Slumming It At the Rodeo
The Cultural Roots of Canada's Right-Wing Revolution
Laird, Gordon
Publisher: Douglas & McIntyre, Canada
Year Published: 1998
Pages: 208pp Price: $19.95 ISBN: 1-55054-627-9
Library of Congress Number: FC635.L34 1998 Dewey: 971.064'8
Resource Type: Book
Cx Number: CX6867
Are the Federal Reform Party's Manning, Ontario's Harris and Alberta's Klein the struttin' cowboy champions of direct democracy? Or just sell- outs to the private sector? Laird tackles these questions.
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Table of Contents
Preface
Cowboys and Indians
Attention Shoppers: From Nation-State to Mega-Mall
Aggressive Civilization: Assimilation for the Nation
The Spiritual History of Debt: True Believers Face the Apocalypse, Again
The Politics of Opportunity
The Cost-Cutting Cowboys: Outlaws on the Margins of Democracy
The World Is My Franchise: Fast-Food Politics From Head Office
Homesick on the Range: Strong Citizens and Family Values
The Next Horizon
Democracyland: Where Voters Are Tourists
Back to Nature: New Age Capitalism and Global Prophecy
Take Control: From Rodeo to Status Quo
Afterword
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Subject Headings
