The Oxford Handbook of Canadian Politics provides a comprehensive overview ofthe transformation that has occurred in Canadian politics since it acheived autonomy nearly a century ago, examining the institutions and processes of Canadian government and politics at the local, provincial and federal levels. It analyzes all aspects of the Canadian political system: the courts, elections, political parties, Parliament, the constitution, fiscal and political federalism, the diffusion of policies between regions, and various aspects of public policy. INDICE: About the Contributors; Preface; Part I Introduction; 1.: Transformation of an Unnatural Country; John C. Courtney and David E. Smith; Part II The Constitutional Order ; 2.: Constitution; Peter H. Russell; 3.: Courts; James B. Kelly and Christopher P. Manfredi; 4.: The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms; Janet L. Hiebert; Part III Canadian Federalism; 5.: Canada: A Double Federation; David E. Smith; 6.: Québec; Alain Noël; 7.: IntergovernmentalFiscal Relations: Workhorse of the Federation; Harvey Lazar; 8.: Local Government; Andrew Sancton; Part IV Governing Institutions; 9.: Parliament and Legislatures: Central to Canadian Democracy?; Paul G. Thomas; 10.: First Ministers,Cabinet, and the Public Service; Donald J. Savoie; Part V Political Processes; 11.: Political Parties and the Practice of Brokerage Politics; R. Kenneth Carty and William Cross; 12.: Political Parties and the Electoral System Richard Johnston; 13.: Challenge and Change: Elections and Voting; Elisabeth Gidengil; 14.: The Deliberative and Adversarial Attitudes of Interest Groups; Éric Montpetit; 15.: Public Opinion and Public Policy; Stuart Soroka and Christopher Wlezien; 16.: Politics and the Media: Culture, Technology, and Regulation; Jonathan Rose and Paul Nesbitt-Larking; Part VI Canadian Society; 17.: Ethnic, Linguistic, and Multicultural Diversity of Canada; Will Kymlicka; 18.: Women in Canadian Politics; Brenda O'Neill and Lisa Young; 19.: Beyond the 'Indian Problem':; Aboriginal Peoples and The Transformation of Canada; David Newhouse andYale Belanger; Part VII Canada in the World; 20.: Canada and the World: Beyond Middle Power; Jennifer M. Welsh; 21.: Canada-United States Relations; Stephen Brooks; 22.: Trade, Globalization, and Canadian Prosperity; Michael Hart; Part VIII Major Issues of the Twenty-first Century; 23.: Continuities and Changein the Design of Canada's Social Architecture; Jane Jenson; 24.: Health Care;Gregory P. Marchildon; 25.: Science and Technology: Politicians and the Public; Grace Skogstad; 26.: Canadian Environmental Politics and Policy Michael Howlett and Sima Joshi-Koop; 27.: Defence and Security; Elinor Sloan; 28.: Democratic Reform: The Search for Guiding Principles; F. Leslie Seidle; Index; List of Tables and Figures
- ISBN: 978-0-19-533535-4
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 568
- Fecha Publicación: 29/04/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés