Isbn: 9780770515607 - federalism and the french canadians (4 résultats)

Etat : Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Soft cover. Etat : Good. Some edgewear and creasing of covers, minor age toning of pages otherwise a good reading copy. It was first published by Macmillan of Canada in Toronto in 1968. It runs to xxvi and 212 pages and is a translation of the French original Le Fédéralisme et la Société canadienne-française, with bibliographical footnotes throughout.The book is described by booksellers as the classic statement of the federalist case that Trudeau had developed in the years immediately before he entered federal politics and became Prime Minister.The book is an ideological anthology of essays written during Trudeau's time with the Federal Liberal Party, with its emphasis on the problems and conflicts facing the country during the Duplessis regime in Quebec. The nine essays are: Quebec and the Constitutional Problem; A Constitutional Declaration of Rights; De libro, tributo et quibusdam aliis; Federal Grants to Universities; Some Obstacles to Democracy in Quebec; The Practice and Theory of Federalism; New Treason of the Intellectuals; Federalism, Nationalism and Reason; and Separatist Counter-Revolutionaries.The central argument running through all nine is that federalism, properly understood and properly practised, represents not a compromise imposed on French Canadians but the political framework most capable of protecting their language, culture, and civil rights within a genuinely pluralist state. Trudeau's opposition to Quebec nationalism — which he regarded as a form of ethnic tribalism incompatible with liberal democratic values — is argued with particular force in The New Treason of the Intellectuals, where he contends that Quebec intellectuals who embraced separatism had betrayed the universalist principles of the Enlightenment in favour of a narrow ethnic particularism. Federalism, Nationalism and Reason extends this argument into a broader theoretical register, drawing on political philosophy to distinguish legitimate civic patriotism from the irrationalism of ethnic nationalism. The essay on obstacles to democracy in Quebec addresses the Duplessis era's use of the Church and conservative nationalism as instruments of social control, a critique Trudeau had been developing since his Cité Libre years. The book was received as a significant political and intellectual document at the moment of its publication — appearing in the same year Trudeau became Prime Minister — and has retained its status as the essential primary text for understanding the theoretical foundations of his approach to Canadian federalism, official bilingualism, and the constitutional questions that would define his governments.…

Soft cover. Etat : Good. In Good Used Condition. With Wear/Tear To Edges and/or Turned Corners. - For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. ~ The book discusses the concept of federalism from the perspective of the French Canadians. It provides a unique insight into the political and social dynamics of Canada.…

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