LEADER 04064nam 2200685 450 001 9910456417003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-03973-3 010 $a9786612039737 010 $a1-4426-8238-8 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442682382 035 $a(CKB)2420000000004491 035 $a(OCoLC)244766585 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10200948 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000309718 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11233333 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000309718 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10283586 035 $a(PQKB)10234192 035 $a(CaPaEBR)417405 035 $a(CaBNvSL)thg00600745 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3251393 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4672164 035 $a(DE-B1597)465039 035 $a(OCoLC)944177379 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442682382 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4672164 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11257844 035 $a(OCoLC)958565488 035 $a(EXLCZ)992420000000004491 100 $a20160923h19891989 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe social credit phenomenon in Alberta /$fAlvin Finkel 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d1989. 210 4$dİ1989 215 $a1 online resource (295 p.) 225 1 $aState and Economic Life ;$v12 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-8020-5821-3 311 $a0-8020-6731-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tPreface -- $t1. The Social Credit Phenomenon -- $t2. Alberta Society at the Time of Social Credit's Appearance -- $t3. The Schizophrenic Period: Social Credit's First Term, 1935-1940 -- $t4. The Transformation: Social Credit during the War -- $t5. A Hot Economy and a Cold War: Social Credit, 1945-1960 -- $t6. Defending Jerusalem and Spreading the Gospel: The Late Manning Period -- $t7. The Road to Disintegration -- $t8. Social Credit and the Debate about 'Populism' -- $t9. Conclusion -- $tNotes -- $tIndex -- $tBackmatter 330 $aFew parties in political history have had such a swift metamorphosis from one end of the political spectrum to the other as did the Social Credit Party of Alberta. Between its establishment in the 1930s and the defeat of the Social Credit government in 1971, the party changed from a movement-based reformist organization to a cliquish, religious-oriented outfit whose main purpose was to hold the levers of power.In this account of the Social Credit transformation, Alvin Finkel challenges earlier works which focus purely on Social Credit monetary fixations and religiosity. He argues that the early party is best seen as a coalition of reformers, including working-class social democrats, the unemployed, small business owners, and farmers placed in jeopardy by the Depression. In its first term of office, Social Credit was perceived as on the left, opposed in the 1940 provincial election by a right-wing coalition.During the later Aberhart years, and especially after Ernest Manning?s accession to the premiership, Social Credit switched its fire from bankers to socialists and the party?s rhetoric became extremely right-wing. Manning opposed, on ideological grounds, most of the social programs introduced by federal government after 1945.Though patronage was rife, most Albertans regarded Social Credit as righteous because of the leadership of Manning, a radio evangelist. Only Manning?s departure from the political scene began the slow process of decay of the governing party. 410 0$aState and economic life ;$v12. 606 $aPolitical parties$zAlberta 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPolitical parties 676 $a324.27105097123 700 $aFinkel$b Alvin$0252888 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456417003321 996 $aThe social credit phenomenon in Alberta$92477113 997 $aUNINA