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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.

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"Reg Whitaker has emerged as an important Canadian political scientist of his generation ... These essays can be taken as faithfully reflecting the nature of his thinking and its evolution ... Certain pieces are particularly innovative ... [and] the scholarship is of a consistently high standard." Philip Resnick, Department of Political Science, University of British Columbia.

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      Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 05/11/1991
      ISBN13: 9780773508781, 978-0773508781
      ISBN10: 773508783

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      Book Synopsis
      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.

      Trade Review
      "Reg Whitaker has emerged as an important Canadian political scientist of his generation ... These essays can be taken as faithfully reflecting the nature of his thinking and its evolution ... Certain pieces are particularly innovative ... [and] the scholarship is of a consistently high standard." Philip Resnick, Department of Political Science, University of British Columbia.

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