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Against a backdrop of deepening economic and political crisis, Culture and Social Change explores the transformative role of culture in both established and emerging social movements. While dominant narratives portray culture as little more than a tool of commodification and elite control, the essays in this volume reveal a more dynamic and hopeful reality. Drawing from case studies and theoretical reflections, contributors examine how cultural change is actively unfolding within the labour movement, religious institutions, and other traditional pillars of civil society, while also highlighting the innovative cultural practices emerging from the women's movement, ecological activism, and grassroots community organizing. Together, these movements are not only resisting the dominant order?they are prefiguring new forms of social life.

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Marguerite Mendell holds a Ph.D. in economics from McGill University and is principal at the School of Community and Public Affairs at Concordia University, where she also teaches political economy. Colin Leys has an M.A. from Oxford University in philosophy, politics, and economy. He is a professor of political studies at Queen's University, Kingston.

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