Death of the Good Canadian

The Author: George H. Richardson teaches in the University of Alberta’s Department of Secondary Education. He has taught in northern Canadian schools and in Ukraine. Dr. Richardson’s research interests focus on national identity formation and citizenship education.

«There has been an explosion of academic interest in the field of citizenship in the past several years. In this context, George H. Richardson’s book is particularly important in that it provides links between that work and citizenship education in two important ways. First, it situates citizenship education in the context of important work in the field of political theory, particularly work related to postmodern conceptions of nation and nationalism; and second, through the use of action research, Richardson links that theoretical work to the world of teachers and classrooms. Both of those connections are sorely lacking in the field and to find them here is significant and refreshing.» (Alan Sears, Associate Dean, Faculty of Education, University of New Brunswick)«‘The Death of the Good Canadian’ is a marvelous book, chock full of original insights of great theoretical, methodological, and practical value. George H. Richardson deals with the often vexing issues of poststructuralism’s relationship to contemporary educational dilemmas with a welcome clarity and intellectual force.» (Cameron McCarthy, Research Professor, Institute of Communications Research, University of Illinois)