The Decline of Deference

Part I: Setting the Stage

Chapter One: A Decade of Turmoil

Interpreting Turmoil
Canada as One Stage
Three Perspectives on Canadian Value Change:
1. Canada as an Advanced Industrial State
2. Canada as a North American State
3. Canada as an Immigrant Society

Chapter Two: Setting the Stage

Structural Shifts in Context
From Structural Change to Value Change
Public Priorities and Orientations Towards Authority
Conclusions

Part II: Political Value Change

Chapter Three: A Changing Political Culture

Interest in Politics
Confidence in Governmental Institutions
Confidence in Non-Governemtnal Institutions
The Rise of Cosmopolitanism
Conclusions

Chapter Four: Changing Patterns of Political Participation

The Rise of Protest Behaviour
New Movements
The Case of Environmentalism
Civil Permissiveness
Orientations Towards Change
Challenging Public Authority
Conclusions

Part III: Economic Value Change

Chapter Five: Changing Economic Cultures

Support for the Free Market
Why do People Live in Need
When Jobs are Scarce
Free Markets and Free Trade: The Case of NAFTA
Conclusions

Chapter Six: A Changing Work Culture

The Work Ethic and Pride in Work
Why do People Work?
Elaborating Canadian-U.S. Comparisons
Workplace Participation
Conclusions

Part IV: Primary Relations

Chapter Seven: Moral Outlooks

Shifting Religious Orientations
Moral Permissiveness
Tolerance
Situation Tolerance
Conclusions

Chapter Eight: Family Values, Stability and Change

The Family and Marriage
Women and Men, Family and Work
Parents and Children
Connecting Authority Orientations: The Family, Work, and the Polity
Conclusions

Part V: Conclusions

Chapter Nine: Patterns of Change

Canada as an Advanced Industrial State: Perspective 1
Canada as a North American State: Perspective 2
Canada as an Immigrant Society: Perspective 3
Revisiting Authority Orientations
Authority Orientations and the Status Quo

Appendix: World Values Survey
Index