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Title

Canada's century : governance in a maturing society : essays in honour of John Meisel / edited by C.E.S. Franks[and others].

Publication

Montréal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 1995.

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Additional Authors

• Franks, C. E. S.
• Meisel, John.

Description

viii, 369 pages; 24 cm

Summary

• In 1991 some of Canada's pre-eminent political scientists gathered at a conference in honour of John Meisel, one of Canada's foremost political scientists. In this collection of essays presented at the conference, contributors explore a range of key issues in Canadian politics at the close of the twentieth century.
• Governance, Quebec's place in Canada, French-English relations, multiculturalism, the party system, electoral processes, the regulatory function, and aspects of culture and social science are among the topics addressed. Contributors include Gerard Bergeron, Edwin R. Black, Alan Cairns, R. K. Carty, Leon Dion, O. P. Dwivedi, Iain Gow, C. E. S. Franks, William P. Irvine, Jane Jenson, Jean Laponce, Vincent Lemieux, Peter Leslie, Liora Salter, Richard Schultz, Richard Simeon, H. G. Thorburn, and V.
• Seymour Wilson. Together the essays provide a comprehensive survey of modern Canadian political thought.

Subject

• Meisel, John > Congresses
• Canada > Politics and government > 20th century > Congresses

Note

• Includes some text in French.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

• Introduction / C. E. S. Franks and J. E. Hodgetts -- 1. Globalization, Domestic Societies, and Governance / Richard Simeon -- 2. The Constitutional World We Have Lost / Alan C. Cairns -- 3. Representation and Policy-Making in Canada / C. E. S. Franks -- 4. Propos desabuses d'un federaliste fatigue / Leon Dion -- 5. Qui a peur ... du monstre du Lac Meech? / Gerard Bergeron -- 6. Canada's Dilemmas and Public Opinion / William P. Irvine -- 7. Separating the Cultural from the Economic for Quebec and Canada / Jean Laponce -- 8. Canada's Evolving Multicultural Policy / V. Seymour Wilson -- 9. On the Road Again: "The Stalled Omnibus" Revisited / R. K. Carty -- 10. Prime Minister, Party, and Policy / H. G. Thorburn -- 11. The Costs of Political Elitism / Jane Jenson -- 12. Stabilite, changement et instabilite dans les systemes de partis / