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Nationalism --- Social classes --- Nationalisme --- Classes sociales --- Canada --- United States --- Etats-Unis --- Economic conditions --- History --- Relations --- Conditions économiques --- Histoire --- Afhankelijkheid (algemeen) --- Soziale Klasse. --- Nationalismus. --- Economic history. --- International relations. --- Nationalism. --- Social classes. --- Classes sociales - Canada. --- Nationalisme - Canada. --- Anglokanadier. --- Geschichte 1945-1975 --- Since 1945 --- Geschichte 1945-1975. --- Canada. --- United States. --- Canada - Histoire - 1945 --- -Canada - Relations (générales) - États-Unis. --- Relations (générales) --- 1945 --- -Canada --- Afhankelijkheid (algemeen). --- Since 1945. --- Canada - Histoire - 1945-. --- Canada - Relations (générales) - États-Unis. --- Conditions économiques --- Nationalism - Canada. --- Social classes - Canada. --- Canada - History - 1945 --- -Canada - Economic conditions - 1945 --- -Canada - Relations - United States. --- United States - Relations - Canada.
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State, The. --- Administration --- Commonwealth, The --- Sovereignty --- Political science --- Canada --- Politics and government.
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Canadian poetry --- Canadian poetry (English) --- Canadian literature
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"What exactly does it mean to be North American? Europeans have been engaged in a long-running debate about the meaning and nature of Europe. The Labyrinth of North American Identities generates a similar discussion in the context of North America: what do we learn about North America as a unit and its individual countries when we explore the idea of a North American identity? Combining cultural, anthropological, historical, political, economic, and religious considerations, Philip Resnick acknowledges the relative differences in power and influence of the United States and its North American neighbours but digs deeper to uncover shared characteristics that constitute a labyrinth of North American identities unrestricted by national boundaries. To date, discussions of North America have largely revolved around the often technical implications of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) or US homeland security. What has been lacking, by contrast, is a culturally-driven set of reflections. This book examines the legacy of indigenous cultures; the role of organized religion; pathways to independence; the role of imperial languages; manifest destiny; market capitalism and its limitations; democratic practices and failures; diverging uses of the state; new world utopias and dystopias; regional identities; and civilizational perspectives. What results is a vision of North America that defies any top-down attempt to impose a homogeneous 'North Americanness'."
Group identity --- Transnationalism --- Social aspects --- North America --- Civilization.
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"What makes Canada a different kind of society from the United States? In this book-length essay, Philip Resnick argues that, in more ways than one, Canada has been profoundly marked by its European origins. This is most apparent where the European historical underpinnings both of English-speaking and French-speaking Canada are concerned, but it is no less true when one examines Canada's multiple national identities, robust social programs, increasingly secular values, and multilateral outlook on international affairs today. As the war in Iraq brought home, and the 2004 federal election reinforced, Canada is a more European-type society than is our neighbour to the south." "The author argues that Canada needs Europe as an effective counter-weight to the influence of the United States. He further argues that, at a deeper existential level, Canadians need relevant European references to better understand what makes them the kind of North Americans that they are."--Jacket
National characteristics, Canadian. --- Cultural pluralism --- Canada --- Civilization --- European influences. --- American influences.
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Topics in this collection of essays range from a utopian-style foray into possible structures for democratic governance at the global level to a Hobbesian analysis of the ongoing challenges that democratic theory faces; from an assertion of the importance of social and economic equality to a recognition of the limits of solidarity in the real world of pluralistic and divided societies in which we live; from identification with the cosmopolitan and the international to a defence of the national and the local; from a predilection for direct democracy and the lost community of republican theory, past and present, to a recognition of the fairly circumscribed ways in which these can ultimately be expressed in our day. In spite of the challenges facing global democracy, Resnick looks to the next millennium with renewed hope for the democratic project.
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Regionalism --- Federal government --- Régionalisme --- Relations fédérales-provinciales (Canada) --- Canada --- British Columbia --- Colombie-Britannique --- Politics and government --- Politique et gouvernement
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