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Author : Donald V. Smiley
Publisher : Peterborough, Ont. : Broadview Press
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UVA:X001782922
Author : Robert C. Vipond
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1991-01-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781438422978
This book examines the competing visions of liberty and community in Canada. Focusing attention on constitutional debate in Ontario after the Confederation of 1867, the author shows how the defenders of provincial autonomy constructed a powerful political and legal ideology that attempted to reconcile liberty and community.
Author : Herman Bakvis
Publisher : Kingston, Ont. : Institute of Intergovernmental Relations, Queen's University
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015021947505
Author : R. Kenneth Carty,W. Peter Ward
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : History
ISBN : 0774802480
The authors in this collection challenge traditional notions of the 'minority' and explore Canada's national political system and institutions as a unit.
Author : Thomas O. Hueglin
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Canada
ISBN : 9781442636477
"Federalism in Canada tells the turbulent story of shared sovereignty and divided governance from Confederation to the present time. It does so with three main objectives in mind. The first objective is to convince readers that federalism is the primary animating force in Canadian politics, and that it is therefore worth engaging with its complex nature and dynamic. The second objective is to bring into closer focus the contested concepts about the meaning and operation of federalism that all along have been at the root of the divide between English Canada and Quebec in particular. The third objective is to give recognition to the trajectory of Canada's Indigenous peoples in the context of Canadian federalism, from years of abusive neglect to belated efforts of inclusion. The book focuses on the constitution with its ambiguous allocation of divided powers, the pivotal role of the courts in balancing these powers, and the political leaders whose interactions oscillate between intergovernmental conflict and cooperation. This focus on executive leadership and judicial supervision is framed by considerations of Canada's regionalized political economy and cultural diversity, giving students an interesting and nuanced view of federalism in Canada."--
Author : Richard A. Preston,E. Donald Briggs
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0822305461
All governments require popular support, and in democracies this support must be maintained by noncoercive means. This book analyzes the question of political support in Canada, a country in which the maintenance of the integrity of the political community has been and continues to be, in the words of the editors, "the single most salient aspect of the country's political life." The nature of popular support is first considered in broad, theoretical terms, then from the standpoint of those agents most responsible for maintaining support in Canadian democracy, then as influenced by particular issues and policies, and finally as it affects and is affected by the separatist movement in Quebec.
Author : Alain-G. Gagnon
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2009-09-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135211417
Throughout the world, liberal-democracies are grappling with increasing claims made in the name of minority national, socio-cultural and ethno-cultural identities that seek greater recognition in the institutions of the nation-state. This work inserts itself into debates centred on diversity through a normative and empirical analytical assessment of the political sociology of multinational democracies. The main thread of the arguments put forward is that federalism, in both its institutional manifestations and its sociological properties, constitutes a promising avenue for the management of cohabitating political communities and for the affirmation of collective identities within states that are constituted by two or more nations. Author Alain-G Gagnon develops his argument by contending that the federal principle allows for the exercise of advanced democratic practices within nation-states, permitting internal nations to openly affirm the bases of adherence to a common political project. At the same time, he argues that federalism nourishes the development of distinct collective traditions that serve to benefit all parties to the association. It is concluded that only in such a scenario will the elusive pursuit of an authentic and shared loyalty underpin multination states and ensure their stability, in contrast to the instrumental sentiments of belonging engendered by procedural territorial federal models. Focusing primarily on the Canadian case, this book also draws inspiration from other federal states (Belgium, the United States), as well as federalizing states (Spain, the United Kingdom). It will be of keen interest to students and scholars of Politics, European Studies, along with Nationalism and Federalism Studies.
Author : Reginald Whitaker
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Canada
ISBN : 9780773508415
Bringing together the best of Reg Whitaker's essays on democracy, federalism, and the state, A Sovereign Idea will be essential reading for anyone interested in the rise of the idea of democracy in Canada. The essays, each in its own way, are an attempt to discover how a more democratic Canada can be achieved.
Author : Jennifer Smith
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2011-11-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780774840583
Jennifer Smith argues that federalism is part of the democratic problem now; however, reformed, it can be part of the solution. Since theorists disagree on the democratic credentials of federalism, it is essential to look at how a real federal system operates. Smith examines the origins of Canadian federalism and its special features, then analyzes it in relation to the benchmarks of the Canadian Democratic Audit project: responsiveness, inclusiveness, and participation. Finding that Canadian federalism falls short on each benchmark, she recommends changes ranging from virtual regionalism to a Council of the Federation that includes Aboriginal representatives. Democracy is about more than the House of Commons or elections. It is also about federalism. This sparkling account of Canadian federalism is a must-read for students and scholars of Canadian politics, politicians and policymakers, and those who care about Canadian democracy.
