Canadian Politics, Fifth Edition

Table of contents

Preface

Notes on Contributors

Part I: Citizenship, Identities, and Values

1. Understanding Canada's Origins: Federalism, Multiculturalism, and the Will to Live Together, Samuel V. LaSelva
2. Citizenship, Communities, and Identity in Canada, Will Kymlicka
3. Canadian Political Culture, Stephen Brooks
4. Regions and Regionalism, James Bickerton & Alain-G. Gagnon

Part II: Institutions

5. Constitutional Politics, Roger Gibbins
6. Power at the Apex: Executive Dominance, Donald J. Savoie
7. Canada's Minority Parliament, Jennifer Smith
8. The Dynamics of Canadian Federalism, Richard Simeon & Ian Robinson
9. The (Re)Emergence of Aboriginal Governments, Martin Papillon
10. The Judiciary and the Charter, Raymond Bazowski

Part III: Democracy and Representation

11. Reforming Representative Democracy: Taming the "Democratic Deficit", A. Brian Tanguay
12. Representation and Political Parties, William Cross
13. Are Interest Groups Useful or Harmful? Éric Montpetit
14. Women (Not) in Politics: Women's Electoral Participation, Lisa Young
15. Diversity in Canadian Politics, Yasmeen Abu-Laban

Part IV: Canada in the World

16. Globalization and Canada, Mark R. Brawley
17. Canadian International Environmental Policy: Context and Directions, Peter J. Stoett
18. Redefining the Core Ingredients of Canadian Foreign Policy: Afghanistan as the Main Game, Andrew F. Cooper

Appendix: The Constitution Act, 1982

Index

Description

The new fifth edition of Canadian Politics continues the work of earlier editions in offering a comprehensive introduction to Canadian government and politics by a widely recognized and highly respected group of political scientists writing about subjects on which they are acknowledged experts. For this edition, the editors have organized the book into four sections: Part I: Citizenship, Identities, and Values; Part II: Institutions; Part III: Democracy and Representation; and Part IV: Canada in the World. The fourth section develops a focus on the diverse and increasingly important influences of globalization on the Canadian polity, the environment, and the role of Canada in the world.

Of the eighteen chapters, nine are completely new, and six new authors appear, including Martin Papillon on Aboriginal governments, Peter J. Stoett on Canadian international environmental policy, and Andrew F. Cooper on Afghanistan and Canadian foreign policy. The remaining chapters have been thoroughly revised and updated.