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Canada's Origins: Liberal, Tory, or Republican?

By Peter J. Smith , Janet Ajzenstat

Book information

Publisher
Mcgill Queens University Press
Year
1995
ISBN
0886292743, 9780886292744
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
15 MB (15317847 bytes)
Series
Carleton Library
Pages
288\301
Time added
2015-04-10 00:25:59

Description

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.

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