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The Oxford handbook of Canadian politics / edited by John C. Courtney, David E. Smith.
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Description
1 online resource (x, 558 pages) illustrations
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Subject(s)
Canada
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Politics and government
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Editor
Courtney, John C. (John Childs), 1936-
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Smith, David E., 1936-
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Library of Congress genre(s)
Handbooks and manuals
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Series
Oxford handbooks.
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[The Oxford handbooks series]
Summary note
'The Oxford Handbook of Canadian Politics' provides a comprehensive overview of the transformation that has occurred in Canadian politics since autonomy nearly a century ago examining the institutions and processes of Canadian government and politics at the local, provincial and federal levels.
Notes
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Source of description
Description based on print version record.
Language note
English
Contents
1. Transformation of an Unnatural Country / John C. Courtney and David E. Smith
Part I: The Constitutional Order
2. Constitution, Peter H. Russell
3. Courts / James B. Kelly and Christopher P. Manfredi
4. The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms / Janet L. Hiebert
Part II: Canadian Federalism
5. Canada: A Double Federation / David E. Smith
6. Québec / Alain Noël
7. Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations: Workhorse of the Federation / Harvey Lazar
8. Local Government / Andrew Sancton
Part III: Governing Institutions
9. Parliament and Legislatures: Central to Canadian Democracy? / Paul G. Thomas
10. First Ministers, Cabinet, and the Public Service / Donald J. Savoie
Part IV: Political Processes
11. Political Parties and the Practice of Brokerage Politics / R. Kenneth Carty and William Cross
12. Political Parties and the Electoral System / Richard Johnston
13. Challenge and Change: Elections and Voting / Elisabeth Gidengil --
14. The Deliberative and Adversarial Attitudes of Interest Groups / Éric Montpetit
15. Public Opinion and Public Policy / Stuart Soroka and Christopher Wlezien
16. Politics and the Media: Culture, Technology, and Regulation / Jonathan Rose and Paul Nesbitt-Larking
Part V: Canadian Society
17. Ethnic, Linguistic, and Multicultural Diversity of Canada / Will Kymlicka
18. Women in Canadian Politics / Brenda ÒNeill and Lisa Young
19. Beyond the 'Indian Problem': Aboriginal Peoples and The Transformation of Canada / David Newhouse and Yale Belanger
Part VI: Canada in the World
20. Canada and the World: Beyond Middle Power / Jennifer M. Welsh
21. Canada-United States Relations / Stephen Brooks
22. Trade, Globalization, and Canadian Prosperity / Michael Hart
Part VII: Major Issues of the Twenty-first Century
23. Continuities and Change in the Design of Canada's Social Architecture / Jane Jenson
24. Health Care / Gregory P. Marchildon --
25. Science and Technology: Politicians and the Public / Grace Skogstad
26. Canadian Environmental Politics and Policy / Michael Howlett and Sima Joshi-Koop
27. Defence and Security / Elinor Sloan
28. Democratic Reform: The Search for Guiding Principles / F. Leslie Seidle.
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Handbook of Canadian politics
Canadian politics
ISBN
9780199714957
0199714959
9780199892204
0199892202
LCCN
2009023189
OCLC
666364231
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