{"id":43,"date":"2019-07-29T19:58:11","date_gmt":"2019-07-29T19:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitaleditions.library.dal.ca\/stanfield\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=43"},"modified":"2019-07-29T19:59:48","modified_gmt":"2019-07-29T19:59:48","slug":"conclusion","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/digitaleditions.library.dal.ca\/stanfield\/chapter\/conclusion\/","title":{"raw":"Conclusion","rendered":"Conclusion"},"content":{"raw":"<p class=\"no-indent\" style=\"text-align: justify\">The \u201cStanfield doctrine,\u201d if it can be so called, stems from the foundations of a particular approach to democratic values, cooperative governance and inclusive and ethical international relations. Forty years after he left politics, these concepts continue to influence national and international conceptualizations of government. Stanfield believed that Canada should be an outward-looking society, and one that accepted diversity. As he illustrated, \u201cI liked the idea of it being difficult to define a Canadian. I liked the idea of a country that had the affection of its citizens but didn\u2019t ask them to accept an orthodox view of what a Canadian is,\u201d.[footnote]Frank, J. (1988). Robert Stanfield: On Politics, Polls and Leadership.\u00a0<em>Canadian Business Review,<\/em>\u00a0<em>15<\/em>(2), 8-15.[\/footnote] There is no definition of what it means to be a Canadian; however, the eloquence, respect, humbleness and forward-thinking orientation of Robert L. Stanfield in many ways encapsulate the essence and attitudes of the ideal Canadian citizen.<\/p>","rendered":"<p class=\"no-indent\" style=\"text-align: justify\">The \u201cStanfield doctrine,\u201d if it can be so called, stems from the foundations of a particular approach to democratic values, cooperative governance and inclusive and ethical international relations. Forty years after he left politics, these concepts continue to influence national and international conceptualizations of government. Stanfield believed that Canada should be an outward-looking society, and one that accepted diversity. As he illustrated, \u201cI liked the idea of it being difficult to define a Canadian. I liked the idea of a country that had the affection of its citizens but didn\u2019t ask them to accept an orthodox view of what a Canadian is,\u201d.<a class=\"footnote\" title=\"Frank, J. (1988). Robert Stanfield: On Politics, Polls and Leadership.\u00a0Canadian Business Review,\u00a015(2), 8-15.\" id=\"return-footnote-43-1\" href=\"#footnote-43-1\" aria-label=\"Footnote 1\"><sup class=\"footnote\">[1]<\/sup><\/a> There is no definition of what it means to be a Canadian; however, the eloquence, respect, humbleness and forward-thinking orientation of Robert L. Stanfield in many ways encapsulate the essence and attitudes of the ideal Canadian citizen.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"before-footnotes clear\" \/><div class=\"footnotes\"><ol><li id=\"footnote-43-1\">Frank, J. (1988). Robert Stanfield: On Politics, Polls and Leadership.\u00a0<em>Canadian Business Review,<\/em>\u00a0<em>15<\/em>(2), 8-15. <a href=\"#return-footnote-43-1\" class=\"return-footnote\" aria-label=\"Return to footnote 1\">&crarr;<\/a><\/li><\/ol><\/div>","protected":false},"author":8,"menu_order":5,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[48],"contributor":[],"license":[],"part":3,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitaleditions.library.dal.ca\/stanfield\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/43"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitaleditions.library.dal.ca\/stanfield\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitaleditions.library.dal.ca\/stanfield\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitaleditions.library.dal.ca\/stanfield\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/digitaleditions.library.dal.ca\/stanfield\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/43\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47,"href":"https:\/\/digitaleditions.library.dal.ca\/stanfield\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/43\/revisions\/47"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitaleditions.library.dal.ca\/stanfield\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/3"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitaleditions.library.dal.ca\/stanfield\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/43\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitaleditions.library.dal.ca\/stanfield\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitaleditions.library.dal.ca\/stanfield\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=43"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitaleditions.library.dal.ca\/stanfield\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=43"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitaleditions.library.dal.ca\/stanfield\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=43"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}