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Political Science Social Services & Welfare

Canada's Fighting Seniors

by (author) C.G. Gifford

Publisher
James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers
Initial publish date
Jan 1990
Category
Social Services & Welfare
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781550283167
    Publish Date
    Jan 1990
    List Price
    $45.00
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781550283143
    Publish Date
    Jan 1990
    List Price
    $16.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781552779521
    Publish Date
    Sep 2011
    List Price
    $16.99

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First published in 1990, this book charts the emergence and rapid growth of Canada's powerful seniors' movement.

Seniors' political clout has been increasingly evident since the mid-eighties, when their protest convinced Brian Mulroney to drop his efforts to limit pension benefits. Gifford's book provides a short history of seniors' organizing and tells the personal and organizational stories of today's seniors' groups. Sections on the work of seniors' groups in the United States and Europe add a global dimension to the book's analysis.

Canada's Fighting Seniors is a pioneering study of the increasing organization and influence of older citizens in this country.

About the author

C.G. GIFFORD retired from his post as professor of social work at Dalhousie University in 1984. He is the author of numerous articles on social work, deliquency, seniors\ concerns and disarmament. He is co-founder and chairperson of Veterans Against Nuclear Arms.'

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