Democracy in Alberta : Social Credit and the party system / by C.B. Macpherson.
1962
JL500.A8 M3 1962eb
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Title
Democracy in Alberta : Social Credit and the party system / by C.B. Macpherson.
Edition
2nd ed.
ISBN
9781442673793 (electronic bk.)
1442673796 (electronic bk.)
0802060099
9780802060099
1442673796 (electronic bk.)
0802060099
9780802060099
Imprint
Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, 1962.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xiv, 258 pages)
Call Number
JL500.A8 M3 1962eb
System Control No.
(OCoLC)244768664
Note
First edition published under title: Democracy in Albert : the theory and practice of a quasi-party system.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note
CONTENTS
FOREWORD
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION
I: DELEGATE DEMOCRACY AND POLITICAL ECONOMY
1. Alberta's Political Experimentation
2. The Quasi-Colonial Economy
3. The Class Composition
4. The Non-Party Tradition in the West
II: THE U.F.A.: SOCIAL AND POLITICAL THEORY
1. The Place of Theory
2. The Social Theory
3. The Political Theory
(i) Emergence of a Political Theory
(ii) The U.F.A. Critique of the Party System
(iii) The Theory of Group Government
4. Implications of the Social and Political TheoryIII: THE U.F.A.: DEMOCRACY IN PRACTICE
1. Four Problems of Authority
2. The Delegate Democracy of the U.F.A. Convention
3. Constituency Control versus Cabinet Control of the U.F.A. Members of the Legislature
4. Constituency Autonomy versus Provincial Convention Control of Policy
5. Provincial Convention Supremacy versus Cabinet Supremacy
6. Conclusion: The Success and Failure of U.F.A. Delegate Democracy
IV: ENGLISH SOCIAL CREDIT: THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC THEORY
""1. The Scope and Appeal of English Social Credit""""2. Social Development and Moral Purpose""; ""3. Technology and the Cultural Heritage""; ""4. The A plus B Theorem""; ""5. The Broader Case for Social Credit""; ""V: ENGLISH SOCIAL CREDIT: THE POLITICAL THEORY AND PRACTICE TO 1935""; ""1. The Non-Political Character of the Early Douglas Movement""; ""2. The Rudimentary Political Theory of the Early Douglas Writings""; ""3. The Green Shirts�a Political Movement""; ""4. The Douglas Theory and Practice of Political Action, 1934�5""
""VI: SOCIAL CREDIT IN ALBERTA: ABERHART THEORY AND PRACTICE 1932�7""""1. The Alberta Political Norm""; ""2. Formative Conditions of the Alberta Social Credit Movement""; ""3. Aberhart Doctrine and Practice, to the 1935 Election""; ""4. Aberhart Political Practice: The First Eighteen Months of Office""; ""VII: SOCIAL CREDIT IN ALBERTA: THE RECRUDESCENCE AND DECLINE OF DOUGLASISM""; ""1. Political Implications of the 1937 Insurgency""; ""2. English Social Credit Doctrine, the Last Phase, 1937�49""
""3. The Failure of Alberta Delegate Democracy: Cabinet, Board, Legislature, and Convention, 1937�9""""4. Douglasism versus Cabinet Government in Alberta: The Last Phase, 1939�49""; ""5. The Legacy of Douglasism in Alberta""; ""VIII: THE QUASI-PARTY SYSTEM""; ""1. The Pattern of Alberta Radicalism""; ""2. Political Implications of Independent Commodity Production""; ""3. The Deterioration of Albertan Democracy""; ""4. The General Theory""; ""INDEX""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""
FOREWORD
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION
I: DELEGATE DEMOCRACY AND POLITICAL ECONOMY
1. Alberta's Political Experimentation
2. The Quasi-Colonial Economy
3. The Class Composition
4. The Non-Party Tradition in the West
II: THE U.F.A.: SOCIAL AND POLITICAL THEORY
1. The Place of Theory
2. The Social Theory
3. The Political Theory
(i) Emergence of a Political Theory
(ii) The U.F.A. Critique of the Party System
(iii) The Theory of Group Government
4. Implications of the Social and Political TheoryIII: THE U.F.A.: DEMOCRACY IN PRACTICE
1. Four Problems of Authority
2. The Delegate Democracy of the U.F.A. Convention
3. Constituency Control versus Cabinet Control of the U.F.A. Members of the Legislature
4. Constituency Autonomy versus Provincial Convention Control of Policy
5. Provincial Convention Supremacy versus Cabinet Supremacy
6. Conclusion: The Success and Failure of U.F.A. Delegate Democracy
IV: ENGLISH SOCIAL CREDIT: THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC THEORY
""1. The Scope and Appeal of English Social Credit""""2. Social Development and Moral Purpose""; ""3. Technology and the Cultural Heritage""; ""4. The A plus B Theorem""; ""5. The Broader Case for Social Credit""; ""V: ENGLISH SOCIAL CREDIT: THE POLITICAL THEORY AND PRACTICE TO 1935""; ""1. The Non-Political Character of the Early Douglas Movement""; ""2. The Rudimentary Political Theory of the Early Douglas Writings""; ""3. The Green Shirts�a Political Movement""; ""4. The Douglas Theory and Practice of Political Action, 1934�5""
""VI: SOCIAL CREDIT IN ALBERTA: ABERHART THEORY AND PRACTICE 1932�7""""1. The Alberta Political Norm""; ""2. Formative Conditions of the Alberta Social Credit Movement""; ""3. Aberhart Doctrine and Practice, to the 1935 Election""; ""4. Aberhart Political Practice: The First Eighteen Months of Office""; ""VII: SOCIAL CREDIT IN ALBERTA: THE RECRUDESCENCE AND DECLINE OF DOUGLASISM""; ""1. Political Implications of the 1937 Insurgency""; ""2. English Social Credit Doctrine, the Last Phase, 1937�49""
""3. The Failure of Alberta Delegate Democracy: Cabinet, Board, Legislature, and Convention, 1937�9""""4. Douglasism versus Cabinet Government in Alberta: The Last Phase, 1939�49""; ""5. The Legacy of Douglasism in Alberta""; ""VIII: THE QUASI-PARTY SYSTEM""; ""1. The Pattern of Alberta Radicalism""; ""2. Political Implications of Independent Commodity Production""; ""3. The Deterioration of Albertan Democracy""; ""4. The General Theory""; ""INDEX""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""
Source of Description
Print version record.
Series
Social credit in Alberta ; 4.
Canadian university paperbooks ; 9.
Canadian university paperbooks ; 9.
Available in Other Form
Print version: Macpherson, C.B. (Crawford Brough), 1911-1987. Democracy in Alberta. 2nd ed. Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, 1962
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