Canada's Fighting Seniors
Author | : C. G. Gifford |
Publisher | : James Lorimer & Company |
Total Pages | : 292 |
Release | : 1990-01-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 1550283162 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781550283167 |
Rating | : 4/5 (167 Downloads) |
Download or read book Canada's Fighting Seniors written by C. G. Gifford and published by James Lorimer & Company. This book was released on 1990-01-01 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.