The Dynamics of Right-Wing Protest : A Political Analysis of Social Credit in Quebec / Michael B. Stein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stein, Michael B., Author.

Series:

Heritage

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Québec (Province)--Politics and government.

Québec (Province).

Conservatism--Québec (Province).

Conservatism.

Right and left (Political science).

Social credit--Québec (Province).

Social credit.

Ralliement creditiste.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 256 pages)

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This study combines in one volume a history and sociopolitical analysis of the group now called the Ralliement des Creditistes, and thus explores the dynamics of a contemporary social and political phenomenon - right-wing protest.

Contents:

Cover; Preface; I. SOCIAL CREDIT IN QUEBEC: ITS NATURE; 1 The Nature of the Creditiste Phenomenon: A Right-Wing Protest Movement; A Definition of a Right-Wing Protest Movement; B Development of a Right-Wing Protest Movement; II. SOCIAL CREDIT IN QUEBEC: ITS DEVELOPMENT; 2 The Social Credit Movement in Quebec, 1936-57: The Mobilization Phase; A The Doctrine of Major Douglas; B The Alberta Success, 1935; C La Ligue du Credit Social de la Province de Quebec, 1936-9; D Vers Demain, the Voice of Creditisme in Quebec, 1939-57; E Political Mobilization and Expansion, 1940-4

F Political Conflicts and Schism, 1944-9G Decline of the Union, 1949-57; 3 The Social Credit Movement in Quebec, 1957-70: The Consolidation Phase; A Formation and Expansion of the Railliement, 1957-60; B Consolidation and Further Expansion, 1960-2; C Conflicts and Schism with the National Party and their Aftermath, 1962-5; D Provincial Action: Formation and Electoral Failure of the Railliement National, 1965-7; E National Reorganization and Provincial Expansion, 1967-70; F Aftermath, 1970: From Consolidation to Institutionalization; III. A PROFILE OF THE CRÉDITISTE LEADERSHIP

Introduction: Protest and Factionalism4 The Social Profile of the Creditiste Leadership; A Social Background Characteristics; B Political Background Characteristics; C Motivations for Joining the Movement; D The Social Profile of the Creditiste Leadership; 5 The Attitudinal Profile of the Creditiste Leadership; A Attitudes towards the System as a Whole and its Reform; B Attitudes towards Parts of the System and their Reform; C Attitudes towards Control of the System by External or Minority Groups; D Attitudes towards Religion and the Clergy; E Propensity to Protest

F Parental and Political AuthoritarianismG The Attitudinal Profile of the Creditiste Leadership; 6 The Psychological and Operational Environment of the Movement; A The General Patterns of Participation in the Creditiste Movement; B General Perceptions of the Movement and its Goals; C Participation in and Perception of Particular Splits; D The Psychological and Operational Environment; 7 The Highly Disaffected and the Lower-Class Dissenters: The Pivotal Subgroups of the Movement; A The Highly Disaffected Creditiste Leader: Social and Attitudinal Differences Related to Alienation

B The Highly Disaffected Creditiste Leader: Behavioural Differences Related to AlienationC The Lower-Class Dissenter: The Schismatic within the Movement; D The Patterns of Alliance between the Highly Disaffected and the Moderately Disaffected of Lower Socioeconomic Status: A Hypothesis; Conclusion: The Dynamics of Right-Wing Protest; IV. THE PATTERNS OF ORIENTATIONS AND ALLIANCES IN THE 1963 SPLIT: A CASE STUDY; Introduction: A Framework for Analysing the Pattern of Factionalism in Right-Wing Protest Movements; A Political Orientations

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Nov 2019)

ISBN:

1-4875-7425-8

OCLC:

1129189703