The New Right and Democracy in Canada: Understanding Reform and the Canadian AllianceThroughout the Western world, the rise of the so-called New Right is a growing phenomenon. In Canada, it has taken the form of the Canadian Alliance Party. This book is the first critical examination of the Canadian Alliance and Reform Party ideology. It addresses the most distinctive and politically significant dimensions of the party's understanding of and agenda for democratic politics in contemporary Canada. |
Contents
Setting the Stage | 7 |
New Right Politics and Democratic Theory | 33 |
Citizen Alienation RightPopulism and Redefinition | 54 |
Copyright | |
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