Political Science Social Services & Welfare
Canada's Fighting Seniors
- Publisher
- James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers
- Initial publish date
- Jan 1990
- Category
- Social Services & Welfare
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781550283167
- Publish Date
- Jan 1990
- List Price
- $45.00
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781550283143
- Publish Date
- Jan 1990
- List Price
- $16.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781552779521
- Publish Date
- Sep 2011
- List Price
- $16.99
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Description
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.'