The Role of Political Ideologies in the Modern Canada. Is their Significance Growing or Falling?
https://doi.org/10.28995/2073-6339-2020-4-176-185
Abstract
The article reveals an evolution of political ideologies in Canada in 1993-2019. Following the Russian and foreign historiography, as well as the election programs of Conservatives and Liberals, the author analyzes the influence of political ideologies on the voting of Canadian voters in parliamentary elections in the late 20th - early 21st centuries. The author of the article comes to the conclusion that Canada is still a country committed to political ideologies. He also considers as unacceptable the thesis about an absence of ideologies in Canada within the existing post-industrial society.
The author believes that the model for political development of Canada, laid down in the second half of the 19th century by the founders of the state, is still effective at the present time. In a post-industrial society, Canada clearly follows national traditions based on previously developed political ideologies. That is what constitutes the foundation for the rule-of-law state and civil society in Canada. The author emphasizes that, despite the activities of other political movements, conservative and liberal ideologies represent the leading directions of the state development in Canada. Other political ideologies, like social democracy, are largely secondary and do not determine the present and future of the Canadian state.
About the Author
A. N. Komarov
Russian State University for the Humanities
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Andrei N. Komarov - Dr. of Sci. (History), associate professor.
Bld. 6, Miusskaya Square, Moscow, 125993
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Komarov A.N. The Role of Political Ideologies in the Modern Canada. Is their Significance Growing or Falling? RSUH/RGGU Bulletin Series "Political Science. History. International Relations". 2020;(4/2):176-185. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.28995/2073-6339-2020-4-176-185
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