Getting Started on Social Analysis in Canada
Third Edition

Czerny, Michael; Swift, Jamie
Publisher:  Between the Lines, Toronto, Canada
Year First Published:  {8166 Getting Started on Social Analysis in Canada GETTING STARTED ON SOCIAL ANALYSIS IN CANADA Third Edition Czerny, Michael; Swift, Jamie Between the Lines Toronto Canada See also CX2933. 1984 1988 BC8166s-GettingStarted2.jpg B Book This book, written by Michael Czerny, director of the Jesuit Centre for Social Faith and Justice, and Jamie Swift, author of "Cut and Run, the Assault on Canada's Forest," is an attempt to provide a practical guide to social analysis for teachers, unionists, church workers and community activists. Instead of leaving difficult economic and social questions to the experts, the authors argue, ordinary people must analyze problems like unemployment, housing shortage, the quality of health care and discimination against minority groups. <br> <br>The text is written in a plain non-academic style so it can be widely used as an educational tool by groups working for social change. Illustrations and charts are used liberally. Each chapter ends with a set of questions for disucssion and a list of further resources. <br> <br>The book is divided into several units, starting with an examination of three basic issues: health care, housing and the environemnt.It shows how people have faced those problems, for example, the story of the efforts of people in South Riverdale, a community in the east end of Toronto, to fight Canada Metal, a major lead polluter. The next section looks at the econimic issues of unemployment, microtechnology and resources development. The final section has chapters on women, natives and the elderly. <br> <br>Swift and Czerny contend that if people engage in social analysis they can organize effectively to change their lives. Statements of major Canadian churches on social issues are mentioned frequently in the text, but the book is also addressed to non-Christians. <br> <br> <br> <br>Table of Contents <br> <br>Preface <br> <br>Introduction <br>Chapter One: Welcome to Social Analysis <br> <br>Basic Issues <br>Chapter Two: In Sickness and in Health <br>Chapter Three: The Housing Drama <br>Chapter Four: Our Planet Earth <br> <br>Reflection <br>Chapter Five: Social Analysis Again <br> <br>Economic Issues <br>Chapter Six: Lost in the Supermarket <br>Chapter Seven: The Plague of Unemployment <br>Chapter Eight: Microtechnology and the Future <br>Chapter Nine: Energy to Burn <br> <br>Reflection <br>Chapter Ten: Media and Ideology <br> <br>Social Issues <br>Chapter Eleven: Aging- Out of Sight <br>Chapter Twelve: A Home and Native Land <br>Chapter Thirteen: "A Woman's Place" <br>Chapter Fourteen: Canada in the Americas <br> <br>Conclusion <br>Chapter Fifteen: We Have Just Begun <br> <br>References <br>Index CX3147 1 false true false CX3147.htm [0xc00017ee70 0xc000bcccc0 0xc000c4b020 0xc000d5e240 0xc000d5ee40 0xc001db7830 0xc00213ef90 0xc00224e150 0xc0009e53b0 0xc000360630 0xc000387f80 0xc0000db7d0 0xc0002942d0 0xc00033d5f0 0xc00057c330 0xc0023c6630 0xc0023e6300 0xc0002a4ae0 0xc0004bf8c0 0xc0004d4ea0 0xc00055ac90 0xc00068ff20 0xc0007253b0 0xc00041ed50 0xc0001c1ce0 0xc000238690 0xc000271d70 0xc0003a5800 0xc00047e000 0xc0005f8600 0xc00060c1b0 0xc0007722a0 0xc000772390 0xc000847230 0xc000872690 0xc000943ad0 0xc000575290 0xc0005cce40 0xc0006b30e0 0xc000bb3ef0 0xc000c3a120 0xc000c3a3f0 0xc00140e420 0xc0015a5b90 0xc0015a5fb0 0xc0014d77d0 0xc0001a96b0 0xc0001f33b0 0xc000241590 0xc00036a6f0 0xc00094acf0 0xc000f78ae0 0xc001bf9aa0 0xc0000fff20 0xc00037cdb0 0xc0005090b0 0xc000552d50 0xc0005532f0 0xc00058b2f0 0xc000958330 0xc00250a7e0 0xc001cfe870 0xc002543650 0xc00255bbc0 0xc00057e2a0 0xc000dd4a80 0xc000e63f50 0xc000f1d620 0xc0010471a0 0xc002201950 0xc00226fdd0 0xc0023ddf50 0xc002705ec0 0xc0027760f0] Cx}
Year Published:  1988
Resource Type:  Book
Cx Number:  CX3147

See also CX2933.

Abstract: 
This book, written by Michael Czerny, director of the Jesuit Centre for Social Faith and Justice, and Jamie Swift, author of "Cut and Run, the Assault on Canada's Forest," is an attempt to provide a practical guide to social analysis for teachers, unionists, church workers and community activists. Instead of leaving difficult economic and social questions to the experts, the authors argue, ordinary people must analyze problems like unemployment, housing shortage, the quality of health care and discimination against minority groups.

The text is written in a plain non-academic style so it can be widely used as an educational tool by groups working for social change. Illustrations and charts are used liberally. Each chapter ends with a set of questions for disucssion and a list of further resources.

The book is divided into several units, starting with an examination of three basic issues: health care, housing and the environemnt.It shows how people have faced those problems, for example, the story of the efforts of people in South Riverdale, a community in the east end of Toronto, to fight Canada Metal, a major lead polluter. The next section looks at the econimic issues of unemployment, microtechnology and resources development. The final section has chapters on women, natives and the elderly.

Swift and Czerny contend that if people engage in social analysis they can organize effectively to change their lives. Statements of major Canadian churches on social issues are mentioned frequently in the text, but the book is also addressed to non-Christians.



Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction
Chapter One: Welcome to Social Analysis

Basic Issues
Chapter Two: In Sickness and in Health
Chapter Three: The Housing Drama
Chapter Four: Our Planet Earth

Reflection
Chapter Five: Social Analysis Again

Economic Issues
Chapter Six: Lost in the Supermarket
Chapter Seven: The Plague of Unemployment
Chapter Eight: Microtechnology and the Future
Chapter Nine: Energy to Burn

Reflection
Chapter Ten: Media and Ideology

Social Issues
Chapter Eleven: Aging- Out of Sight
Chapter Twelve: A Home and Native Land
Chapter Thirteen: "A Woman's Place"
Chapter Fourteen: Canada in the Americas

Conclusion
Chapter Fifteen: We Have Just Begun

References
Index

Subject Headings

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