Bill Freeman

Democracy Rising

Politics and Participation in Canada

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Participatory democracy is an emerging force in Canada: Citizens groups, unions, environmental organizations, Indigenous peoples, and others are demanding to be heard. This revolution of citizen engagement will change the way democracy works in this country, bring new and more relevant programs, and finally deliver government by the people.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Dundurn Press
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. April 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 150mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 340g
• ISBN-13: 9781459737679
• ISBN-10: 1459737679
• Artikelnr.: 45160509

Autorenporträt

Bill Freeman is a Canadian urban issues writer and winner of the Governor General's Literary Award. He has authored nineteen books, including The New Urban Agenda. Bill lives on Toronto Island.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword: No Is a Very Powerful Word in Politics
Introduction
Part 1: The Rise of Representative Democracy
Chapter 1: Representative Democracy
Chapter 2: Elections and Universal Suffrage
Chapter 3: Democracy and the Rise of Canadian Capitalism
Chapter 4: Elite Control in a Democratic System
Part 2: Reformers and the Grassroots
Chapter 5: Top-Down Reform: Progressives and the Farm Parties
Chapter 6: Trade Unions
Chapter 7: Co-operatives and the Social Economy
Chapter 8: The Environmental Movement
Chapter 9: Community Groups
Chapter 10: The Excluded
Part 3: Participatory Democracy
Chapter 11: Democracy, Participation, and Social Change
Chapter 12: Creating a Participatory Democracy
Appendix: Some Rules for Reformers
Acknowledgements
Notes
Index