Author : Donald V. Smiley
Publisher : Toronto ; London : Methuen
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Canada
ISBN : UCAL:$B577206
Author : Alain-G. Gagnon
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2009-06-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781442692527
First published in French in 2006, Le fédéralisme canadien contemporain was immediately recognised as the most comprehensive collection of reflections on Canadian federalism by leading Québécois scholars. This remarkable translation of a range of Québécois voices makes their insightful and underrepresented perspectives available to English-language audiences. Offering alternative views of the Canadian federal model's realities by covering its foundations, traditions, and institutions, Contemporary Canadian Federalism considers the ways in which federalism relates to issues such as regionalism, multiculturalism, rights and freedoms, financial distribution, and public policy. Filled with stimulating work that bridges the gap between distinctive traditions in English- and French-Canadian scholarship on federalism, this important volume is required reading for understanding provincial-federal relations and Canadian governance.
Author : Alan C. Cairns
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1992-02-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780773563278
Responding to the increasing diversity of the Canadian population -- and to an increasing sensitivity to historical diversities -- the 1982 Constitution Act amended the British North America Act and introduced the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, giving new powers to heterogeneous groups within the Canadian polity. These changes disturbed the equilibrium of an older, federalist Canada whose constitutional concerns were limited to the relative powers of federal and provincial governments and to French-English ethnic/linguistic questions. Cairns underlines the significance of international influences on the development of Canada's constitution, in particular the adoption of the Charter, and examines the constitution's role in shaping Canadians' civic identities and community conceptions. He argues that the constitution is a powerful mobilizing instrument that shapes the people subject to its authority. Canada is now populated by what Cairns calls "Charter Canadians," who see themselves as rights-bearers and tend to look to the federal government as the effective focus of political community. During the Meech Lake affair, the demands of Charter Canadians and politicized aboriginal peoples clashed with Quebec's constitutional aspirations as well as older élite accommodation politics. In addition to the Charter, the 1982 Constitution Act contained a new amending formula that contradicted the Charter's message that the rights of individuals precede those of governments. This formula gave a collective of federal and provincial governments a formal monopoly on constitutional change and encouraged the belief, refuted by the Meech Lake experience, that they could amend the constitution in terms of their own self-interest and announce the results as a fait accompli. The clash between the Charter and the amending formula is constitutionally destabilizing, Cairns argues, because these two parts of the same constitution are based on different understandings of the fundamental purpose of the constitution and for whose benefit it exists. The Meech Lake fiasco, having brought Canada to the brink of disaster, clearly indicates that Canada's future constitutional health depends not only on the reconciliation of Quebec with the rest of Canada but -- respectful of the Charter's message -- on a simultaneous constitutional rapprochement between citizens and governments in the process of constitutional reform.
Author : Garth Stevenson
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780773536326
In Unfulfilled Union Garth Stevenson examines such topics as the origins and objectives of Confederation And The BNA Act of 1867, The interpretation of Canada's federal constitution by the courts, The impact of economic regionalism and Quebec nationalism, financial relations between the federal and provincial levels of government, The consequences of federalism for economic policy, The sources of federal-provincial conflicts And The means to resolve them, And The lengthy but inconclusive efforts to reform the Canadian constitution through federal-provincial agreement - particularly since Quebec's Quiet Revolution in the 1960s. Although institutional factors such as the defects of the original constitution And The sometimes questionable interpretations of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council are given due attention, Stevenson emphasizes the political economy of Canada, including its relationship with the United States And The vitality of Quebec nationalism as the major reasons Canada has not achieved the same level of centralization and stability as other federations in the industrialized world. This updated edition of Unfulfilled Union includes a new chapter that discusses the extensive changes that have taken place in Canadian federalism since the previous edition was published in 2004.
Author : Rekha Saxena
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Canada
ISBN : UOM:39015057606868
This Anthology Of Papers By Some Leading Political Scientists In Canada And India, Including One From Germany, Perceptively Analyses The Canadian Federal Experience In Its Major Dimensions. This Book Would Be Of Interest To Comparativists, Indianists And Canadianists As Well As To The General Reading Public.
Author : J. Peter Meekison
Publisher : CNIB, [197-]
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Canada
ISBN : UVA:X000292078
