Canadian Politics, Fifth Edition
5th Edition
Published on 1. August 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
416 pages
978-1-4426-0121-5 (ISBN)
Description
The new fifth edition of Canadian Politics continues the work of earlier editions in offering a comprehensive introduction to Canadian government and politics by a widely recognized and highly respected group of political scientists writing about subjects on which they are acknowledged experts. For this edition, the editors have organized the book into four sections: Part I: Citizenship, Identities, and Values; Part II: Institutions; Part III: Democracy and Representation; and Part IV: Canada in the World. The fourth section develops a focus on the diverse and increasingly important influences of globalization on the Canadian polity, the environment, and the role of Canada in the world. Of the eighteen chapters, nine are completely new, and six new authors appear, including Martin Papillon on Aboriginal governments, Peter J. Stoett on Canadian international environmental policy, and Andrew F. Cooper on Afghanistan and Canadian foreign policy. The remaining chapters have been thoroughly revised and updated.
More details
Edition
5th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Toronto
Canada
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 153 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
540 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4426-0121-5 (9781442601215)
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James Bickerton | Alain-G. Gagnon
Canadian Politics, Sixth Edition
Book
03/2014
6th Edition
University of Toronto Press
€73.23
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Persons
James Bickerton is Professor of Political Science at St. Francis Xavier University. His books include, as author, Nova Scotia, Ottawa and the Politics of Regional Development; as co-author, Ties That Bind: Parties and Voters in Canada and Freedom, Equality, Community: The Political Philosophy of Six Influential Canadians; and most recently, as co-editor, Governing: Essays in Honour of Donald J. Savoie. Alain-G. Gagnon is a professor and the Canada Research Chair in Quebec and Canadian Studies in the Department of Political Science at the Universite du Quebec a Montreal. He is the author or editor of more than fifty books. His most recent works include the sixth edition of Canadian Politics (with James Bickerton), Federalism, Citizenship, and Quebec (with Raffaele Iacovino), and Contemporary Canadian Federalism: Foundations, Traditions, Institutions.
Content
Preface Notes on Contributors Part I: Citizenship, Identities, and Values 1. Understanding Canada's Origins: Federalism, Multiculturalism, and the Will to Live Together, Samuel V. LaSelva 2. Citizenship, Communities, and Identity in Canada, Will Kymlicka 3. Canadian Political Culture, Stephen Brooks 4. Regions and Regionalism, James Bickerton & Alain-G. Gagnon Part II: Institutions 5. Constitutional Politics, Roger Gibbins 6. Power at the Apex: Executive Dominance, Donald J. Savoie 7. Canada's Minority Parliament, Jennifer Smith 8. The Dynamics of Canadian Federalism, Richard Simeon & Ian Robinson 9. The (Re)Emergence of Aboriginal Governments, Martin Papillon 10. The Judiciary and the Charter, Raymond Bazowski Part III: Democracy and Representation 11. Reforming Representative Democracy: Taming the "Democratic Deficit", A. Brian Tanguay 12. Representation and Political Parties, William Cross 13. Are Interest Groups Useful or Harmful? Eric Montpetit 14. Women (Not) in Politics: Women's Electoral Participation, Lisa Young 15. Diversity in Canadian Politics, Yasmeen Abu-Laban Part IV: Canada in the World 16. Globalization and Canada, Mark R. Brawley 17. Canadian International Environmental Policy: Context and Directions, Peter J. Stoett 18. Redefining the Core Ingredients of Canadian Foreign Policy: Afghanistan as the Main Game, Andrew F. Cooper Appendix: The Constitution Act, 1982 Index