{"product_id":"good-government-good-citizens-9780774811644","title":"Good Government Good Citizens","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGood Government? Good Citizens?\u003c\/em\u003e explores the evolving concept of the citizen in Canada at the beginning of this century. Three forces are at work in reconstituting the citizen in this society: courts, politics, and markets. Many see these forces as intersecting and colliding in ways that are fundamentally reshaping the relationship of individuals to the state and to each other.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow has Canadian society actually been transformed? Is the state truly in retreat? Do individuals, in fact, have a fundamentally altered sense of their relationship to government and to each other? Have courts and markets supplanted representative politics regarding the expression of basic values? Must judicialized protection of human rights and minority interests necessarily mean a diminished concern for the common good on the part of representative politics? To what extent should markets and representative politics maintain a role in the protection of human rights and minority interests? Will\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eGood Government? Good Citizens?\u003c\/em\u003e W.A. Bogart provides a thoughtful analysis of the drama of social and political change in Canada over the last several decades. -- Mike Hogeterp * The Catalyst, Summer 2006 *\u003cbr\u003eBogart offers an important thesis about the power of judges and rights that demands further inquiry both in Canada and elsewhere in the West. -- Richard A. Brisbin, Jr., Dept of Political Science, West Virginia University * Law and Politics Book Review *\u003cbr\u003eAny reader who would cares about the future of democracy in Canada would do well to read this broad-ranging and thought-provoking book. -- Miriam Smith, Department of Political Studies, Trent University * Canadian Public Policy, vol. XXXII. No. 1, 2006 *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 1: The Society that Was\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 Before the Transformation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 2: Courts, Politics, and Markets in a Society in Transition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 The Ascendance of Courts\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 Representative Politics in Disarray\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 Chasing Choice: The Market Abounding\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 3: Some Examples of a Changing Canada\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 Aboriginals: Two Row Wampum, Second Thoughts, and Citizens Plus\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6 Citizens in Cyberspace: The Internet and Canadian Democracy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7 The Youngest Citizens and Education as a Public Good?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8 Evermore Citizens Who Are Senior: An Ageing Canada Conclusion: \"The Dance of Adjustment\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of British Columbia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404912468311,"sku":"9780774811644","price":73.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780774811644.jpg?v=1730488028","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/good-government-good-citizens-9780774811644","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}