Democracy in Canada
The Disintegration of Our Institutions
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Erschienen am 2. September 2019
505 Seiten
978-0-2280-0040-2 (ISBN)
Beschreibung
Arguing that Canadians must reconsider the origins of their country in order to understand why change is difficult and why they continue to embrace regional identities, Democracy in Canada explains how Canada's national institutions were shaped by British historical experiences, and why there was little effort to bring Canadian realities into the mix.
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Savoie Donald J.:
Donald J. Savoie holds the Canada Research Chair in Public Administration and Governance (Tier 1) at the Université de Moncton and is the author of several books.Donald J. Savoie is the Canada Research Chair in public administration and governance at the Université de Moncton and the author of numerous books including What Is Government Good At? A Canadian Answer and Whatever Happened to the Music Teacher? How Government Decides and Why.
Donald J. Savoie holds the Canada Research Chair in Public Administration and Governance (Tier 1) at the Université de Moncton and is the author of several books.Donald J. Savoie is the Canada Research Chair in public administration and governance at the Université de Moncton and the author of numerous books including What Is Government Good At? A Canadian Answer and Whatever Happened to the Music Teacher? How Government Decides and Why.
Inhalt
- Cover
- Democracy in Canada
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- PART ONE THE CONTEXT
- 1 Understanding Democracy
- 2 Understanding the Roots of Canadian Democracy
- 3 Canada: Setting, People, and Culture
- 4 Canada Then
- 5 Canadian Federalism Now
- 6 Everything Canadian Is Regional, Except National Political Institutions
- PART TWO THE CHANGING FACE OF CANADIAN DEMOCRACY
- 7 Getting Elected: The Deinstitutionalization of Political Parties
- 8 The Commons: The Institution That Fails
- 9 The Senate: The Institution That Never Was
- 10 The Cabinet: The Institution That Once Was
- 11 The Media: The Lost Institution
- 12 A Nowhere Man, in a Nowhere Land: Public Servants Now Operate in Two Institutions
- 13 The Public Service: An Institution with Six Goalies
- 14 New Forces above the Fault Line
- PART THREE WHY AND WHAT NOW?
- 15 Is Canadian Democracy Failing?
- 16 Looking Ahead
- Notes
- Index
