The Missing Child In Liberal Theory

The Missing Child In Liberal Theory Opens Public Discourse On What It Is Canadians Hold In Common Through Their Provision Of Civic Assurances To Children And Families At RiskJohn O'neill Presents AStronglyworded Critique Of The Dominant Discourse Of The Market SocietyHe Observes The Link Between 'duty Free' Capitalism And Minimal Civic ObligationsThis Book Calls For ACovenant Society Where Civility And Reciprocity Are Underwritten By ASecond Generation Concept Of The Canadian Welfare State That Will Not Abandon Children To Disastrous Prospects In AMarket Society.confronting The Current Call For ALeaner And Meaner Response To Global Competitiveness, O'neill Challenges Concepts Of Liberalism And CommunitarianismIn Their Place He Proposes ACovenant Concept Of State, Community, And Family Assurances To Derive From Our Common Provision Of ACivic Endowment That We Undertake To Sustain Now And For Future Generations Of Canadians.o'neill Argues That If Canada Is To Survive As ANational Community Capable Of Responding To The Global Market, We Must Reaffirm The Civic Foundations Of The StateIf We Fail To Do This, We Will Not Have ALeaner Society, Only AMeaner OneThis Society Will Be Hostile To Capitalism And Socialism AlikeIf We Can Rededicate The Canadian Commons To The Wellbeing Of The Civic Person, Canada Will Contribute AModel Of Survival And Governance Among The Nations Of The Twentyfirst Century.
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