Table of Contents

Preface

Contributors

Part I. Citizenship and Identities

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

Part II. Institutions: The Constitution and Federalism

3. Constitutional Politics, Roger Gibbins
4. The Dynamics of Canadian Federalism, Richard Simeon, Ian Robinson, and Jennifer Wallner

5. Five Faces of Quebec: Shifting Small Worlds and Evolving Political Dynamics, Alain-G. Gagnon
6. The Rise (and Fall?) of Aboriginal Self-Government, Martin Papillon

Part III. Institutions: Executive, Parliament, Bureaucracy, Courts

7. Power at the Apex: Executive Dominance, Donald J. Savoie
8. Parliament: Making the Case for Relevance, David C. Docherty
9. Two Cheers for Bureaucracy: Canada's Public Service, Paul G. Thomas
10. Judicial Politics in the Age of the Charter, Raymond Bazowski

Part IV. Culture, Parties, Elections, Media

11. Political Culture(s) in Canada: Orientations to Politics in a Pluralist, Multicultural Federation, Allison Harell and Lyne Deschâtelets
12. Competing for Power: Parties and Elections in Canada, James Bickerton
13. The Limits to Democratic Reform in Canada, Brian Tanguay
14. Political Communication in Canada: Strategies and Tactics, Alex Marland

Part V. Groups, Movements, Gender, Diversity

15. Are Interest Groups Useful or Harmful? Take Two, Éric Montpetit
16. Of Pots and Pans and Radical Handmaids: Social Movements and Civil Society, Michael Orsini
17. Women (Not) in Politics: Women's Electoral Participation, Melanee Thomas and Lisa Young
18. Diversity in Canadian Politics, Yasmeen Abu-Laban

Part VI. Canada and the World

19. Canada in the World, Mark R. Brawley
20. The Canada-United States Relationship, Stephen Brooks
21. The Changing Nature of Like-Mindedness in Canadian Diplomacy, Andrew F. Cooper

Appendix: The Constitution Act, 1982
Index

Promotional Information

Once again, Bickerton and Gagnon have crafted the superior text in Canadian politics. Written by top scholars in their fields, this text delivers a balanced and refreshing account of the play of the institutional and social forces in Canadian political life. Canadian Politics is both required reading for students of Canadian politics and a rewarding read for engaged citizens. -- Janine Brodie, FRSC, Distinguished University Professor and Canada Research Chair in Political Economy and Social Governance, University of Alberta

About the Author

James Bickerton is a professor in the Department of Political Science at St. Francis Xavier University.
Alain-G. Gagnon is Canada Research Chair in Quebec and Canadian Studies and professor in the Department of Political Science at the Université du Québec à Montréal.