Social Scientists and Politics in Canada
Between Clerisy and Vanguard
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press
- Initial publish date
- Sep 1988
- Category
- General, State & Provincial
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780773506633
- Publish Date
- Sep 1988
- List Price
- $125.00
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780773561779
- Publish Date
- Sep 1988
- List Price
- $110.00
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Description
Social scientists have played many roles in Canadian politics since the Second World War. Stephen Brooks and Alain Gagnon examine the forms and extent of social scientists' involvement in the political process, their relationship to the state, and the complexities of their class position. The unique development of the social sciences in Quebec and their relationship to Quebec nationalism are examined and distinctions between development in this community and in the predominantly anglophone community of the rest of Canada are contrasted.
About the authors
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).
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.
Editorial Reviews
"provides an interesting internal comparative analysis of social scientists of the two major linguistic communities in Canada, pointing out how sharply their experiences diverge in their respective roles as political actors." Michael Stein, Department of Political Science, McMaster University