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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808448803321

Autore

Ajzenstat Janet <1936->

Titolo

Canada's origins : liberal, Tory, or republican? / / edited by Janet Ajzenstat & Peter J. Smith ; with an introduction, concluding dialogue, and essays by Janet Ajzenstat ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Ottawa, Ont.?] : , : Carleton University Prss, , 1997

ISBN

1-283-52999-8

9786613842442

0-7735-8042-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (301 pages)

Collana

Carleton library ; ; #184.

Altri autori (Persone)

AjzenstatJanet <1936->

SmithPeter J. <1947->

Disciplina

320.971

Soggetti

Liberalism - Canada

Conservatism - Canada

Republicanism - Canada

Canada Politics and government 1945-1980

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Canada's origins in new perspective -- pt. 2. The Tory paradigm -- pt. 3. Republican influence -- pt. 4. Liberal roots -- pt. 5. Looking ahead.

Sommario/riassunto

Ajzenstat and Smith challenge the idea of Canada as a country whose liberal individualism, unlike that of the United States, is redeemed by a tradition of government intervention in economic and social life: the so-called "tory touch." This ground-breaking book begins with the now classic article in which the red tory view was formulated. It then presents a new and illuminating picture of Canadian political life, in which liberal individualism confronts not toryism but the participatory tradition of civic republicanism. In the final section the two editors, one a liberal, the other a civic republican, debate the crucial questions dominating Canadian politics today-including Quebec's search for recognition-from the perspective of their shared understanding of Canada's founding.