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Philosophy Political

Freedom, Equality, Community

The Political Philosophy of Six Influential Canadians

by (author) James Bickerton, Stephen Brooks & Alain-G Gagnon

Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Initial publish date
Feb 2006
Category
Political
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780773529755
    Publish Date
    Feb 2006
    List Price
    $125.00
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780773530348
    Publish Date
    Feb 2006
    List Price
    $34.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780773576209
    Publish Date
    Feb 2006
    List Price
    $110.00

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Accounts of the work of six significant figures in Canadian political thought are used to examine key intellectual debates, including the national unity issue and Canada's relationship with the United States. James Bickerton, Stephen Brooks, and Alain Gagnon analyse the work and influence of George Grant, Harold Innis, Charles Taylor, and Pierre Trudeau, as well as two writers crucial to French-Canadian nationalism, André Laurendeau and Marcel Rioux. The authors look at the ways these individuals understood freedom, equality, and community and consider the impact they have had on Canadian political life.

About the authors

James Bickerton is Professor of Political Science at St. Francis Xavier University. His books include, as author, Nova Scotia, Ottawa and the Politics of Regional Development; as co-author, Ties That Bind: Parties and Voters in Canada and Freedom, Equality, Community: The Political Philosophy of Six Influential Canadians; and most recently, as co-editor, Governing: Essays in Honour of Donald J. Savoie.

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Stephen Brooks is Professor of Political Science at the University of Windsor and teaches political science at the University of Michigan. He has written several books on American politics including As Others See Us: The Causes and Consequences of Foreign Perceptions of America (2006) and American Exceptionalism in the Age of Obama (2013).

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Alain-G. Gagnon holds the Canada Research Chair in Québec and Canadian Studies at the Université du Québec à Montréal. His most recent books include, as author, The Case for Multinational Federalism and Minority Nations in the Age of Uncertainty; as co-author, Federalism, Citizenship, and Quebec; and, as co-editor, Federal Democracies as well as Political Autonomy and Divided Societies and Multinational Federalism.

Alain-G Gagnon's profile page