Jonathan Manthorpe
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| Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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From  Acknowledgements and NotesFrom: On Canadian Democracy |
This "chapter" includes acknowledgement and notes. | Jonathan Manthorpe | 6 | 2024 | $0.60 Add |
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From Caligula’s HorseFrom: On Canadian Democracy |
In this chapter, Manthorpe examines the Canadian Senate’s struggling role since Confederation in 1867. | Jonathan Manthorpe | 13 | 2024 | $1.30 Add |
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From Canada: The Unconsummated MarriageFrom: On Canadian Democracy |
In this chapter, Manthorpe traces Canada’s struggling federal-provincial relationship from the failed Meech Lake Accord in 1990 through the early 2020s. | Jonathan Manthorpe | 15 | 2024 | $1.50 Add |
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From IntroductionFrom: On Canadian Democracy |
In this chapter, Manthorpe critiques the state of Canadian democracy. | Jonathan Manthorpe | 9 | 2024 | $0.90 Add |
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From Killing Democracy by NeglectFrom: On Canadian Democracy |
In this chapter, Manthorpe argues that Canadian democratic institutions are withering due to collective neglect. | Jonathan Manthorpe | 24 | 2024 | $2.40 Add |
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From Measure Twice, Cut OnceFrom: On Canadian Democracy |
In this chapter, Manthorpe concludes on his thoughts on the state of Canadian democracy. | Jonathan Manthorpe | 8 | 2024 | $0.80 Add |
On Canadian Democracy |
Using the decrepit state of 24 Sussex Drive, the official residence of the Prime Minister of Canada, as a metaphor for Canada’s democracy, Jonathan Manthorpe examines the foundations, … | Jonathan Manthorpe | 216 | 2024 | View |
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From The Constitution: Nine Decades of DitheringFrom: On Canadian Democracy |
In this chapter, Manthorpe traces Canada’s persistent constitutional indecision across nearly 150 years, from Confederation in 1867 through to the failed Meech Lake Accord of 1987 and the … | Jonathan Manthorpe | 26 | 2024 | $2.60 Add |
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From The End of the Supremacy of ParliamentFrom: On Canadian Democracy |
In this chapter, Manthorpe examines how the 1982 Charter of Rights and Freedoms shifted power from elected legislatures to the Supreme Court of Canada. | Jonathan Manthorpe | 13 | 2024 | $1.30 Add |
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From The Struggle for Votes That CountFrom: On Canadian Democracy |
In this chapter, Manthorpe examines Canada’s first-past-the-post voting system, in use since Confederation in 1867, and the persistent struggle to replace it. | Jonathan Manthorpe | 15 | 2024 | $1.50 Add |
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From Toppling the Elected DictatorshipFrom: On Canadian Democracy |
In this chapter, Manthorpe examines the extraordinary concentration of power in Canadian prime ministers, a system critics call an ‘imperial democracy.’ | Jonathan Manthorpe | 22 | 2024 | $2.20 Add |
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From Transparency and Trust: The Essence of DemocracyFrom: On Canadian Democracy |
In this chapter, Manthorpe examines the link between transparency and public trust in Canadian governance. | Jonathan Manthorpe | 16 | 2024 | $1.60 Add |
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From WellbeingFrom: On Canadian Democracy |
In this chapter, Manthorpe examines the gap between Canada’s economic growth and its citizens’ actual quality of life, arguing that GDP fails to capture true wellbeing. | Jonathan Manthorpe | 36 | 2024 | $3.60 Add |
