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Political Science Canadian

1950s Canada

Politics and Public Affairs

by (author) Nelson Wiseman

Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Initial publish date
Nov 2022
Category
Canadian, Post-Confederation (1867-), General
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781487551018
    Publish Date
    Nov 2022
    List Price
    $85.00
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781487555450
    Publish Date
    Nov 2022
    List Price
    $34.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781487563356
    Publish Date
    Nov 2022
    List Price
    $34.95

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While the 1950s in Canada were years of social conformity, it was also a time of political, economic, and technological change. Against a background of growing prosperity, federal and provincial politics became increasingly competitive, intergovernmental relations became more contentious, and Canada’s presence in the world expanded. The life expectancy of Canadians increased as the social pathologies of poverty, crime, and racial, ethnic, and gender discrimination were in retreat.

 

1950s Canada illuminates the fault lines around which Canadian politics and public affairs have revolved. Chronicling the themes and events of Canadian politics and public affairs during the 1950s, Nelson Wiseman reviews social, economic, and cultural developments during each year of the decade, focusing on developments in federal politics, intergovernmental relations, provincial affairs, and Canada’s role in the world. The book examines Canada’s subordinate relationship first with Britain and then the United States, the interplay between Quebec’s distinct society and the rest of Canada, and the regional tensions between the inner Canada of Ontario and Quebec and the outer Canada of the Atlantic and western provinces. Through this record of major events in the politics of the decade, 1950s Canada sheds light on the rapid altering of the fabric of Canadian life.

About the author

Nelson Wiseman is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto. A columnist for The Hill Times, he is also the author of the CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title In Search of Canadian Political Culture.

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