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Political Thought in Canada - An Intellectual History (Paperback)
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Political Thought in Canada - An Intellectual History (Paperback)
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What, if anything, makes Canada's political identity unique?
Pollsters can measure values, but they cannot explain how these
values arose over time, why they changed, or how people have
attempted to make sense of them within a changing social and
political environment. By examining the history of political ideas
in Canada, we can better understand why Canada takes the shape that
it does. In this book, Katherine Fierlbeck looks at the legacy of
ideas taken from (or shaped in reaction to) the nations that have
been most influential to Canada's development: the United Kingdom
and the United States. The first section looks specifically at the
nature of toryism, constitutional liberalism, and market
liberalism. Then she examines the evolution of social justice in
Canada. Does the country have, as J.S. Woodsworth hoped, a
definitive "third way." The final section focuses upon debates over
cultural identity and minority rights. Contemporary political
discussions in Canada are very much based upon the expressions of
French-Canadian nationalism that have existed as long as, and
perhaps even longer than, the country itself. How have these ideas
influenced current thinking about culture and accommodation? The
experiences characterized by Canadian political thought also
provide insight and ideas for nations around the world as their
citizens struggle with similar questions. The political dynamics of
the present are a product of how Canadians have viewed their
country, or a vision of their country, in the past. These ideas of
Canada, in history and in myth, provide a way of thinking about
politics that may provoke and inspire Canadians-and others-to
reflect upon their future.
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