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POLITICAL ACTION GROUP [6 records]

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Record 1 2023-10-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Sociology
  • Psychology
  • Political Science
CONT

Collective action refers to [an] action taken together by a group of people whose goal is to enhance their condition and achieve a common objective.... It is a term that has formulations and theories in many areas of the social sciences including psychology, sociology, anthropology, political science and economics.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sciences humaines
  • Sociologie
  • Psychologie
  • Sciences politiques

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-04-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Political Science (General)
  • Social Movements
  • Interdisciplinary Studies
DEF

A politics that stresses strong collective group identities as the basis of political analysis and action.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sciences politiques (Généralités)
  • Mouvements sociaux
  • Interdisciplinarité (Sciences humaines)
DEF

Politique selon laquelle les individus s'identifient étroitement à un sous-groupe ethnique, sexuel, linguistique, racial ou religieux, au détriment d'une définition de soi qui passerait par l'appartenance à un pays, une classe sociale ou une caste professionnelle.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ciencias políticas (Generalidades)
  • Movimientos sociales
  • Estudios interdisciplinarios (Ciencias humanas)
CONT

Pero la naturaleza involuntaria de algunas identidades grupales no puede ser la base para una crítica a gran escala de los grupos de identidad o de la política identitaria, por muchas razones, la más elemental de las cuales es que los grupos de identidad involuntarios son solamente un subconjunto de los grupos identitarios, y no son necesariamente subconjuntos más comunes o más poderosos.

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Record 3 2008-08-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Non-Gov. Provincial Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Sociology of the Family
OBS

The Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care(OCBCC) was founded in 1981 to advocate for universally accessible, quality, non-profit regulated child care in the province of Ontario. The Coalition is a public awareness organization and a non-partisan political action group, we work to bring the benefits of early childhood education and care to the attention of the public, and policy makers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités provinciaux non gouv. canadiens
  • Sociologie de la famille

Spanish

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Record 4 2003-12-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
  • Philosophy (General)
OBS

Also known as: Animal Rights Kollective.

OBS

ARK II is a non-profit animal rights group that started in 1984 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ARK II seeks to promote and protect the rights of all animals and foster their individual liberties through direct action, political action and public awareness campaigns. We will strive to build a world where animal liberation and human liberation become one in a fabric of mutual respect, tolerance and compassion.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Philosophie (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 5 2002-10-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychological Warfare
  • CBRNE Operations
  • Special-Language Phraseology
CONT

Terrorism is an anxiety-inspiring method of repeated violent action, employed by(semi-) clandestine individual, group or state actors, for idiosyncratic, criminal, or political reasons, whereby--in contrast to assassination--the direct targets of violence are not the main targets.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Guerre psychologique
  • Opérations CBRNE
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité

Spanish

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Record 6 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Proper Names
  • Labour and Employment
OBS

Submitted by the Permanent Mechanism for Consultation and Concerted Political Action(Rio Group)(letter dated 6 Sept. 91).

Key term(s)
  • General Outline for the Revitalization of the UN

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations diverses
  • Travail et emploi
Key term(s)
  • Ébauche pour la revitalisation de l'ONU

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Denominaciones varias
  • Trabajo y empleo
Key term(s)
  • Lineamientos para la Revitalización de la ONU
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