Reclaiming Democracy: The Social Justice and the Political Economy of Gregory Baum and Kari Polanyi Levitt 9780773572713

Building on the ideas of Gregory Baum and Kari Polanyi Levitt, whose contributions as public intellectuals committed to

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Table of contents :
Contents
List of Contributors
Acronyms and Abbreviations List
Acknowledgments
Introduction
SOCIAL ETHICS AND DEMOCRACY
1 Planning and the Religious Mind; "Der Mensch denkt, Gott lenkt"
2 On Culture, Religion, and Development
3 On Human Dignity and Human Rights: Western or Universal
4 To Build a Just Society: The Catholic Left in Quebec
5 Religion, Emancipation, and Human Rights
POLITICAL ECONOMY AND DEMOCRACY
6 West Indian from East Europe. Kari Polanyi Levitt
7 Kari Polanyi Levitt and the Theory of Plantation Economy in Contemporary Perspective
8 The New Canadian Political Economy: Classic and Beyond
9 Kari Polanyi Levitt and Critical Thought in the Caribbean: A Sketch
10 Reconciling the Transition to Socialism
11 Confluences
Epilogue
Selected Publications

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