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UBC Press Reaction and Resistance Feminism, Law, and Social Change Edited by Dorothy E. Chunn, Susan B. Boyd, and Hester Lessard This is an absolutely excellent collection that gets to the heart of a number of very important policy debates in Canada from a feminist legal perspective. The two major strands that weave through all of the papers – backlash and the effects of neoliberalism – are very important both theoretically and from an activist perspective. Greater understanding of how these larger social processes work will provide significant strength to scholarly and activist communities. – Professor Audrey Kobayashi, Queen’s Research Chair in the Department of Geography, Queen’s University The image of “backlash” is pervasive in contemporary debates about the impact of second-wave feminism on law and policy, but systematic research on the subject is lacking. Reaction and Resistance addresses that gap. It analyzes late 20th century responses to feminism, and asks: to what extent does the concept of backlash accurately explain reactions to feminism over time? Dorothy E. Chunn is a professor of sociology at Simon Fraser University. Susan B. Boyd is a professor of Law and holds the Chair in Feminist Legal Studies at the University of British Columbia. Hester Lessard is an associate professor of Law at the University of Victoria Faculty of Law. October 2007 320 pages, 3 tables, 6 x 9” 0-7748-1411-X / 978-0-7748-1411-9 cloth $85.00 0-7748-1412-8 / 978-0-7748-1412-6 paper $32.95 (publishing July 2008) The contributors apply multidisciplinary insights to analyze reaction and resistance to feminism in different areas of law and policy, including child custody, child poverty, sexual harassment, and sexual assault. Collectively, their studies paint a more complicated, often contradictory, picture of feminism, law, and social change than the popular image of backlash suggests. Reaction and Resistance is an important contribution to feminist theory about social movements and the tensions and resonances between these movements and the larger currents of neo-conservatism and neoliberalism. It also offers feminists and other activists empirically grounded knowledge that can be used to develop legal and political strategies for change. Contents To view the table of contents of Reaction and Resistance, please visit www.ubcpress.ca. LAW AND SOCIETY SERIES 10 www.ubcpress.ca / 1 877 864 8477
UBC Press Poverty Rights, Social Citizenship, and Legal Activism Edited by Margot Young, Susan B. Boyd, Gwen Brodsky, and Shelagh Day This book represents a timely, engaging, and significant contribution to our understanding of the relationship between law, politics, and poverty. It will serve as a catalyst for debate over the future of social and economic rights in the welfare state. – Lorne Sossin, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto Contents Preface Introduction Part 1: Poverty and Rights: Reading Gosselin 1 Reality checks: Presuming Innocence and Proving Guilt in Charter Welfare Cases / Martha Jackman 2 But It’s for Your Own Good / Diane Pothier 3 Social Rights and Judicial Competence / David Schneiderman Part 2: Social Citizenship and the State 4 Claiming Adjudicative space: Social Rights and Citizenship / Bruce Porter 5 Aboriginal Women Unmasked: Using Charter Equality Litigation to Advance Women’s Rights / Sharon McIvor 6 Welfare Reformed: The Re-making of the Model Citizen / Janet Mosher 7 The “Made in Québec” Act to Combat Poverty and Social Exclusion / Lucie Lamarche 8 Trade Regime Federalism: An Assessment of the Social Union Framework Agreement / Barbara Cameron Part 3: Social Citizenship and International Contexts 9 Collective Economic Rights and International Trade Agreements: In the Vacuum of post-National Capital Control / Marjorie Griffin Cohen 10 Enforcing Social and Economic Rights at the Domestic Level: A Proposal / Gráinne McKeever and Fionnuala Ni Aoláin 11 Minding the Gap: Treaty Commitments and Government Practice / Shelagh Day 12 Litigating Socio-Economic Rights in South Africa: How Far Will the Courts Go? / Karrisha Pillay Part 4: Beyond Gosselin: Legal Theory Emboldened 13 Taking Competence Seriously / David Wiseman 14 Dignity, Equality, and Second Generation Rights / Denise Réaume 15 The Charter as an Impediment to Welfare Roll Backs: A Meditation on “Justice as Fairness” as a “Bedrock Value” of the Canadian Democratic Project / Ken Norman Part 5: Legal Activism Revived 16 Why Rights Now? Law and Desperation / Margot Young 17 The Challenge of Litigating the Rights of Poor People: The Right to Legal Aid as a Test Case / Melina Buckley 18 Charter Rights and Government Choices / Gwen Brodsky Margot Young is an associate professor and Susan Boyd holds the Chair in Feminist Legal Studies in the Faculty of Law at the University of British Columbia. Gwen Brodsky and Shelagh Day are directors of the Poverty and Human Rights Centre in Vancouver. May 2007, 408 pages, 6 x 9” 0-7748-1287-7 / 978-0-7748-1287-0 cloth $85.00 0-7748-1288-5 / 978-0-7748-1288-7 paper $29.95 (available January 2008) LAW AND SOCIETY SERIES www.ubcpress.ca / 1 877 864 8477 11
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