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Discovering Confederation
A Canadian's Story
Häftad, 2015
245 kr
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Janet Ajzenstat is one of Canada's most respected thinkers on the moral and philosophical foundations of responsible government and Confederation. Discovering Confederation is a study of political science over the last forty years through the intellectual lens of her career. Ajzenstat details her …
Political Thought of Lord Durham
E-bok, 1988
1049 kr
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While the standard interpretation has portrayed Durham as prejudiced and ignorant about French Canada, Ajzenstat shows that, on the contrary, the assimilation proposal follows from Durham''s consideration of ways of opening the widest political and economic opportunities for French Canadians. She …
Once and Future Canadian Democracy
An Essay in Political Thought
E-bok, 2003
1041 kr
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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 …
Lord Durham's Report
Text Abridged by Gerald M. Craig
Av Guy Laforest, Janet Ajzenstat m. fl.
E-bok, 2006
221 kr
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In his famous 1839 call to reform, John George Lambton, Earl of Durham, recommended that Upper and Lower Canada be accorded responsible government by uniting the two provinces under a single legislative assembly - a union which would also bring about the assimilation of the French-Canadians. The …
Canadian Founding
John Locke and Parliament
E-bok, 2007
328 kr
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Convinced that rights are inalienable and that legitimate government requires the consent of the governed, the Fathers of Confederation - whether liberal or conservative - looked to the European enlightenment and John Locke. Janet Ajzenstat analyzes the legislative debates in the colonial …
Documents on the Confederation of British North America
Av Janet Ajzenstat, G.P. Browne
E-bok, 2009
1072 kr
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This edition retains Browne''s original introduction with its lucid exposition of events from 1858 to 1867. A new introduction by Janet Ajzenstat draws attention to the debt British North Americans owe to the political tradition of British liberalism.
Canadian Founding
John Locke and Parliament
E-bok, 2007
328 kr
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Convinced that rights are inalienable and that legitimate government requires the consent of the governed, the Fathers of Confederation - whether liberal or conservative - looked to the European enlightenment and John Locke. Janet Ajzenstat analyzes the legislative debates in the colonial …
Canada's Origins
Liberal, Tory, or Republican?
E-bok, 1995
1041 kr
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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 …
Discovering Confederation
A Canadian''s Story
E-bok, 2014
224 kr
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Janet Ajzenstat is one of Canada''s most respected thinkers on the moral and philosophical foundations of responsible government and Confederation. Discovering Confederation is a study of political science over the last forty years through the intellectual lens of her career. Ajzenstat details her …
Discovering Confederation
A Canadian''s Story
E-bok, 2014
228 kr
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Janet Ajzenstat is one of Canada''s most respected thinkers on the moral and philosophical foundations of responsible government and Confederation. Discovering Confederation is a study of political science over the last forty years through the intellectual lens of her career. Ajzenstat details her …
Canada's Founding Debates
Av Janet Ajzenstat, Paul Romney m. fl.
Häftad, 2003
558 kr
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Canada's Founding Debates is about Confederation—about the process that brought together six out of the seven territories of British North America in the years 1864-73 to form a country called Canada. It presents excerpts from the debates on Confederation in all of the colonial parliaments from …
Canada's Origins
Liberal, Tory, or Republican?
Av Janet Ajzenstat, Smith
Häftad, 1995
419 kr
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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 …
Canada's Founding Debates
Av Janet Ajzenstat, Paul Romney m. fl.
E-bok, 2003
722 kr
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Canada's Founding Debates is about Confederation—about the process that brought together six out of the seven territories of British North America in the years 1864-73 to form a country called Canada. It presents excerpts from the debates on Confederation in all of the colonial parliaments from …
Canada's Founding Debates
Av Janet Ajzenstat, Paul Romney m. fl.
Häftad, 2017
500 kr
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Canada's Founding Debates is about Confederation—about the process that brought together six out of the seven territories of British North America in the years 1864-73 to form a country called Canada. It presents excerpts from the debates on Confederation in all of the colonial parliaments from …
Canada's Founding Debates
Av Janet Ajzenstat, Paul Romney m. fl.
E-bok, 2017
655 kr
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Canada''s Founding Debates is about Confederation—about the process that brought together six out of the seven territories of British North America in the years 1864-73 to form a country called Canada. It presents excerpts from the debates on Confederation in all of the colonial parliaments from …
Political Thought of Lord Durham
Inbunden, 1988
1414 kr
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While the standard interpretation has portrayed Durham as prejudiced and ignorant about French Canada, Ajzenstat shows that, on the contrary, the assimilation proposal follows from Durham's consideration of ways of opening the widest political and economic opportunities for French Canadians. She …
Once and Future Canadian Democracy
An Essay in Political Thought
Inbunden, 2003
1414 kr
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An inspiring case for parliamentary democracy and a sympathetic exploration of current discontents.
Once and Future Canadian Democracy
An Essay in Political Thought
Häftad, 2003
387 kr
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An inspiring case for parliamentary democracy and a sympathetic exploration of current discontents.
Lord Durham's Report
Text Abridged by Gerald M. Craig
Av Gerald M. Craig, Janet Ajzenstat m. fl.
Häftad, 2006
297 kr
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In his famous 1839 call to reform, John George Lambton, Earl of Durham, recommended that Upper and Lower Canada be accorded responsible government by uniting the two provinces under a single legislative assembly - a union which would also bring about the assimilation of the French-Canadians. The …
Canadian Founding
John Locke and Parliament
Häftad, 2007
387 kr
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A new interpretation of confederation contends that the founding fathers were John Locke's disciples - champions of universal human rights and popular sovereignty.
Documents on the Confederation of British North America
Av G.P. Browne, Janet Ajzenstat
Häftad, 2009
398 kr
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A classic of Canadian history details the process by which Sir John A. Macdonald and the Fathers of Confederation drafted the Canadian Constitution
