Overview

Since the 1980s Canadians have experienced turmoil on an unprecedented scale and on a variety of fronts. Constitutional battles pitted citizen against citizen and publics against leaders. Vigorous new interest groups challenged governments to respond to new issues like the environment, gay rights, and equality for women. In the face of expanding trade relations Canadians mobilized to respond to economic uncertainty, and family relations were exposed to new stresses. What explains the turmoil? In this extraordinarily wide-ranging book, Neil Nevitte demonstrates that the changing patterns of Canadian values are connected. Changing attitudes to authority in the family are connected to changing attitudes to the work-place and to politics and they all point to one theme-the decline of deference. Canada's turmoil is not unique, nor is it a result of the ""Americanization"" of Canadian values. Canada, he argues, is but one stage on which the rhythms of post-industrial value change are played out.

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Author:   Neil Nevitte
Publisher:   Broadview Press Ltd
Imprint:   Broadview Press Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.599kg
ISBN:  

9781551110318

ISBN 10:   1551110318
Pages:   277
Publication Date:   01 August 1996
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Part I: Setting the Stage Chapter One: A Decade of Turmoil Interpreting Turmoil Canada as One Stage Three Perspectives on Canadian Value Change: 1. Canada as an Advanced Industrial State 2. Canada as a North American State 3. Canada as an Immigrant Society Chapter Two: Setting the Stage Structural Shifts in Context From Structural Change to Value Change Public Priorities and Orientations Towards Authority Conclusions Part II: Political Value Change Chapter Three: A Changing Political Culture Interest in Politics Confidence in Governmental Institutions Confidence in Non-Governemtnal Institutions The Rise of Cosmopolitanism Conclusions Chapter Four: Changing Patterns of Political Participation The Rise of Protest Behaviour New Movements The Case of Environmentalism Civil Permissiveness Orientations Towards Change Challenging Public Authority Conclusions Part III: Economic Value Change Chapter Five: Changing Economic Cultures Support for the Free Market Why do People Live in Need When Jobs are Scarce Free Markets and Free Trade: The Case of NAFTA Conclusions Chapter Six: A Changing Work Culture The Work Ethic and Pride in Work Why do People Work? Elaborating Canadian-U.S. Comparisons Workplace Participation Conclusions Part IV: Primary Relations Chapter Seven: Moral Outlooks Shifting Religious Orientations Moral Permissiveness Tolerance Situation Tolerance Conclusions Chapter Eight: Family Values, Stability and Change The Family and Marriage Women and Men, Family and Work Parents and Children Connecting Authority Orientations: The Family, Work, and the Polity Conclusions Part V: Conclusions Chapter Nine: Patterns of Change Canada as an Advanced Industrial State: Perspective 1 Canada as a North American State: Perspective 2 Canada as an Immigrant Society: Perspective 3 Revisiting Authority Orientations Authority Orientations and the Status Quo Appendix: World Values Survey Index

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Presents an unexpected profile of Canadians: remarkably egalitarian in family life, increasingly difficult to govern politically and to manage in the workplace. Cosmopolitan and sophisticated, yes. But tolerant? Not really. - The Globe and Mail

Presents an unexpected profile of Canadians: remarkably egalitarian in family life, increasingly difficult to govern politically and to manage in the workplace. Cosmopolitan and sophisticated, yes. But tolerant? Not really. - The Globe and Mail

Presents an unexpected profile of Canadians: remarkably egalitarian in family life, increasingly difficult to govern politically and to manage in the workplace. Cosmopolitan and sophisticated, yes. But tolerant? Not really. - The Globe and Mail

Author Information

Neil Nevitte is Professor of Political Science and cross-appointed as Professor at the School of Public Policy and Governance and the School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto.

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