Contributed by some of Canada's leading political scientists, the 18 original essays of this well-respected collection present an accessible, rigorous, and balanced assessment of Canadian federalism today. New chapters on regionalism, Quebec, and immigration complement updated examinations of
such topics as fiscal federalism, the party system, Aboriginal politics, the urban agenda, and environmental policy, making this comprehensive and up-to-date volume an ideal introduction to Canadian federalism in the current political context.
Part I: The History, Institutions, and Processes of Canadian Federalism
1. Canadian Federalism: Performance, Effectiveness, and Legitimacy - Herman Bakvis and Grace Skogstad
2. The Political Economy of Regionalism and Federalism (NEW!) - Garth Stevenson
3. Quebec and the
Canadian Federation (NEW!) - David Cameron
4. Parliamentary Canada and Intergovernmental Canada: Exploring the Tensions - Richard Simeon and Amy Nugent
5. The Courts, the Constitution, and Dispute Resolution - Gerald Baier
6. Federalism, Political Parties, and the Burden of National
Unity: Still Making Federalism Do the Heavy Lifting? - Herman Bakvis and A. Brian Tanguay
Part II: The Social and Economic Union
7. Fiscal Federalism: Maintaining a Balance - Douglas M. Brown
8. The Three Federalisms Revisited: Social Policy and Intergovernmental Decision-Making -
Keith G. Banting
9. Health Care - Antonia Maioni
10. 'No-lateralism': Paradoxes in Early Childhood Education and Care Policy in the Canadian Federation - Martha Friendly and Linda A. White
11. International Trade and the Evolution of Canadian Federalism - Grace Skogstad
12.
Federalism and Economic Adjustment: Skills and Economic Development in the Face of Globalization - Rodney Haddow
13. Federalism and Climate Change Policy - Mark Winfield and Douglas Macdonald
14. Remaking Immigration: Asymmetric Decentralization and Canadian Federalism (NEW!) - Keith G.
Banting
Part III: Re-Imagining the Federation
15. Canadian Federalism and the Emerging Mosaic of Aboriginal Multi-Level Governance - Martin Papillon
16. The Urban Agenda - Andrew Sancton
17. Democratizing Executive Federalism: The Role of Non-Governmental Actors in
Intergovernmental Agreements - Julie Simmons
18. Conclusion: Taking Stock of Canadian Federalism - Grace Skogstad and Herman Bakvis
Companion website. Lists of relevant websites with links from Canadian government websites as well as related agencies, organizations, and ministries; includes links to the complete Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the Canadian Constitution, and various graphs and tables demonstrating
historical trends.
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Herman Bakvis has been a Professor of Public Administration at the University of Victoria since 2005. His teaching and research interests include federalism and intergovernmental relations, the policy process, and public sector governance. From 1990 to 1992 he was Research Coordinator with the
Royal Commission on Electoral Reform and Party Financing. He has held visiting appointments at the Australian National University, Queen's University, and the University of Saskatchewan. Prior to coming to the University of Victoria, he was on the faculty of Dalhousie University (1979-2005) as
professor in both Political Science and Public Administration and where he was professor and director of the School of Public Administration from 2000 to 2004. He has co-authored two OUP Canada titles: all three editions of Canadian Federalism (2001, 2007, 2012) and Contested Federalism (2008).
Grace Skogstad is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto. She is the former president of the Canadian Political Science Association and has written and contributed to a number of texts on Canadian politics, including Internationalization and Canadian Agriculture:
Policy and Governing Paradigms (2008), The Common Agricultural Policy (2009), Policy Paradigms: Transnational and Domestic Politics (2011), and all three editions of Canadian Federalism (2001, 2007, 2012).
Contested Federalism - Herman Bakvis, Gerald Baier and Douglas Brown
Canadian Democracy - Stephen Brooks
Making Sense in the Social Sciences - Margot Northey, Lorne Tepperman and Patrizia Albanese