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Social Democracy In North America: A Canadian Example, Rodney Lavern Johnson
Social Democracy In North America: A Canadian Example, Rodney Lavern Johnson
Masters Theses
This thesis attempts to discuss a unique political phenomenon in North America - successful Canadian socialism. The first part discusses a workable definition of ideology and a theoretical approach to the explanation of legitimate ideological diversity. The second part of the paper explains the socio-economic and political milieu of Western Canadian society in the early twentieth century and the evolution of a consequent Anglophone socialist movement in response to this environment. The third part discusses concurrent Francophone political phenomena.
Ideology is defined as an amalgamation of commonly agreed upon principles designed to promote a particular communal or national interest. Gad …