Canadian Politics, Sixth Edition
6th Edition
Published on 31. March 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
277 pages
978-1-4426-0703-3 (ISBN)
Description
The sixth edition of Canadian Politics offers a comprehensive introduction to Canadian government and politics by a highly respected group of political scientists. For this edition, the editors have organized the book into six parts. Part I examines Canadian citizenship and political identities, while Parts II and III deal with Canadian political institutions, including Aboriginal governments, and contain new chapters on the public service and Quebec. Parts IV and V shift the focus to the political process, discussing issues pertaining to culture and values, parties and elections, media, groups, movements, gender, and diversity. The chapters on Parliament, bureaucracy, political culture, political communications, social movements, and media are new to this edition. Finally, three chapters in the last section of the book analyze components of Canadian politics that have been gaining prominence during the last decade: the effects of globalization, the shifting ground of Canadian-American relations, and the place of Canada in the changing world order. Of the 21 chapters in this edition, 9 are new and the remainder have been thoroughly revised and updated.
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Edition
6th New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Toronto
Canada
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
720 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4426-0703-3 (9781442607033)
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Previous edition
James Bickerton | Alain G. Gagnon
Canadian Politics, Fifth Edition
Book
08/2009
5th Edition
University of Toronto Press
€67.11
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Persons
James Bickerton is a professor in the Department of Political Science at St. Francis Xavier University.
Alain-G. Gagnon is Canada Research Chair in Quebec and Canadian Studies and professor in the Department of Political Science at the Universite du Quebec a Montreal.
Alain-G. Gagnon is Canada Research Chair in Quebec and Canadian Studies and professor in the Department of Political Science at the Universite du Quebec a Montreal.
Content
Preface
Contributors
Part I. Citizenship and Identities
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
Part II. Institutions: The Constitution and Federalism
3. Constitutional Politics, Roger Gibbins
4. The Dynamics of Canadian Federalism, Richard Simeon, Ian Robinson, and Jennifer Wallner
5. Five Faces of Quebec: Shifting Small Worlds and Evolving Political Dynamics, Alain-G. Gagnon
6. The Rise (and Fall?) of Aboriginal Self-Government, Martin Papillon
Part III. Institutions: Executive, Parliament, Bureaucracy, Courts
7. Power at the Apex: Executive Dominance, Donald J. Savoie
8. Parliament: Making the Case for Relevance, David C. Docherty
9. Two Cheers for Bureaucracy: Canada's Public Service, Paul G. Thomas
10. Judicial Politics in the Age of the Charter, Raymond Bazowski
Part IV. Culture, Parties, Elections, Media
11. Political Culture(s) in Canada: Orientations to Politics in a Pluralist, Multicultural Federation, Allison Harell and Lyne Deschatelets
12. Competing for Power: Parties and Elections in Canada, James Bickerton
13. The Limits to Democratic Reform in Canada, Brian Tanguay
14. Political Communication in Canada: Strategies and Tactics, Alex Marland
Part V. Groups, Movements, Gender, Diversity
15. Are Interest Groups Useful or Harmful? Take Two, Eric Montpetit
16. Of Pots and Pans and Radical Handmaids: Social Movements and Civil Society, Michael Orsini
17. Women (Not) in Politics: Women's Electoral Participation, Melanee Thomas and Lisa Young
18. Diversity in Canadian Politics, Yasmeen Abu-Laban
Part VI. Canada and the World
19. Canada in the World, Mark R. Brawley
20. The Canada-United States Relationship, Stephen Brooks
21. The Changing Nature of Like-Mindedness in Canadian Diplomacy, Andrew F. Cooper
Appendix: The Constitution Act, 1982
Index
Contributors
Part I. Citizenship and Identities
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
Part II. Institutions: The Constitution and Federalism
3. Constitutional Politics, Roger Gibbins
4. The Dynamics of Canadian Federalism, Richard Simeon, Ian Robinson, and Jennifer Wallner
5. Five Faces of Quebec: Shifting Small Worlds and Evolving Political Dynamics, Alain-G. Gagnon
6. The Rise (and Fall?) of Aboriginal Self-Government, Martin Papillon
Part III. Institutions: Executive, Parliament, Bureaucracy, Courts
7. Power at the Apex: Executive Dominance, Donald J. Savoie
8. Parliament: Making the Case for Relevance, David C. Docherty
9. Two Cheers for Bureaucracy: Canada's Public Service, Paul G. Thomas
10. Judicial Politics in the Age of the Charter, Raymond Bazowski
Part IV. Culture, Parties, Elections, Media
11. Political Culture(s) in Canada: Orientations to Politics in a Pluralist, Multicultural Federation, Allison Harell and Lyne Deschatelets
12. Competing for Power: Parties and Elections in Canada, James Bickerton
13. The Limits to Democratic Reform in Canada, Brian Tanguay
14. Political Communication in Canada: Strategies and Tactics, Alex Marland
Part V. Groups, Movements, Gender, Diversity
15. Are Interest Groups Useful or Harmful? Take Two, Eric Montpetit
16. Of Pots and Pans and Radical Handmaids: Social Movements and Civil Society, Michael Orsini
17. Women (Not) in Politics: Women's Electoral Participation, Melanee Thomas and Lisa Young
18. Diversity in Canadian Politics, Yasmeen Abu-Laban
Part VI. Canada and the World
19. Canada in the World, Mark R. Brawley
20. The Canada-United States Relationship, Stephen Brooks
21. The Changing Nature of Like-Mindedness in Canadian Diplomacy, Andrew F. Cooper
Appendix: The Constitution Act, 1982
Index