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It is tempting to think of liberal democracy in terms of
immortality. Democracies have survived wars and depressions, Nazis
and communists - so much so that at the end of the Cold War Francis
Fukuyama famously declared the "end of history." In The Culturalist
Challenge to Liberal Republicanism, Michael Lusztig assesses the
risks that multiculturalism and other forms of culturalism pose to
liberal democracy. Establishing the nature of the current regime
and exploring the emergence of a cogent theory of justice grounded
in both liberal and republican theory, Lusztig demonstrates the
inconsistencies between liberal republicanism and culturalist
theories of justice. Exploring both the institutional and cultural
effects of the tension between culturalism and liberal
republicanism, he seeks a balanced view that falls somewhere
between Fukuyama's optimism for regime mortality and the pessimism
inherent in the work of more conservative theorists like Samuel
Huntington. Lusztig concludes that the narrowness of liberal
republican justice is ameliorated by multiculturalism, but the
hidden danger is that multiculturalism can serve as a stalking
horse for more pernicious agendas. Given the increasing cultural
diversity faced by North American and European nations, The
Culturalist Challenge to Liberal Republicanism has important
implications for political stability in the twenty-first century.
Conventional wisdom holds that free trade is economically
beneficial to nations. But this does not prevent industries and
interest groups from lobbying their governments for protection,
which creates a fear of electoral backlash among politicians hoping
to promote free trade. "The Limits of Protectionism "demonstrates
how governments can attain those economic benefits while avoiding
the political costs.
Michael Lusztig's theoretical model focuses on a process by which
protectionists can be pushed to restructure and compete in a global
economy. In this process, a small cutback in domestic protection
leads to lost market shares at home; producers must then turn to
overseas exports, and, as the size of foreign profits grow, former
protectionists become active advocates for more and greater free
trade opportunities.
In a wide-ranging array of case studies--from nineteenth-century
Britain to Depression-era United States to contemporary New
Zealand, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, and Mexico--Lusztig
reveals that, if skillfully handled, governments can eliminate the
obstacles to free trade and enjoy continued economic growth without
fear of protectionist groups seeking revenge at the ballot box.
Handbook of Canadian Foreign Policy is the most comprehensive book
of its kind, offering an updated examination of Canada's
international role some 15 years after the dismantling of the
Berlin Wall ushered in a new era in world politics. Tackling recent
developments in Canadian foreign policy, the authors of this work
spotlight Canadian idiosyncrasies within a global context that are
defined by wrenching juxtapositions. The specialists who have
contributed their expertise to this book provide sophisticated
analysis-conceptual as well as historical-rather than simply
impressionistic judgments about contemporary events. Highlighting
both well-known and understudied topics, this handbook presents a
marriage of the familiar and the underappreciated that enables
readers to grasp much of the complexity of current Canadian foreign
policy and appreciate the challenges policymakers must meet in the
early 21st century.
It is tempting to think of liberal democracy in terms of
immortality. Democracies have survived wars and depressions, Nazis
and communists - so much so that at the end of the Cold War Francis
Fukuyama famously declared the "end of history." In The Culturalist
Challenge to Liberal Republicanism, Michael Lusztig assesses the
risks that multiculturalism and other forms of culturalism pose to
liberal democracy. Establishing the nature of the current regime
and exploring the emergence of a cogent theory of justice grounded
in both liberal and republican theory, Lusztig demonstrates the
inconsistencies between liberal republicanism and culturalist
theories of justice. Exploring both the institutional and cultural
effects of the tension between culturalism and liberal
republicanism, he seeks a balanced view that falls somewhere
between Fukuyama's optimism for regime mortality and the pessimism
inherent in the work of more conservative theorists like Samuel
Huntington. Lusztig concludes that the narrowness of liberal
republican justice is ameliorated by multiculturalism, but the
hidden danger is that multiculturalism can serve as a stalking
horse for more pernicious agendas. Given the increasing cultural
diversity faced by North American and European nations, The
Culturalist Challenge to Liberal Republicanism has important
implications for political stability in the twenty-first century.
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