Take a Number: How Citizens' Encounters with Government Shape Political Engagement Volume 253

by Elisabeth Gidengil

Inspired by American studies of the impact of government programs on clients' political activity, Take a Number breaks new ground by investigating the lessons that people draw from their experiences with government bureaucracies, reaching very different conclusions about the effects of program participation in Canada. People's experiences with service providers matter. Far from being de-politicizing, negative experiences can be empowering, stimulating...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022800392X
• ISBN13: 9780228003922
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 248 Pages