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Canada's Rights Revolution

Social Movements and Social Change, 1937-82

by (author) Dominique Cl?ment

Publisher
UBC Press
Initial publish date
Aug 2014
Category
General, Social History
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780774852722
    Publish Date
    Aug 2014
    List Price
    $34.95

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Description

In the first major study of postwar social movement organizations in Canada, Dominique Cl?ment provides a history of the human rights movement as seen through the eyes of two generations of activists. Drawing on newly acquired archival sources, extensive interviews, and materials released through access to information applications, Cl?ment explores the history of four organizations that emerged in the sixties and evolved into powerful lobbies for human rights despite bitter internal disputes and intense rivalries. This book offers a unique perspective on infamous human rights controversies and argues that the idea of human rights has historically been highly statist while grassroots activism has been at the heart of the most profound human rights advances.

About the author

Contributor Notes

Dominique Cl?ment is an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Alberta. His website can be found at www.HistoryOfRights.com.