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Political Science General

Canada's Origins

Liberal, Tory, or Republican?

by (author) Janet Ajzenstat & Smith

Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Initial publish date
Nov 1995
Category
General
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780886292744
    Publish Date
    Nov 1995
    List Price
    $37.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780773580428
    Publish Date
    Nov 1995
    List Price
    $110.00

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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.

About the authors

Janet Ajzenstat is professor emeritus, political science, McMaster University. Her most recent book on the Canadian constitution is The Once and Future Canadian Democracy: An Essay in Political Thought.

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