Robert Stanfield's Canada : perspectives of the best prime minister we never had / Richard Clippingdale.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clippingdale, Richard, 1941-

Contributor:

Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.). School of Policy Studies.

Series:

Queen's policy studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Stanfield, Robert L. (Robert Lorne), 1914-2003.

Stanfield, Robert L.

Conservatism.

Canada--Foreign relations--1945-.

Canada.

International relations.

Conservatism--Canada.

Progressive Conservative Party of Canada.

Politicians--Canada--Biography.

Politicians.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

ix, 114 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Kingston : School of Policy Studies, Queen's University ; Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2008]

Summary:

Robert L. Stanfield has been called "the best Prime Minister we never had." In 1972 he very nearly defeated Pierre Trudeau for that office. Robert Stanfield's Canada reflects on the kind of progressive conservative he was, and the measured, humane, realistic and decent foreign, social, economic and constitutional priorities he fought for. Rich with insights from his speeches and handwritten notes both from his years in national politics and through a long activist retirement, this is a remarkable analysis of one man's civility, prescriptions and ideas, still at the core of the uniquely Canadian conservative tradition.

Contents:

Chapter 2 The Challenge of Canadian Unity, 1967-1982 7

Chapter 3 Defining Canada's Relationships with the World and the United States 31

Chapter 4 Principles and Challenges of Modern Conservatism 55

Chapter 5 Politics, Political Leadership, the Media and the Public 75

Chapter 6 Fighting for Canada's Future: Meech and Charlottetown, 1987-1992 93

Chapter 7 The Stanfield Legacy 109.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781553392187

1553392183

OCLC:

213525808