This thesis endeavours to answer the question, “What does the
Reform Party’s ‘populism’ consist of?” An attempt is made herein
to characterize the nature of the Reform Party’s populism via
Margaret Canovan’s typology of populisms. The analysis concludes
that the Reform Party manifests the characteristics of two of the
seven different kinds of populist phenomena that Canovan
identifies. It is found, on the one hand, that through his “antipolitical”
rhetorical orientation, Reform Party leader Preston
Manning evinces a certain form of what Canovan refers to as
“politicians’ populism.” On the other hand, it is posited that the
party’s policies vis a vis federal bilingualism, multiculturalism
and immigration programs reflect Canovan’s conception of
“reactionary populism.” / Arts, Faculty of / Political Science, Department of / Graduate
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UBC/oai:circle.library.ubc.ca:2429/5172 |
| Date | 11 1900 |
| Creators | Clough, Derrick C. |
| Source Sets | University of British Columbia |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, Thesis/Dissertation |
| Format | 1247441 bytes, application/pdf |
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