Canada's Origins
Liberal, Tory, or Republican?
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press
- Initial publish date
- Nov 1995
- Category
- General
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780886292744
- Publish Date
- Nov 1995
- List Price
- $37.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780773580428
- Publish Date
- Nov 1995
- List Price
- $95.00
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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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