It Has Been Part of the Liberal Tradition to Decry Censorship in all its Formsand to attempt to separate censorship from democratic forms of government.There at... » 

It Has Been Part of the Liberal Tradition to Decry Censorship in all its Formsand to attempt to separate censorship from democratic forms of government.There attempt separate has been as vet no real attempt to integrate censorshipinto political theory.The twentythree contributors to this book view censorship pragmatically. Theyaim to treat it as a constituent feature of any system of social control orpractice. By capturing and analyzing the social political cultural andeconomic components of restriction of freedom of expression and access toinformation they go beyond the merely ideological pro and anti censorshiparguments exposing the extent of censorship in Canada today exploring itsstructures and showing what it reveals about our political culture.In their diverse approaches to the material the contributors reflect theeditors purpose to enhance our awareness of the manifestation and practiceof censorship and to demonstrate how to talk about censorship as an expressionof changes in thoughts values and social behavior over time.Despite their different approaches the contributors to this volume agree intheft perception of censorship as a valuedriven instrument of power. It is nottheir intention to deride this control as such. Socially organized activitycannot occur without censorship and the questions concern forms of censorshipthe implementation of censorship and the interests served. «