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Defying Conventional Wisdom : Political Movements and Popular Contention Against North American Free Trade.

Ayres, Jeffrey.

Defying Conventional Wisdom : Political Movements and Popular Contention Against North American Free Trade. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (225 pages) - Studies in Comparative Political Economy and Public Policy Series . - Studies in Comparative Political Economy and Public Policy Series .

Intro -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF TABLES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- Introduction -- 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 -- Appendix: Methods -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.

The first major study on the origins, strategies, and activities of movements and coalitions in opposition to free trade that arose in Canada and spread across North America - it captures an important developmental period in Canadian political life.

9781442673786


Political participation-Canada.
Social movements-Political aspects-Canada.
Foreign trade regulation-Canada-Citizen participation.


Electronic books.

JL186.5.A974 1998

322.4/0971

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