Winner: 2001 Choice Outstanding Academic Book Award
This is a book about forces challenging the continued integrity
of Canada, one of the world's oldest and most admired democracies.
It focuses on six critical events, beginning with the 1988 federal
election and the fierce debate over the risks of free trade with
the United States for Canada's economy and cherished social
programs. It ends with the 1998 re-election of the Parti Qu?b?cois
and the possibility of a third sovereignty referendum.
Collectively, these events have pushed Canada to the edge of
disintegration. The book's analyses and interpretations of these
events are based on a unique collection of survey data gathered
over the past two decades. Conversations with thousands of
Canadians map the dynamics of public beliefs, attitudes and
behavior in an era of economic dislocation and political crisis.
Struggling to adapt its political institutions and processes to
regional and ethno-linguistic cleavages invigorated by forces of
economic restructuring and globalization, Canada exemplifies many
of the "forces from above and below" that have beset democracies,
new and old alike, in recent years. By explaining how these forces
have brought a "charter member" of that very special political club
to the brink of fragmentation, this book will be of interest to all
those concerned with the future of democracy in polycommunal
societies.
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