Politics and ideology in Canada : elite and public opinion in the transformation of a welfare state / Michael Ornstein and H. Michael Stevenson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ornstein, Michael D.

Contributor:

Stevenson, H. Michael.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Elite (Social sciences).

Welfare state--Political aspects.

Welfare state.

Canada--Politics and government--1980-.

Canada.

Politics and government.

Welfare state--Political aspects--Canada.

Elite (Social sciences)--Canada--Attitudes.

Physical Description:

viii, 497 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, 1999.

Summary:

Winner of the Harold Adams Innis Prize, Politics and Ideology in Canada examines a period of crucial historical change in Canada, beginning in the mid-1970s when the crisis of the Keynesian welfare state precipitated a transition to a new political order based on the progressive "downsizing" of state involvement in the economy and society. Using class and ideology as key concepts, Michael Ornstein and Michael Stevenson examine this transition in terms of the nature of hegemony and hegemonic crisis and the conditions of political order and instability. These concepts guide the interpretation of three large surveys of representative samples of the Canadian public and two unique elite surveys, conducted between 1975 and 1981.

Contents:

Part 1 Theory, Context, and Methods

1 The Problem of Hegemony in Theory and History: An Introduction 23

2 Ideological Divisions in Capitalist Society: Competing Perspectives in Political Sociology 56

3 Class, Ideology, and Survey Research: Methods and Operational Approaches 91

Part 2 Public Ideology

4 Popular Ideology in Canada: The Contours of Public Opinion 137

5 Class, Region, and Ideology in Canada: The Structure of Ideological Divisions 183

6 Party and Ideology in Canada: The Mediation of Conflict 247

Part 3 Elite Ideology

7 State Power and Elite Ideology 277

8 Ideology and Representation: Elite and Public Attitudes 311

9 Elite Divisions and Class Rule 339

10 Social Background, Careers, and Elite Ideology in Canada 385

Appendix A Implementing Marxist Concepts of Class and Comparing Alternative Class Structures 437

Appendix B Ideological Constraint: The Structure of Public Ideology 458

Appendix C Description of Scales Measuring the Political Ideology of Elites 467.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [471]-490) and index.

ISBN:

0773518290 :

OCLC:

41174253