2011 Donald Smiley Prize

Winner: Frédérick Boily

Le conservatisme au Québec: Retour sur une tradition oubliée (Québec: Presses de l’Université Laval, 2010)

Excerpt from jury report: In this work, Frédéric Boily develops the relatively innovative argument that while social democracy has become a accepted ideology in Québec since the Quiet Revolution, the conservative tradition is still present. Boily makes an original comparison of conservatism in Québec, Canada and the United States. He offers a detailed portrait of a province with a rich conservative history that continues to shape its political institutions and social changes. The author has produced a lucid and very well written work that should change the way we understand Quebec and Canadian politics.