Description
Book SynopsisFor this new edition, James Bickerton and Alain-G. Gagnon have organized the book into six parts. Part I covers the origins and foundation of Canada as a political entity while Part II focuses on government, parliament, and the courts. Part III examines matters pertaining to federalism and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Part IV casts some new light on electoral politics and political communications and Part V examines citizenship, diversity, and social movements. Part VI, the final section of the book, concentrates on a number of political issues that merit special attention on the part of political actors and decision makers, namely the evolving relationship between Canada and Indigenous peoples, immigration and refugees, environment and climate change, and relations between Canada and the United States.
This seventh edition of Canadian Politics includes 12 new chapters, with ten new contributing authors and coverage of six new subjects, and is essential
Table of Contents
Part I. Canadian Politics: Origins and Foundations 1. Understanding Canada’s Origins: Federalism, Multiculturalism, and the Will to Live Together Samuel V. LaSelva 2. The Canadian Political Regime from a Québec Perspective Guy Laforest and Alain-G. Gagnon Part II. Government, Parliament, and the Courts 3. The Centre Rules: Executive Dominance Donald J. Savoie 4. The House of Commons and Responsible Government Lori Turnbull 5. The Senate: A Late Blooming Chameleon Andrew Heard 6. The Civil Service Amanda Clarke 7. Interest Groups in Canada and in the United States: Evidence of Convergence Éric Montpetit and Graham Wilson Part III. Federalism and the Charter 8. Practices of Federalism in Canada Jennifer Wallner 9. Politics and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms Raymond Bazowski 10. Five Faces of Quebec: Shifting Small Worlds and Evolving Political Dynamics Alain-G. Gagnon 11. The Two Faces of Treaty Federalism Martin Papillon Part IV. Electoral Politics and Political Communication 12. Public Opinion and Political Cleavages in Canada Allison Harell, Laura Stephenson, and Lyne Deschatelêts 13. Parties and Elections: An End to Canadian Exceptionalism James Bickerton 14. Democratic Reform and the Vagaries of Partisan Politics in Canada Brian Tanguay 15. Media and Strategic Communication in Canadian Politics Alex Marland Part V. Citizenship and Diversity 16. Citizenship, Communities, and Identity in Canada Will Kymlicka 17. Diversity in Canadian Politics Yasmeen Abu-Laban 18. Of Pots and Pans and Radical Handmaids: Social Movements and Civil Society Michael Orsini 19. Acting In and On History: The Canadian Women’s Movement Jacquetta Newman Part VI. Contemporary Issues 20. The Relationship between Canada and Indigenous Peoples: Where Are We? Naiomi Walqwam Metallic 21. Immigration in Canada: From Low to High Politics Mireille Paquet 22. Canada and the Climate Policy Dilemma Debora VanNijnatten and Douglas Macdonald 23. Canada in the World Mark R. Brawley
