(Ab)Using Power : The Canadian Experience

Table of Contents

• AbUsing Power 1
• AbUsing Power 3
• The Canadian Experience 3
• Fernwood Publishing Halifax Nova Scotia 3
• Contents 5
• About the Editors and Authors 9
• Acknowledgements 10
• Introduction 11
• Robert Menzies Dorothy E. Chunn and Susan C. Boyd 11
• Of Crime Waves and Crime Tsunamis 11
• Terms of Engagement 15
• Power AbUse and Canadian Criminology 17
• Organization Themes and Contents 20
• Summary 24
• Part One 25
• The State 25
• Chapter 26
• Active Citizenship Is the Best Defence against Abuse of Power 26
• Judy Rebick 26
• Chapter 36
• From the Welfare State to the NoSecondChances State 36
• Ted Schrecker 36
• The Rise of Insecurity 36
• Technology Globalization and Labour Markets 38
• Social Provision The Fraying Safety Net 41
• The Politics of Secession 43
• Conclusion The NoSecondChances State 46
• Notes 48
• Chapter 49
• Closing the Nations Ranks 49
• Racism Sexism and the Abuse of Power in Canadian Immigration Policy 49
• Sunera Thobani 49
• Canadian NationBuilding and the Review of Immigration Policy 49
• Restructuring the Immigration Program 50
• Framing the Consultations 50
• What the State Heard 54
• Balancing Immigration Categories 59
• Protecting National Institutions 61
• What the Consultations Accomplished 61
• Conclusion 63
• Note 64
• Part Two 65
• The Political Elite 65
• Chapter 66
• The Somalia Affair 66
• A Personal Account of Speaking Truth to Power 66
• John Dixon 66
• Chapter 78
• So you dont like our cover story Well we have others 78
• The Development of Canadas Signals Intelligence Capacity through Administrative Sleight of Hand 78
• Stuart Farson 78
• A Change in Attitudes toward Delegated Legislation 79
• Deep Cover 80
• Demystification and Remistification 81
• The Decision to Avow the Existence of the 83
• Movement towards the Light 85
• Steps into the Sunlight 87
• Conclusions 91
• Notes 93
• Chapter 95
• The Devine Regime in Saskatchewan 95
• The Tory Caucus Fraud Scandal and Other Abuses of Power 95
• J.F. Conway 95
• Abuses of Power A Recapitulation of the Devine Regime 97
• The Tory Caucus Fraud Scandal Operation Fiddle 105
• Conclusion 109
• Note 109
• Part Three 111
• Corporations 111
• Chapter 112
• Abusing Corporate Power 112
• The Death of a Concept 112
• Laureen Snider 112
• The Disappearance of Corporate Crime 113
• Financial Crimes 114
• Social Crimes 121
• Conclusion 127
• Notes 127
• Chapter 130
• Westray and After 130
• Power Truth and News Reporting of the Westray Mine Disaster 130
• John McMullan 130
• Truth Power and the Press 131
• The Westray Explosion 134
• The Press and the Production of the Westray Truth 136
• Deceit Denial and Disavowal 141
• Notes 144
• Chapter 146
• Consumers to the Rescue 146
• Campaigning against Corporate Abuse of Labour 146
• Judy Fudge 146
• Nike Just Doing It 146
• Consumer Campaigns against Corporate Abuse of Labour 149
• The Debate over Voluntary Codes of Conduct 152
• The Nike Campaign Attack Defence and Counterattack 154
• The Morality of the Market 156
• Notes 158
• Part Four 161
• Professions 161
• Chapter 162
• Psychological Illusions 162
• Professionalism and the Abuse of Power 162
• Tana Dineen 162
• The Psychology Industry 163
• Manufacturing Victims 163
• The Mystique of Science 165
• The Ascendance of Subjective Experience A Practice Makes Perfect 166
• The Symbols of Professionalism 167
• Controlling What the Public Is Told 168
• Relying on Fear Appeal to Promote Its Services 170
• Concluding Comments 172
• Notes 173
• Chapter 174
• Drugged Exploited Labelled and Blamed 174
• How Psychiatry Oppresses Women 174
• P. Susan Penfold 174
• Drugged 175
• Exploited 177
• Labelled 178
• Blamed 181
• Conclusions 184
• Chapter 185
• The FuckYourBuddy System And Its Adversaries 185
• Edgar Z. Friedenberg 185
• Recommendations for Further Reading 194
• Part Five 199
• Criminal Injustice 199
• Chapter 200
• Racism in Justice 200
• The Report of the Commission on Systemic Racism in the Ontario Criminal Justice System 200
• Toni Williams 200
• Background and Context of the Commission 202
• The Work of the Commission 206
• Conclusion 212
• Notes 213
• Chapter 214
• Unredressed Wrong 214
• The Extradition of Leonard Peltier from Canada 214
• Dianne L. Martin 214
• The History of a Firefight and Its Aftermath 215
• Connecting Leonard Peltier to the Murders 216
• The Legal Proceedings 221
• The Political Battles 226
• Conclusion 231
• Notes 231
• Chapter 236
• Womens Imprisonment and the State 236
• The Praxis of Power 236
• Gayle K. Horii 236
• Notes 250
• References 253