A British Connection? A quantitative analysis of the changing relations between American, British and Canadian sociologists.

The article presence a response to Neil McLaughlin's writings, in which he has argued that there is a crisis in Canadian sociology. McLauhglin argues that Canadian sociology is too beholden to the rarified British tradition and tends towards reflexive anti Americanism. The article argues that McLaughlin's claims are insufficiently supported. The article attempts to combat McLaughlin's claim with a further empirical investigation of the British, American and Canadian influences on contemporary Canadian sociological practice.