Party of Conscience

The CCF, the NDP, and Social Democracy in Canada

Roberta Lexier, Stephanie Bangarth, Jonathan Weier, Roberta Lexier, Stephanie Bangarth, Jonathan Weier

• Publisher: Between the Lines
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN: 9781771133920
• eBook ISBN: 9781771133937
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: North American History
• Index: Politics & International Relations

Surveying the field of political history in Canada, one might assume that the politics of the nation have been shaped solely by the Liberal and Conservative parties. Relatively little attention has been paid to the contributions of the CCF and NDP in Canadian politics. This collection remedies this imbalance with a critical examination of the place of social democracy in Canadian history and politics.

Bringing together the work of politicians, think tank members, party activists, union members, scholars, students, and social movement actors in important discussions about social democracy delving into an array of topics including municipal, provincial, and national issues, labour relations, feminism, contemporary social movements, war and society, security issues, and the media, Party of Conscience reminds Canadians of the important contributions the CCF and NDP have made to a progressive, compassionate idea of Canada.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Praise for Party of Conscience
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Foreword
• Introduction
• Chapter 1 The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation in the 1930s: “Not reform, but the replacing of capitalism”
• Chapter 2 Religion and the Rise of the CCF/NDP
• Chapter 3 The Labour-Academic “Brain Trust” of the Early CCF, 1930–1950
• Chapter 4 The Rhetoric of Region: Clarence Gillis, the CCF, and the Protection of Atlantic Canada
• Chapter 5 The Left at Home and Abroad: Broadening the Dominant Narrative of Canadian History
• Chapter 6 Fabianism and the Progressive Left in British Columbia: The “New Party” in Historical Perspective
• Chapter 7 Waffling in Winnipeg and London: Canada’s New Left and the NDP, 1965–75
• Chapter 8 New Leftists, “Party-liners,” and Municipal Politics in Toronto
• Chapter 9 Tommy Douglas, David Lewis, Ed Broadbent, and Democratic Socialism in the New Democratic Party, 1968–1984
• Chapter 10 Challenge from Within: The NDP and Social Movements
• Chapter 11 From Contender to the Margins and Back: The NDP and the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
• Chapter 12 From Traditional Social Democracy to the Third Way: An Assessment of Federal NDP Platforms, 1988–2011
• Chapter 13 The NDP in Quebec Before and After the Orange Wave
• Chapter 14 The CCF/NDP and Populisms of the Left and the Right
• Chapter 15 Medicare and Social Democracy in Canada
• Chapter 16 Change the Game: The Social Democracy Project
• Chapter 17 Evaluating the 2017 NDP Leadership Campaign
• Chapter 18 Social Democracy and the Left in Canada: Past, Present, and Future
• Contributors’ Biographies
• Notes
• Index