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Greater attention is now being given to the consequences of social movements. Relying on archival and interview material, this paper revisits Zald and Berger's notion of bureaucratic insurgency to analyse the dynamics of change and transformation in the Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association (CSAA) during the early 1970s. Contrary to the Weber-Michels thesis, which predicts that as organizations age they become less political and more conservative, the CSAA became politicized as a result of the movement to Canadianize cultural and educational institutions. An explanation for this change is offered, which serves to challenge the Weber-Michels thesis of organizational transformation and its outcome. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article explains the role of the Institute of Parliamentary and Political Law in the struggle to achieve better democracy in Canada. A possible solution to the structural problems relating to the achievement of democracy is the creation of a professional and academic body autonomous from the state but close enough to it. To endow such, body there are two characteristics that should be met: first, it must be apolitical and non-partisan and second, it should be an institute that is designed to conduct analysis, scrutiny, examination and commentary.

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The article provides information on the women's wing of the Canadian Political Science Association (CPSA), Canda. It is noted that in June, 1979, several women associated with 20 Canadian departments of political science founded Women in Political Science (WPS). It is observed that the CPSA urged political science departments across the country to ensure that no one is discriminated against on the basis of sex. It is suggested that women political scientists have been delayed by geographic distribution and they have to wait to see their impact.