What's happening behind the scenes of our everyday lives? Why are there winners and losers in society, haves and have-nots? How do aspects of difference - race, class, gender, age - shape our identities, and our experiences? How do structural forces influence local realities?Getting Started begins with a morning cup of coffee and visits the supermarket and the drive-through, the family room and the Internet. Along the way it unpacks a wide range of contemporary social issues. Countering information overload and overwhelming problems, the social analysis approach builds insight and confidence. In a world where individual solutions are increasingly commonplace, Getting Started promotes collective action and social justice.Preserving its unique approach to social literacy, this completely revised and updated edition offers a wealth of new statistics, examples, and resources. Chapters on globalization, work, and new technology address momentous changes of the past decade.

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Jamie Swift is a frequent contributor to CBC Radio's Ideas series, and the author of numerous books, among them Civil Society in Question and Walking the Union Walk: Stories from the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union.
Jacqueline M. Davies teaches in the Philosophy and Women's Studies departments at Queen's University, Kingston. She is the co-author of Good Reasons for Better Arguments, a textbook in critical thinking.
Robert G. Clarke, a freelance editor and writer, is a co-creator of Wild Garden: Art, Education, and the Culture of Resistance, by dian marino.
Michael Czerny S.J. is Co-ordinator of the African Jesuit AIDS Network, based in Nairobi, Kenya.
Artist/illustrator Philip Street works with CBC Television. His acclaimed comic strip, "Fisher," runs daily in The Globe and Mail.

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