(University of Alberta Press, 2012) Ramp, William; Harrison, Trevor W.
This article argues the Canadian government’s decision in 2010 to
eliminate the mandatory long-form census constitutes a mobilizing appeal to
libertarian populism commensurate not only with neoliberal concepts of individualism,
private property, and the role of the state, but also with a redefinition of
what counts as valid argumentation and a legitimate basis for making knowledge
claims. This rationale has implications for sociological research and theory, for
the profession of sociology, and for a sociological vision of society.