This essay will address the aforementioned issues relating to the relationship between social movements and political party representation by defining the terms and presenting different perspectives regarding their roles in the political system. ... Although, the women's movement was the most closely aligned with the NDP, it was the governing Liberals between 1963 and 1984 that played a significant role in shaping the movement. ... However, with the fall of the Liberals to the Progressive Conservatives in 1984, it became evident that social movements and their issues are not always at...

• Word Count: 1990
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This essay will address the aforementioned issues relating to the relationship between social movements and political party representation by defining the terms and presenting different perspectives regarding their roles in the political system. ... Although, the women's movement was the most closely aligned with the NDP, it was the governing Liberals between 1963 and 1984 that played a significant role in shaping the movement. ... However, with the fall of the Liberals to the Progressive Conservatives in 1984, it became evident that social movements and their issues are not always at...

• Word Count: 3983
• Approx Pages: 16
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

With reference to the Love Music, Hate Racism (LMHR) campaign, as a "response to rising levels of racism and electoral successes for the Nazi British National Party" (Love Music Hate Racism 2012, About), this essay explores the relationship between music and politics. ... The BNP's appropriation of folk is similar to the example of "the Republican Party's attempt to hijack Bruce Springsteen's 'Born in the USA' in the 1984 presidential election" (Frith 1996, p.165). ...

• Word Count: 1845
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate