Shifting Terrain
Nonprofit Policy Advocacy in Canada
1st Edition
Published on 30. May 2017
364 pages
978-0-7735-4866-4 (ISBN)
Description
Why nonprofit sector advocacy persists in Canada, despite the ongoing threat of regulation.
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McGill-Queen's University Press
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Persons
Nick J. Mulé is associate professor in the School of Social Work and the School of Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies at York University. Gloria C. DeSantis is assistant professor in the Justice Studies Department at the University of Regina.
Content
- Cover
- Contents
- Tables and Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Foreword: The Insiders
- 1 Advocacy: A Contested yet Enduring Concept in the Canadian Landscape
- 2 Shifting Legal Terrain: Legal and Regulatory Restrictions on Political Advocacy by Charities
- 3 Advocates Anonymous: A Study of Advocacy Coalitions in Ontario
- 4 The Changing Face of the Non-profit Sector: Social Enterprise Legislation in British Columbia
- 5 Saskatchewan Disability Income Support Coalition: Advocacy for a New Disability Benefit Program
- 6 Who Is Minding the First Nations during the Flood? Failing Advocacy at Every Policy Turn during a Human/Environmental Crisis
- 7 Poverty Free Ontario: Cross-Community Advocacy for Social Justice
- 8 The Québec Act to Combat Poverty and Social Exclusion: A Case of Democratic Co-construction of Public Policy
- 9 Reinventing Democracy through Public Advocacy: The Case of the Anti-shale Gas Movement in New Brunswick
- 10 Canada's Northern Communications Policies: The Role of Aboriginal Organizations
- 11 A "Political Activity": The Inherent Politicization of Advocacy
- Contributors
- Index
