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Grey power in Canada
— part one | | Author(s) | Charmaine Spencer |
| Journal title | GRC News, vol 19, no 2, August 2000 |
| Publisher | Vancouver, August 2000 |
| Pages | pp 5-8 (1 of 3) |
| Keywords | Social characteristics [elderly] ; Rights [elderly] ; Pressure groups ; Canada. |
| Annotation | This article considers the factors that can either support or undermine the power of today's senior citizens. Grey power is defined as "the capacity of seniors to: organize; present a united front on issues important to their lives; and exert power." The author looks at a number of assumptions made about the rising grey power that is emerging in Canada, and questions whether these are supported by senior activism in the form of civic participation, voting and political advocacy. Factors that can reduce the emergent grey power are also considered and these are: marginalisation; lack of coalition building; political restructuring; diversity of the older population; and information control. The author concludes that Canada's grey power has yet to coalesce as a political force and proactively set the agenda for change. (KJ). |
| Accession Number | CPA-001102202 A |
| Classmark | F: IKR: PME: 7S |
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