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Fraser Barry Cooper (born 1943) is a Canadian political scientist at the University of Calgary's Department of Political Science. He teaches courses in political philosophy. Before coming to Calgary, he taught at Bishop's University (1968-1970), McGill University, and York University (1970-1981). The winner of a Killam Research Fellowship, he is a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, he is a knight of the Sovereign Order of Saint John of Jerusalem (Knights Hospitaler). In 1991, Cooper co-authored ''Deconfederation: Canada without Quebec'', in which he argued that Canada would benefit from Quebec separation. He has also written a book titled, ''Eric Voegelin and the Foundations of Modern Political Science'' (1999)〔http://www.amazon.ca/Voegelin-Foundations-Modern-Political-Science/dp/0826212298〕 and ''Action into Nature: An Essay on the Meaning of Technology'' (1991).〔http://www.amazon.com/Action-into-Nature-Technology-Political/dp/0268006296〕 He is a Fellow at the Centre for Military and Strategic Studies and a Senior Research Fellow at the Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute. Cooper attended high school at Shawnigan Lake School on Vancouver Island.〔(David Orchard: Media Coverage )〕 As a regular columnist for the ''Calgary Herald'', Cooper is a frequent guest commentator on Canadian political issues. His Calgary Herald biography says: Barry Cooper, FRSC, a fourth generation Albertan, was educated at Shawnigan Lake School, the University of British Columbia and Duke University. He is a professor of political science at the University of Calgary and has published many books. A recent effort was, It's the Regime, Stupid! A Report from the Cowboy West on Why Stephen Harper Matters (Key Porter)." 〔http://www.calgaryherald.com/columnists/barry_cooper.html〕 From August 28 to September 2, 2013, Barry Cooper was honoured and celebrated at the American Political Science Association (APSA) meeting in Chicago. In addition to a panel on “Hunting and Weaving: Barry Cooper’s Political Philosophy”, a dinner was held at the Berghoff to celebrate the publication of the Festschrift for Barry Cooper “Hunting and Weaving: Empiricism and Political Philosophy”, August 2013, edited by Thomas Heilke and John von Heyking, former MA students of the Department of Political Science, University of Calgary. Barry Cooper was also one of six scholars awarded an Eric Voegelin Society Order of Merit Medal in recognition of his scholarship and contributions to the Eric Voegelin Society.〔http://poli.ucalgary.ca/news/barry-cooper-honoured-and-awarded-eric-voegelin-society-order-merit-medal〕 ==The "Calgary School"== Cooper is a member of an influential group of conservative political scientists the Calgary School, which also includes Tom Flanagan, Rainer Knopff, Ted Morton, and David Bercuson. Cooper, like other members of the Calgary School, strongly advocate against First Nations rights to land and special privilege. In his arguments in a January 2013 article he cites controversial publication entitled ''First Nations? Second Thoughts'' in which he countered arguments presented in the Royal Commission on Aboriginal People(1996). Both this publication and Cooper's article argue against statements upheld by the RCAP and widely accepted in Canada that, "(1) Aboriginals are privileged because they were here first; (2) there are no significant differences between European and Indian civilizations so that (3) Indians are sovereign nations; accordingly (4) treaties were nation-to-nation agreements that (5) affirmed aboriginal sovereignty and ownership of the land."〔 Flanagan is often described as a member of the Calgary School, which includes a group of conservatively inclined professors at the University of Calgary, such as Barry Cooper, F.L.(Ted) Morton, Rainer Knopff and history professor David Bercuson 〔Frédéric Boily, ed., Stephen Harper: De l’Ecole de Calgary au Parti conservateur: les nouveaux visages du conservatisme canadien (Québéc: Les Presses de l’Université Laval, 2007).〕 who are strongly committed to strategic and direct influence on public affairs with a long term vision. 〔"There are tensions between the socially conservative and economically conservative factions within the school. Bercuson publicly criticized Morton's social policies, saying "() were hard to stomach for a libertarian." (McLean, Archie. "Morton would use Alberta as his 'guinea pig': Social, religious views will drive policy, expert says", ''Edmonton Journal'', 2 December 2006.)Such division brings into question whether its members reflect a coherent "school" of thought (Wikipedia article on Calgary School)."〕 By 1998, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), a public policy research institution based in Washington, DC had already observed the ascendancy of the role of Calgary-based academics on Canadian public policy, specifically the Calgary School of political science (Rovinsky 1998:10).〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Barry F. Cooper」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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