-99549-5

9786611995492

1-4426-7378-8

OCLC:

944177978