School of Calgary

The school of Calgary is current of thought gathering of the academics, the researchers and the former students of the department of Political sciences and Histoire of the Université of Calgary, located at Calgary, Alberta (Canada). The term, which made in the beginning reference to the school of Chicago of economy, was invented by the American political economist David Rovinsky.

Political philosophy

The school of Calgary clearly defends a sight conservatist of the policy, and was described like " a turbulent mark of Libertarianisme of the Rocky Mountains " who aims at " cause a drop in the taxes, less free federal government, and gone where the social programs would be absent as medicare which make it possible to the citizens not to have to roll up the manches."

It seems, however, to exist dissensions between the partisans of the social Conservatisme and those of the economic Conservatisme within the school. Bercuson criticized the industrial relations policies of Morton publicly, saying that they " hard to swallow for a libertarien." This type of divisions makes it possible to call in question the existence of true a " school of pensée" as such.

The members of this School, and in particular Flanagan, are sometimes described as being disciples of the Philosophe American neoconservator Leo Strauss; its detractors interpreting this proximity of thought like a proof that it divides its " deep suspition for the démocracie libérale"

The political thought of this school caused many criticisms on behalf of its opponents, who they are university or political. A former member of Faculty called it " the department of beaufology " There exists however a central group indicated by the media Canadian like its members:

Stephen To grip, Prime Minister of Canada, founder of the Left reformist then later the Conservative party. Former student of the University of Calgary.
David Bercuson, professor d' Histoire and director of the Center for the Military and Strategic Studies of the university.
Barry F. Cooper, professor in political science and member of the Canadian Institute of Défence and the Foreign affairs.
Tom Flanagan, senior of the Fraser Institute etconseiller of the preserving Prime Minister Stephen To grip.
Roger Gibbins, president of the Canada West Foundation and former head of the Department of political sciences.
To groove Knopff, professor of political sciences to the University of Calgary.
Ted Morton, a Minister of Alberta which finishes third in December 2006 in the countryside to be with the head of the Progressive Conservative party, which currently controls the province.

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