The Once And Future Canadian Democracy
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The Once and Future Canadian Democracy
Author: Janet Ajzenstat
language: en
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Release Date: 2003
Annotation An inspiring case for parliamentary democracy and a sympathetic exploration of current discontents.
Once and Future Canadian Democracy
Author: Janet Ajzenstat
language: en
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Release Date: 2003
Annotation An inspiring case for parliamentary democracy and a sympathetic exploration of current discontents.
Faith in Democracy? Religion and Politics in Canada
Author: Boris DeWiel
language: en
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date: 2009-01-14
This collection of essays questions the capacity of Canadian democracy to promote religious pluralism and recognize disparate faith groups as legitimate players on the political stage. These are more than rhetorical questions, as issues and public policies in contemporary Canada reflect an increasing concern that religion and religious belief ought not to intrude in political debate and matters of governance. Despite playing an active role in Canadian politics in the past, religious faith now risks relegation to the private sector. Efforts to push religious belief outside the public square set a dangerous precedent, provide rationale for further exclusion rather than inclusion, and logically culminate in monism rather than pluralism. Faith in Democracy focuses on contemporary challenges to religious pluralism in Canada with attention to the changing religious landscape throughout the country. These challenges are both old and new. They include such tasks as reconciling universal and particular perspectives of liberalism in law and recognizing the limits of secularism as an emergent dominant faith. How Canada responds to these challenges will not only influence public policy, but also test its commitment to democracy.