False Expectations: Politics and the Pursuit of the Saskatchewan Myth - Couverture souple

Eisler, Dale

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0889771944 ISBN 13 : 9780889771949

Editeur : University of Regina Press, 2006

Synopsis

"Myth has played an important and ongoing role in the development of Saskatchewan's political economy. First, during the time of the National Policy, Saskatchewan was portrayed to immigrants as a promised land. This period served as the psychological and economic foundation for the provice. When belief in Saskatchewan as a promised land was shattered by the Great Depression and Dirty Thirties, the myth was reconstituted through the inspiration of the social gospel. It was then politically reinvigorated in the meaning of medicare and has been expressed in recent decades through the competing visions for economic development. Through all these eras, no matter what the tides of politics, there remained one constant--the singular, collective idea that Saskatchewan was a special place with unrealized potential. The challenge for the public dialogue of Saskatchewan, as the province enters its second century, is to not replay the mistakes of the past. Saskatchewan people must recognize the role that myth has played, and must continue to play, in the life of the province. But, at the same time, they must differentiate it from reality by understanding the power of myth as a force for progress and its potential to create false expectations."--pub. desc.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Dale Eisler is a former journalist, senior federal public service and currently Senior Policy Fellow at the Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy. He is the author of False Expectations and Anton. He lives in Regina.
 

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Regina Press
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0889771944
• ISBN 13: 9780889771949
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 251
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• Personne responsable: non disponible