Contemporary Canadian Federalism : : Foundations, Traditions, Institutions / / Alain-G. Gagnon.

• VerfasserIn: Gagnon, Alain-G.,
• MitwirkendeR: Brady, Marie-Joie,; Burgess, Michael,; Cardinal, Linda,; Caron, Jean-François,; Chevrier, Marc,; Facal, Joseph,; Fortin, Sarah,; Gagnon, Alain-G.,; Karmis, Dimitrios,; Laforest, Guy,; Lajoie, Andrée,; McRoberts, Kenneth,; Noël, Alain,; Papillon, Martin,; Pelletier, Benoît,; Rocher, François,; Seymour, Michel,; Thériault, Luc,; Turgeon, Luc,; Vaillancourt, Yves,; Vallières-Roland, Catherine,; Woehrling, José,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2018]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (500 p.)

First published in French in 2006, Le fédéralisme canadien contemporain was immediately recognised as the most comprehensive collection of reflections on Canadian federalism by leading Québécois scholars. This remarkable translation of a range of Québécois voices makes their insightful and underrepresented perspectives available to English-language audiences. Offering alternative views of the Canadian federal model's realities by covering its foundations, traditions, and institutions, Contemporary Canadian Federalism considers the ways in which federalism relates to issues such as regionalism, multiculturalism, rights and freedoms, financial distribution, and public policy. Filled with stimulating work that bridges the gap between distinctive traditions in English- and French-Canadian scholarship on federalism, this important volume is required reading for understanding provincial-federal relations and Canadian governance.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: Intersecting Perspectives on Canadian Federalism -- Part 1: Foundations and Traditions -- 1. The Idea of Federalism among the Founding Fathers of the United States and Canada -- 2. The Multiple Voices of the Federal Tradition and the Turmoil of Canadian Federalism -- Part 2: Canadian Federalism -- 3. The Quebec-Canada Dynamic or the Negation of the Ideal of Federalism -- 4. Canada's Federative Deficit -- 5. Federalism in Canada: Provinces and Minorities - Same Fight -- 6. On Not Finding Our Way: The Illusory Reform of the Canadian Federation -- 7. Conflicting National Identities and Federalism: A Quebec Perspective on the Change Occurring in Canada's Political System -- 8. The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and Its Consequences for Political and Democratic Life and the Federal System -- Part 3: Federal-Provincial and Intergovernmental Relations in Canada -- 9. Taking Stock of Asymmetrical Federalism in an Era of Exacerbated Centralization -- 10. Balance and Imbalance in the Division of Financial Resources -- 11. From the Canadian Social Union to the Federal Social Union of Canada, 1990-2006 -- 12. Social Economy, Social Policy, and Federalism in Canada -- 13. Cities within the Canadian Intergovernmental System -- Part 4: Federalism and Management of Diversity -- 14. Citizenship and Federalism in Canada: A Difficult Relationship -- 15. Towards Postcolonial Federalism? The Challenges of Aboriginal Self- Determination in the Canadian Context -- 16. Managing Diversity in Federal States: Conceptual Lenses and Comparative Perspectives -- 17. Asymmetries in Canada and Spain -- Appendix: The Future of Quebec within the Canadian Federation -- Contributors