This paper provides an overview of the main approaches of the Canadian political economist H.A. Innis and the American sociologist S.M. Lipset to the origins and the evolution of the Canadian political culture. Based on the study of these researchers' scholarly legacy, the author reveals significant differences in the way they determine the origins of the Canadian political culture. According to Harold Innis, the cultural and political traditions in Canada were based on a monocultural economy focused on the production of staples, while Seymour Lipset believed that the determining factor in the Canadian choice of ideology, identity, political system and political culture were the results of the American Revolution. The author traces the relationship and differences between the theories of these North American scholars, finds a number of contradictions, makes some comments, voices his criticism and gives his own point of view on the origins of Canada's political culture.
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