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The once and future Canadian democracy : an essay in political thought /

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 a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ajzenstat, Janet, 1936-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2003.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (x, 192 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-188) and index.
ISBN:9780773571686
077357168X
1282861662
9781282861664
9786612861666
6612861665