An up-to-date collection of papers on the current state of Canadian federalism, this book is organized around three themes: performance, effectiveness, and legitimacy. It is intended as the core text for courses on Canadian federalism and intergovernmental relations and also may be useful to those interested in public policy and public administration.
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BAKVIS - BA (Queen's), MA, PhD (UBC). He is the author of Regional Ministers: Power and Influence in the Canadian Cabinet (UTP, 1991) and co-editor of The Hollow Crown: Countervailing Trends in Core Executives (Macmillan, 1997)(with P. Weller and R.A.W. Rhodes) as well as several articles on federalism, government organization, electoral systems and political parties, and policy capacity. In addition to federalism and labour market development, his research interests include party finance and electoral law and the role of think tanks and management consultants in the policy process. SKOGSTAD - is a graduate of teh University of Alberta (BA Hons, MA) and the University of British Columbia (PhD). currently a Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto, she has a long-standing interest in Canadian federalism and public policy. Her work has focused in particular on the interaction of intergovernmental relations and organized interests in shaping Canadian agricultural and trade policies. Among her publications are Policy Communities and Public Policy in Canada (with William D. Coleman) and several articles that explore the role of ideas, political institutions and policy networks, and internationalization in shaping agri-food policies in Canada, the United States, Australia, and the European Union.
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From the latter half of the nineteenth century to the beginning of the twenty-first, Canada's federal system has borne the lion's share of the burden of bringing together a linguistically and regionally diverse citizen body within the confines of a single nation-state. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
checkerboard federalism, harmonization accord, labour market development programs, collaborative federalism, equal provincial representation, executive federalism, provincial inability, intrastate federalism, federal spending power, environmental harmonization, provincial health care systems, federalism regime, federalization process, provincial consent, minority language communities, national child care program, child care advocates, harmonization initiative, labour market training, provincial participation, provincial involvement, shared regime, provincial spheres, equalization program, banking regime Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Supreme Court, Queen's University, British Columbia, Institute of Intergovernmental Relations, United States, House of Commons, Nova Scotia, University of Toronto Press, New Brunswick, New York, Royal Commission, First Nations, Constitution Act, Finance Canada, Howe Institute, Social Union Framework Agreement, Canada Assistance Plan, Canadian Journal of Political Science, European Community, Oxford University Press, Canadian Alliance, European Union, North America, Canada Health Act, Department of Finance New!
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From the latter half of the nineteenth century to the beginning of the twenty-first, Canada's federal system has borne the lion's share of the burden of bringing together a linguistically and regionally diverse citizen body within the confines of a single nation-state. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
checkerboard federalism, harmonization accord, labour market development programs, collaborative federalism, equal provincial representation, executive federalism, provincial inability, intrastate federalism, federal spending power, environmental harmonization, provincial health care systems, federalism regime, federalization process, provincial consent, minority language communities, national child care program, child care advocates, harmonization initiative, labour market training, provincial participation, provincial involvement, shared regime, provincial spheres, equalization program, banking regime Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Supreme Court, Queen's University, British Columbia, Institute of Intergovernmental Relations, United States, House of Commons, Nova Scotia, University of Toronto Press, New Brunswick, New York, Royal Commission, First Nations, Constitution Act, Finance Canada, Howe Institute, Social Union Framework Agreement, Canada Assistance Plan, Canadian Journal of Political Science, European Community, Oxford University Press, Canadian Alliance, European Union, North America, Canada Health Act, Department of Finance New!
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- Intergovernmental Relations (Collected Research Studies, 63) by Richard Simeon on 11 pages
- A Language Policy for the European Community: Prospects and Quandaries (Contributions to the Sociology of Language) by Florian Coulmas on 4 pages
- Language and Politics in the United States and Canada: Myths and Realities by Thomas K. Ricento on 4 pages
- Changing Politics of Canadian Social Policy by Michael J. Prince on page 23, and page 83
- Double Vision: The Inside Story of the Liberals in Power by Anthony Wilson-Smith on page 82, and page 136
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