Seeking Social Democracy

• About the book

'<p><b>The first full-length treatment of Ed Broadbent s ideas and remarkable seven-decade engagement in public life</b></p> <p>Part memoir, part history, part political manifesto, <i>Seeking Social Democracy</i> offers the first full-length treatment of Ed Broadbent s ideas and remarkable seven-decade engagement in public life. In dialogue with three collaborators from different generations, Broadbent leads readers through a life spent fighting for equality in Parliament and beyond: exploring the formation of his social democratic ideals, his engagement on the international stage, and his relationships with historical figures from Pierre Trudeau and Fidel Castro to Tommy Douglas, Ren© L©vesque, and Willy Brandt. From the formative minority Parliament of 1972 1974 to the contentious national debate over Canada s constitution to the free trade election of 1988, the book chronicles the life and thought of one of Canada s most respected political leaders and public intellectuals from hi