{"product_id":"not-here-rob-goodman-9781668012437","title":"Not Here: Why American Democracy Is Eroding and How Canada Can Protect Itself","description":"\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 \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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rob Goodman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 166801243X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781668012437\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/15\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.60w x 1.10d","brand":"Rob Goodman","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44074593648895,"sku":"9781668012437","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_35676b6c-9183-481a-9873-fbcf5dd2a537.jpg?v=1685454654","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/not-here-rob-goodman-9781668012437","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}