Name: A Polity on the Edge: Canada and the Politics of Fragmentation
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Author: Clarke, Harold D. ; Kornberg, Allan ; Wearing, Peter
ISBN: 9781551112404

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A Polity on the Edge: Canada and the Politics of Fragmentation

Type

Physical Book

Author

Harold D. Clarke

Allan Kornberg

Peter Wearing

Publisher

University of Toronto Press

Language

English

Pages

336

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm

Weight

0.51 kg.

ISBN13

9781551112404

Edition No.

0002

Synopsis "A Polity on the Edge: Canada and the Politics of Fragmentation"

Winner: 2001 Choice Outstanding Academic Book Award This is a book about forces challenging the continued integrity of Canada, one of the world's oldest and most admired democracies. It focuses on six critical events, beginning with the 1988 federal election and the fierce debate over the risks of free trade with the United States for Canada's economy and cherished social programs. It ends with the 1998 re-election of the Parti Québécois and the possibility of a third sovereignty referendum. Collectively, these events have pushed Canada to the edge of disintegration. The book's analyses and interpretations of these events are based on a unique collection of survey data gathered over the past two decades. Conversations with thousands of Canadians map the dynamics of public beliefs, attitudes and behavior in an era of economic dislocation and political crisis. Struggling to adapt its political institutions and processes to regional and ethno-linguistic cleavages invigorated by forces of economic restructuring and globalization, Canada exemplifies many of the "forces from above and below" that have beset democracies, new and old alike, in recent years. By explaining how these forces have brought a "charter member" of that very special political club to the brink of fragmentation, this book will be of interest to all those concerned with the future of democracy in polycommunal societies.

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