POLS 2110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Glocalization, Social Movement, Social Capital
19 Jan 2016
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Scope of social movement political activism: state vs. non-state focused activism. Decline of large-scale group action in canada end of nac. Activism is smaller-scale and often issue oriented. More local level grassroots activism and at the global level . Glocalisation : canadian feminist alliance for international action (fafia) works to hold cdn governments to follow cedaw goals. Less tangible than in the second wave. Canadian women"s movement more inclusive of diversity (sexual orientation, class, race, minorities quebec, aboriginals, Liberal feminist goals continue presence of equal voice to get more women elected, and leaf the women"s legal education and action fund to work for equality through the courts. Newman and white suggest we are now in a period of latency marked by abeyance where movements sustain themselves in unreceptive political contexts (85) The women"s movement in canada is in a state of retrenchment, maintaining a voice for women but not as strong as in the past.
