Cover; New Approaches in Sociology; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter One Approaching Social Movements and Their Knowledges: Culture, Identity, Ethnography; Chapter Two Social Movements and Their Knowledges: Feminist and Freirean Perspectives on Knowledge from Below; Chapter Three The Activist City in an Era of Free Trade; Chapter Four Knowledge and Capacity Building: Popular Education in the MNSJ; Chapter Five Contesting the Neoliberal City: Campaign Praxis in the MNSJ; Chapter Six Knowledge and the Impasse in Left Politics: Towards a New Democratic Imaginary?
Summary
Praxis and Politics explores the knowledge arising from activist praxis and its significance for reimagining radical and democratic politics. It is based on five years of direct involvement in the Toronto-based Metro Network for Social Justice and their work in coalition building, campaign-organizing and 'economic and political literacy' work in the aftermath of the signing of the Canada-US Free Trade Agreement. The book breaks new theoretical and methodological ground in social movement studies in drawing on a wide range of traditions including cultural studies, urban studies, politi
