All governments require popular support, and in democracies this support must be maintained by noncoercive means. This book analyzes the question of political support in Canada, a country in which the maintenance of the integrity of the political community has been and continues to be, in the words of the editors, "the single most salient aspect of the country's political life." The nature of popular support is first considered in broad, theoretical terms, then from the standpoint of those agents most responsible for ...
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All governments require popular support, and in democracies this support must be maintained by noncoercive means. This book analyzes the question of political support in Canada, a country in which the maintenance of the integrity of the political community has been and continues to be, in the words of the editors, "the single most salient aspect of the country's political life." The nature of popular support is first considered in broad, theoretical terms, then from the standpoint of those agents most responsible for maintaining support in Canadian democracy, then as influenced by particular issues and policies, and finally as it affects and is affected by the separatist movement in Quebec.
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Good in Good jacket. xvi, 463, [1] pages. Footnotes. Tables. Figures. Index: Persons. Index: Subjects. DJ has some wear, soiling, tears and chips. Pencil erasure residue on fep. Pencil underlining noted. Richard Arthur Preston was a leading British Commonwealth scholar, was appointed the William K. Boyd Professor of History at Duke University in 1965. Preston received a number of awards during his career. He received the Commonwealth Fund fellowship (1933-36); Duke University summer research scholarship (1957); City of Kingston Achievement Award (1957) for his television series and publications on the history of Kingston; Canada Council senior fellowship (1963-64); Social Science Research Council grant (1963); Canada Confederation Medal (1967); Guggenheim fellowship (1971-72); Donner Memorial Medal (1975) for promotion of Canadian studies in the United States; LL.D., Royal Military College of Canada (1977); and the Northern Telecom Gold Medal (1983) for the promotion of Canadian studies. This book analyzes the question of political support in Canada, a country in which the maintenance of the integrity of the political community has been and continues to be, in the words of the editors, "the single most salient aspect of the country's political life." The nature of popular support is first considered in broad, theoretical terms, then from the standpoint of those agents most responsible for maintaining support in Canadian democracy, then as influenced by particular issues and policies, and finally as it affects and is affected by the separatist movement in Quebec. Among the contributors are: E. Donald Briggs, Alan C. Cairns, Ronald S. Dick, David Falcone, Francois-Pierre Gingras, Jane Jenson, Ronald G. Landes, Lawrence LeDuc, J. Alex Murray, Neil Nevitte, Douglas C. Nord, Jon Pammett, Ronald Rogowski, Walter I. Romanow, Mildred A. Schwartz, Joel Smith, Walter C. Soderlund, Marianne D. Stewart, Rick Van Loon, Ronald H. Wagenberg, Geoffrey R. Weller, and John Wilson.
