Liberal Democracy In Canada And The United States
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Liberal Democracy In Canada And The United States
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Author : Thomas C. Pocklington
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1985
Liberal Democracy In Canada And The United States written by Thomas C. Pocklington and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with Political Science categories.
Liberal Democracy In Canada And The United States
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Author : T.C. Pocklington (Ed)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1985
Liberal Democracy In Canada And The United States written by T.C. Pocklington (Ed) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with Canada categories.
Partial Visions
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Author : Richard M. Merelman
language : en
Publisher: Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press
Release Date : 1991
Partial Visions written by Richard M. Merelman and has been published by Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Political Science categories.
A pathbreaking study of political culture in the United States, Britain, and Canada, Partial Visions demonstrates how popular culture--expressed through television soap operas and comedies, civics and history textbooks, magazine advertisements, and corporate publications and recruitment leaflets--subtly deflects and suppresses democratic political action. Richard Merelman argues that political messages embedded in popular culture weaken the division between public and private and between society and the individual. These "partial visions" of democracy are idealized yet inequitable, revelatory yet distorted. As a result, issues that might galvanize useful group conflict do not emerge, and the full potential for public participation in a liberal democracy remains unrealized. Britain, Canada, and the United States share a liberal political culture but differ in their historical evolution and in the structure of their institutions. Each country, Merelman suggests, has developed a distinctive popular culture that shapes public opinion and stifles political debate in nationally specific ways. Different rhetorical devices and metaphors operate in each nation, he points out; in Britain, for example, the monarchy and party system serve as symbols of political reconciliation between the individual and the collectivity. Characterizing the United States as a culture of "institutionalized individualism" and Canada as a culture of emotionally tepid group conflict, Merelman finds Britain's culture of group-based political debate the most successful in encouraging democratic participation. Drawing on symbolic anthropology, poststructuralist literary theory, and positivistic analyses of attitudes and media influence, Merelman conducts a controlled comparison of media representations, political discourse, and public opinion, using rich, complex sets of quantitative and qualitative data . He concludes that culture is not reducible to institutional interests but is intelligible as a whole structure; furthermore, culture can and sometimes does change the contours of political conflict.
Advanced Liberal Democracy Canada In Perspective
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Author : Mark Blitz
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995
Advanced Liberal Democracy Canada In Perspective written by Mark Blitz and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with categories.
Imperfect Democracies
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Author : Patti Tamara Lenard
language : en
Publisher: UBC Press
Release Date : 2012-10-05
Imperfect Democracies written by Patti Tamara Lenard and has been published by UBC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-05 with Political Science categories.
Canada and the United States are consistently ranked among the most democratic countries in the world, yet voices expressing concern about the quality of these democracies are becoming louder and more insistent. Critics maintain that the two countries suffer from a “democratic deficit,” a deficit that raises profound questions about the legitimacy and effectiveness of their democratic institutions. Imperfect Democracies brings together Canadian and American scholars to compare and contrast the democratic deficit in the two nations. Blending normative theory and empirical analysis, they focus on three key questions: Why talk about a democratic deficit? In what ways are Canadian and American democracies falling short? What can be done to remedy the deficit? An important contribution to the field of democratic theory and the study of democratic institutions, this timely book will spark debate on both sides of the border.
Civil Rights And The Paradox Of Liberal Democracy
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Author : Bradley C. S. Watson
language : en
Publisher: Lexington Books
Release Date : 1999
Civil Rights And The Paradox Of Liberal Democracy written by Bradley C. S. Watson and has been published by Lexington Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Philosophy categories.
In Civil Rights and the Paradox of Liberal Democracy, Bradley Watson demonstrates the paradox of liberal democracy: that its cornerstone principles of equality and freedom are principles inherently directed toward undermining it. Modernity, beyond bringing definition to political equality, unleashed a whirlwind of individualism, which feeds the soul's basic impulse to rule without limitationincluding the limitation of consent. Here Watson begins his analysis of the foundations of liberalism, looking carefully and critically at the moral and political philosophies that justify modern civil rights litigation. He goes on to examine the judicial manifestations of the paradox of liberal democracy, seeking to bring a broad philosophical coherence to legal decision making in the United States and Canada. Finally, Watson illuminates the extent to which this decision making is in tension with liberal democracy, and outlines proposals for reform.
The Civil Service In Liberal Democracies
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Author : John Kingdom
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-09-13
The Civil Service In Liberal Democracies written by John Kingdom and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-13 with Political Science categories.
The civil service provides the administrative infrastructure of western government. Its functions are central to any question of efficiency, the distribution of power in the state, the role of the state in society and the operation of democracy itself. When such issues transcend national boundaries a comparative perspective is invaluable. This book provides the first comprehensive study of civil services in the West. Aimed at first year students and above, the book applies a common framework of analysis to the study of each country's political setting, historical background, political executive, structure, bureaucracy, control, accountability, management and policy-making. The book is a timely and comprehensive introduction to this vital but neglected area of study. Countries covered include: Britain, Ireland, Canada, France, Italy, Sweden, United States and West Germany.
Constant Struggle
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Author : Julien Mauduit
language : en
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Release Date : 2021-10-06
Constant Struggle written by Julien Mauduit and has been published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-06 with History categories.
Most Canadians assume they live under some form of democracy. Yet confusion about the meaning of the word and the limits of the people’s power obscures a deeper understanding. Constant Struggle looks for the democratic impulse in Canada’s past to deconstruct how the country became a democracy, if in fact it ever did. This volume asks what limits and contradictions have framed the nation’s democratization process, examining how democracy has been understood by those who have advocated for or resisted it and exploring key historical realities that have shaped it. Scholars from a range of disciplines tackle this elusive concept, suggesting that instead of looking for a simple narrative, we must be alert to the slower, untidier, and incomplete processes of democratization in Canada. Constant Struggle offers a renewed, sometimes unsettling depiction, stretching from studies of early Indigenous societies, through colonial North America and Confederation, into the twentieth century. Contributors reassess democracy in light of settler colonialism and white supremacy, investigate connections between capitalism and democracy, consider alternative conceptions of democracy from Canada’s past, and highlight the various ways in which the democratic ideal has been mobilized to advance particular visions of Canadian society. Demonstrating that Canada’s democratization process has not always been one that empowered the people, Constant Struggle questions traditional views of the relationship between democracy and liberalism in Canada and around the world.
Once And Future Canadian Democracy
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Author : Janet Ajzenstat
language : en
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Release Date : 2003-10-16
Once And Future Canadian Democracy written by Janet Ajzenstat and has been published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-10-16 with Political Science categories.
To revitalize politics we need to abandon the idea that ideologies evolve from "right" to "left", from conservatism to socialism, and look at our political differences in terms of the distinction, more familiar in the arts, between classicism and romanticism. She argues that by abandoning our current modes of debate and rediscovering the Enlightenment liberalism that is an enduring part of our political tradition we will help to recreate Canada as a place of debate on fundamentals, not one in which a monolithic definition of identity answers all questions in advance.
Canada S Origins
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Author : Janet Ajzenstat
language : en
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Release Date : 1995
Canada S Origins written by Janet Ajzenstat and has been published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Canada categories.
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.