Federalism and Political Community : : Essays in Honour of Donald Smiley / / ed. by David Shugarman, Reginald Whitaker.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
• MitwirkendeR: Bell, David,; Black, Edwin R.,; Boase, Joan,; Brodie, Janine,; Cairns, Alan,; Clarkson, Stephen,; Dupre, J. Stefan,; Fletcher, Fred,; Fletcher, Martha,; Gibbins, Roger,; Greene, Jan,; Hogg, Peter,; Mallory, James,; McRoberts, Kenneth,; Russell, Peter,; Shugarman, David P.,; Simeon, Richard,; Smiley, Donald,; Smith, David,; Stevenson, Garth,; Taylor, Malcolm,; Thorburn, Hugh,; Verney, Douglas,; Watts, Ronald,; Whitaker, Reg,
• HerausgeberIn: Shugarman, David ,; Whitaker, Reginald,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]; ©1989
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Heritage
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (488 p.)

This volume combines 24 essays by a remarkable group of leading Canadian political scientists. Covering such topics as regionalism, the role of the state in Canadian life, bilingualism, the constitution and the charter of rights, communications policy and the role of the media in politics, the book offers a fully rounded picture of Canadian politics as the 1980s draw to a close. The occasion that inspired this remarkable meeting of minds was a conference at York University in honour of David Smiley, who for over two generations has exerted enormous influence, both through his teaching and through his many writings, on the way in which Canadians view their political system. The book includes four essays on Smiley and the importance of his work, an address by Smiley himself, and a full bibliography of his writings.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- Smiley's People -- HISTORY AND ITS CONSEQUENCES -- The Origins of Co-operative Federalism -- The Concept of the Region in Canadian Politics -- Vive le Quebec Libre! or Putting the Leader Back In -- THE ROLE OF THE STATE IN CANADIAN LIFE -- Health Insurance: the Roller-Coaster in Federal-Provincial Relations -- The Political Culture of Problem-Solving and Public Policy -- POLITICAL COMMUNITY AND POLITICAL TRADITIONS -- Political Science, Ethnicity, and the Canadian Constitution -- Making Canada Bilingual: Illusions and Delusions of Federal Language Policy -- Federalism, Pluralism, and the Canadian Community -- Incorporating Canada's Other Political Tradition -- The Meech Lake Accord -- THE CONSTITUTION AND THE CHARTER OF RIGHTS -- The Supreme Court and the Charter: A Question of Legitimacy -- Canadian Constitutionalism and the Sequel to the Meech Lake/Langevin Accord -- Federalism Fights the Charter of Rights -- The Myths of Legislative and Constitutional Supremacy -- The Courts as Arbiters of Social Values -- Ideology and the Charter -- Rights in a 'Free and Democratic Society': Abortion -- MASS COMMUNICATION AND POLITICS -- 'Going Public': Mass Communications and Executive Federalism -- Broadcasting in the Federation: National Power, Divided Purpose -- Federalism and Communications Policy: Communications and Confederation Revisited -- DONALD SMILEY AND THE STUDY OF FEDERALISM -- We Are All Smiley's People -- The Interplay of Political Institutions and Political Communities -- Executive Federalism: The Comparative Perspective -- POSTFACE -- On Political Science and Political Power -- APPENDIX -- Bihliography of the Works of Donald Smiley