{"product_id":"provinces-9781442633995","title":"Provinces","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProvinces is now established as the most comprehensive yet accessible exploration of Canadian provincial politics and government.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Christopher Dunn's Provinces has long been an invaluable instructional tool for anyone teaching courses on various aspects of Canadian provincial politics. Bringing together an impressive cast of new and established scholars, the third edition improves appreciably on what was already a first-rate collection, with accessible and theoretically informed chapters exploring the patterns of democracy and public policy at the provincial level. Provinces will undoubtedly remain an essential teaching resource for years to come.\" -- Brian Tanguay, Wilfrid Laurier University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations   Acknowledgements   Introduction       Part One: Surveying Provincial Political Landscapes      1. Provincial Political Cultures, Nelson Wiseman   2. Political Developments in the Provinces, 2005-2015, Rand Dyck   3. Province-Building and Canadian Political Science, Matt Wilder and Michael Howlett   4. Variation in Women's Status across the Provinces, 1999-2014, Brenda O'Neill      Part Two: Democracy, Provincial Style      5. Partisan Competition in the Canadian Provinces, David K. Stewart, Anthony Sayers, and R. Kenneth Carty   6. Provincial Election Finance Laws, Heather MacIvor   7. Centrism, Ideological Polarization, and the Canadian Provincial Voter, David McGrane   8. Plurality Voting and Comparative Systemic Failure since 1956, Alan Siaroff   9. Provincial and Territorial Political Data Since 1900, Alan Siaroff      Part Three: Provincial Structures and Processes      10. What Is the Constitution of a Province?, Justice Malcolm Rowe and J. Michael Collins   11. Premiers and Cabinets, Christopher Dunn   12. Evaluating Provincial and Territorial Legislatures, Paul Thomas and Graham White   13. Provincial Judicial Systems, Peter McCormick   14. Converging Provincial Public Services, Ken Rasmussen      Part Four: Provincial Public Policy      15. The Provinces and Health Policy, Katherine Fierlbeck   16. Social Policy in Canada's Multiple Welfare States, Michael J. Prince   17. The Provinces and Climate Policy, Kathryn Harrison and Tyler Bryant   18. Labour-Market Policies in the Provinces, Morley Gunderson and Rafael Gomez       Glossary   Contributors","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53187498279255,"sku":"9781442633995","price":37.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/provinces-9781442633995","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}