{"product_id":"not-here-why-american-democracy-is-eroding-and-how-canada-can-protect-itself-9781668012437","title":"Not Here: Why American Democracy Is Eroding and How Canada Can Protect Itself","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Rob Goodman\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Simon \u0026amp; Schuster Canada\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Simon \u0026amp; Schuster Canada\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Political Ideologies - Democracy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat does it mean to live beside an eroding democracy? As this powerful and timely book argues, that question will define the next generation of Canadian politics.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs a congressional staffer in the United States, Rob Goodman watched firsthand as a rising authoritarian movement disenfranchised voters, sabotaged institutions, and brought America to the brink of a coup. Now, as a political theorist who makes his home in Canada, he has an urgent warning for his adopted country: The same forces that have upended democracy in America and around the world are on the move in Canada, too. But we can protect our democracy by drawing on a set of political, cultural, and historical resources that are distinctly of this place. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eNot Here\u003c\/i\u003e, Goodman outlines four such resources. First, the rejection of the dangerous idea of one \"real\" Canadian people. Second, the refusal of political charisma and founder-worship. Third, a set of social programs--embattled but still standing--that empower neighbours to see one another as equals. And fourth, Canada's longstanding search for an identity separate from the great power with which it shares a continent. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eToday, that great power is a democracy in decline, and so defending what makes Canada distinct matters more now than ever before. Canadian difference is not a curiosity, a luxury good, or a vanity item. It is a democratic immune system. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLaying bare the historical roots of today's politics and making an urgent case for action, \u003ci\u003eNot Here\u003c\/i\u003e is a roadmap for safeguarding a democracy under unprecedented threat.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster Canada","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45356116508823,"sku":"9781668012437","price":1676.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781668012437.webp?v=1769291929","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/not-here-why-american-democracy-is-eroding-and-how-canada-can-protect-itself-9781668012437","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}