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Human welfare, rights, and social activism : rethinking the legacy of J.S. Woodsworth /

J.S. Woodsworth, a founding member and leader of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (forerunner of the New Democratic Party) and member of Parliament, was a social policy pioneer who promoted human welfare and rights over interests of property and finance. Human Welfare, Rights, and Social Acti...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Pulkingham, Jane
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, Ã2010.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. A Common Interest? Reflections on the Social Legacy of J.S. Woodsworth and the Contemporary Politics of Social Change in Canada / Jane Pulkingham
  • 2. The Historical Woodsworth and Contemporary Politics / Allen Mills
  • 3. Labour Rights in an Interregnum: The Ambiguous Legacy of J.S. Woodsworth / Eeric Tucker
  • 4. The Changing Struggle for Rights: A Critical Look at the Origins and Fate of Human Rights / Gary Teeple
  • 5. Social Rights Are Human Rights: Furthering the Democratic Project / Hugh Shewell
  • 6. Human Rights and Poverty: A Twenty-First Century Tribute to J.S. Woodsworth and Call for Human Rights / Gwen Brodsky
  • 7. Human Needs above Property Rights? Rethinking the Woodsworth Legacy in an Era of Economic Globalization / David Schneiderman
  • 8. Zones of Abandonment: The Cultural Politics of Public Health in Vancouver's Inner City / Denielle Elliott
  • 9. 'Re-construction' from the Viewpoint of Precarious Labour: The Practice of Solidarity / Geraldina Polanco and Cecily Nicholson
  • 10. J.S. Woodsworth and the Discourse of White Civility / Daniel Coleman
  • 11. Embodied Memory: Universal Citizenship and Indigenous Cree Identity / Neal McLeod
  • 12. Canadians of Tomorrow: J.S. Woodsworth and the New Ethnicities / David Chariandy.