Conservatism in Canada / / ed. by James Harold Farney, David Rayside.

With the electoral success of the Harper Conservatives federally and of a number of conservative parties provincially, the topic of Canadian conservatism is more important to our understanding of Canadian party politics than ever before. This timely volume presents the first comprehensive examinatio...

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Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2018]
©2013
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (400 p.) :; 18 illustrations, 17 tables
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • Preface
  • Introduction: The Meanings of Conservatism
  • Part One: Philosophical, Attitudinal, and Religious Foundations
  • 2. The Structure and Dynamics of Public Opinion
  • 3. Canadian Populism in the Era of the United Right
  • 4. The Triumph of Neoliberalism within Partisan Conservatism in Canada
  • Part Two: The Conservative Party of Canada
  • 5. Something Blue: The Harper Conservatives as Garrison Party
  • 6. Immigration, Citizenship, and Canada's New Conservative Party
  • 7. Fiscal Frugality and Party Politics
  • 8. A Conservative Foreign Policy? Canada and Australia Compared
  • 9. Women, Feminism, and the Harper Conservatives
  • 10. The Relationship between the Conservative Party of Canada and Evangelicals and Social Conservatives
  • PART THREE: Provincial Conservatism
  • 11. Provincial Conservatism
  • 12. American Protestantism and the Roots of "Populist Conservatism" in Alberta
  • 13. Albertans' Conservative Beliefs
  • 14. Moral Conservatism and Ontario Party Politics
  • 15. The Blue Electorate in Quebec and Support for the ADQ and the CPC
  • 16. Epitaph for a Conservative Insurgency in Quebec: The Rise and Fall - and Rise and Fall - of the Action démocratique du Québec, 1994-2008
  • 17. Conclusion: The Distinctive Evolution of Canadian Conservatism
  • Bibliography
  • Contributors
  • Index