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   "What 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.   
      
   "As 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.   
      
   "In Not Here, 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.   
      
   "Today, 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.   
      
   "Laying bare the historical roots of today's politics and   
   making an urgent case for action, Not Here is a roadmap for   
   safeguarding a democracy under unprecedented threat.   
      
    Not Here: Why American Democracy Is Eroding and How Canada Can     
   Protect Itself | Hardcover   
      
   Rob Goodman   
      
   Simon & Schuster   
      
   Political Science / Political Ideologies - Democracy / World - Canadian /   
   History & Theory   
      
   Published Aug 15, 2023   
      
   Rob Goodman is an assistant professor of politics and public   
   administration at Toronto Metropolitan University, where he   
   teaches and writes on topics such as populism, rhetoric, and   
   the history of political thought. He previously worked as a   
   speechwriter in the US House and Senate. He is an award-winning   
   author and coauthor of several books, including Words on Fire:   
   Eloquence and Its Conditions. He lives in Toronto with his   
   family.   
      
      
      
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