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Neoliberalism, Authoritarian-Populism, and the “Photo-Op Democracy” of the Publicity State: Changes to Legislative and Parliamentary Norms by the Harper Government

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 January 2018

Honor Brabazon  and
Kirsten Kozolanka
Honor Brabazon*
Affiliation:
University of Toronto
Kirsten Kozolanka*
Affiliation:
Carleton University
*
Centre for Criminology and Sociolegal Studies, University of Toronto, 14 Queen's Park Crescent West, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3K9, email: h.brabazon@utoronto.ca
School of Journalism and Communication, 4207 Richcraft Hall, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, K1S 5B6, email: kirsten.kozolanka@carleton.ca
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Abstract

Several recent reports seek to evaluate the impact of former Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Canadian democracy by documenting his government's efforts to curtail established democratic processes and mechanisms for public debate. However, this article uses examples of the Harper government's changes to legislative and parliamentary norms to demonstrate that this government's efforts to curtail multi-directional public debate were importantly accompanied by efforts to amplify unidirectional communication of the government's partisan messages. The paper finds that this corresponding emphasis on communication exemplified a “photo-op” approach to democracy, which highlights points of compatibility between the seemingly contradictory authoritarian-populist “publicity state” and neoliberal democratic ideals. This research demonstrates the necessity of attention to government communication in analysis of the Harper government's impact on the Canadian public sphere. It also illustrates the pragmatic rather than doctrinaire nature of New Right politics in Canada and the affinity between neoliberal and authoritarian-populist approaches to governance.

Résumé

Plusieurs rapports récents s'attachent à évaluer l'incidence qu'a eue l'ancien premier ministre Stephen Harper sur la démocratie canadienne en documentant les efforts de son gouvernement pour limiter les processus et les mécanismes démocratiques établis ouverts au débat public. Toutefois, cet article cite des exemples de modifications apportées par le gouvernement Harper à des normes législatives et parlementaires pour démontrer que les efforts déployés pour retreindre un débat public multidirectionnel se sont manifestement accompagnés d'efforts visant à amplifier la communication unidirectionnelle des messages partisans du gouvernement. L'article constate que l'accent correspondant mis sur la communication a exemplifié une approche de type « photo-op » de la démocratie qui fait ressortir des points de compatibilité entre, d'une part, le populisme autoritaire de l’État-publicité et, d'autre part, les idéaux démocratiques néolibéraux apparemment contradictoires. Cette recherche démontre la nécessité de l'attention portée à la communication gouvernementale dans l'analyse de l'incidence du gouvernement Harper dans la sphère publique canadienne. Il illustre également la nature pragmatique plutôt que doctrinaire de la politique de la Nouvelle droite au Canada et l'affinité entre les approches néolibérale et populiste autoritaire de la gouvernance.

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Canadian Journal of Political Science/Revue canadienne de science politique , Volume 51 , Issue 2 , June 2018 , pp. 253 - 277
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Copyright © Canadian Political Science Association (l'Association canadienne de science politique) and/et la Société québécoise de science politique 2018 

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