Description
Book SynopsisThis volume is the first sustained attempt to describe, analyze, and assess the “comparative turn” in Canadian political science.
Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments
Part 1: Establishing Benchmarks
1 Introduction: The Comparative Turn in Canadian Political Science / Robert Vipond
2 A Quantitative Analysis of the Comparative Turn in Canadian Political Science / Éric Montpetit
Part 2: Multiculturalism, Diversity, and Rights: Canada’s Comparative Advantage
3 Is Canadian Multiculturalism Parochial? Canadian Contributions to Theorizing Justice and Ethnocultural Diversity / Andrew M. Robinson
4 Canada as Counternarrative: Multiculturalism, Recognition, and Redistribution / Keith G. Banting
5 Canada’s Contribution to the Comparative Study of Rights and Judicial Review / Ran Hirschl
6 Marketing Canadian Pluralism in the International Arena / Will Kymlicka
Part 3: Federalism and Multilevel Governance: Canada’s Comparative Resurgence
7 Is the Secret to Have a Good Dentist? Canadian Contributions to the Study of Federalism in Divided Societies / Martin Papillon
8 Working around the American Model: Canadian Federalism and the European Union / Thomas O. Hueglin
9 Empirical Evidence and Pragmatic Explanations: Canada’s Contributions to Comparative Federalism / Jennifer Wallner
Part 4: Political Parties and Public Policy: Canada’s Comparative Potential
10 What’s So Bad about Cultivating Our Own Theoretical Gardens? The Study of Political Parties in Canada / A. Brian Tanguay
11 Canadian Voting Behaviour in Comparative Perspective / James Farney and Renan Levine
12 Policy Networks and Policy Communities: Conceptualizing State-Societal Relationships in the Policy Process / Grace Skogstad
13 How Can Comparative Political Economy Explain Variable Change? Lessons for, and from, Canada / Rodney Haddow
Conclusion: Are We on the Right Track? / Alan C. Cairns
Notes
References
Contributors
Index
