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In his lecture, Frank H. Underhill examined the state of Canadian liberal democracy. He argued that a healthy liberal democracy required political parties which educate the voters in government. He called for Canadian political parties to make greater efforts to stay in the public eye and contribute to the political education of the public. Underhill stressed the need for decreased voter apathy, claiming that proportional representation is a much-needed step to improve true democracy in politics in the face of a 20-year Liberal monopoly. To do this, he explained, parties need to educate and intrigue voters, shifting away from mere economic problems to other aspects of concern including cultural policy. The increasing gap between the government and the governed threatened to expose Canada to the twentieth-century political problems Underhill believed it had largely avoided. He also advocated for a fully professional civil service. The universities, he said, should lead the way in revitalizing Canadian party politics, encouraging the parties to embrace change. An editorial in the Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s Journal responded positively to Underhill카지노 게임 컬렉션s lecture, suggesting that the much-admired American political system offered a useful model for an informed electorate.
Underhill spent a week at the university in January, meeting with staff, students, and alumnae, and each afternoon held informal consultations with students. At a meeting of alumnae at Ban Right, he gave a lecture entitled 카지노 게임 컬렉션Dreams and Realities in World Politics from 1945 to 1955,카지노 게임 컬렉션 in which he laid out his interpretation of Communist, Roman Catholic, British, and American dreams. He also spoke to the International Relations Club on 카지노 게임 컬렉션Canada and the United States in World Politics,카지노 게임 컬렉션 telling students that Canada needed to recognize that the US had replaced Britain as the leading power.
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Correspondence in advance of Underhill카지노 게임 컬렉션s lecture.
