04168nam 2200709 450 991045584080332120200520144314.01-281-99549-597866119954921-4426-7378-810.3138/9781442673786(CKB)2420000000003997(EBL)3251411(SSID)ssj0000293587(PQKBManifestationID)11212764(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000293587(PQKBWorkID)10292552(PQKB)11538332(CaPaEBR)417823(CaBNvSL)thg00602003(MiAaPQ)EBC3251411(MiAaPQ)EBC4671416(DE-B1597)464391(OCoLC)944177978(DE-B1597)9781442673786(Au-PeEL)EBL4671416(CaPaEBR)ebr11257126(OCoLC)815761654(EXLCZ)99242000000000399720160921h19981998 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDefying conventional wisdom political movements and popular contention against North American free trade /Jeffrey M. AyresToronto, [Ontario] ;Buffalo, [New York] ;London, [England] :University of Toronto Press,1998.©19981 online resource (225 p.)Studies in Comparative Political Economy and Public PolicyDescription based upon print version of record.0-8020-8089-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Studying Movements Politically -- 2. The Origins of a Movement -- 3. The Politics of Coalition Building -- 4. The Parliamentary Protest Campaign -- 5. The Constraints of Electoral Politics -- 6. NAFTA and the Structuring of Domestic and Transnational Protest -- 7. From National Sovereignty towards Popular Sovereignty? -- 8. Political and Theoretical Implications -- Appendix: Methods -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Backmatter This book offers a crisp and thoughtful account of political phenomena still fresh in the minds of Canadians, and with continuing relevance to policy-making processes. As the first major work on the origins, strategies, and activities of movements and coalitions that arose in Canada and spread across North America to oppose free trade, it captures an important developmental period in Canadian political life.Focusing on an analysis of the Action Canada Network, Jeffrey Ayres adopts a political-process model to link the emergence of popular sector movements and transnational networks to constraints posed by the Canada-US FTA and NAFTA. His extensive use of popular writings and interviews highlights the personal reflections of coalition members and provides an intimate perspective on their strategies and actions. As a contribution both to the study of recent developments in Canadian politics and to our understanding of emerging transnational contention in North America, Defying Conventional Wisdom will appeal to readers across a wide spectrum of interests and backgrounds.University of Toronto Press gratefully acknowledges that this book was sponsored in part by the Association for Canadian Studies in the U.S. and by the Government of Canada.Studies in comparative political economy and public policy.Political participationCanadaSocial movementsPolitical aspectsCanadaForeign trade regulationCanadaCitizen participationElectronic books.Political participationSocial movementsPolitical aspectsForeign trade regulationCitizen participation.322.40971Ayres Jeffrey McKelvey1050008MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455840803321Defying conventional wisdom2479458UNINA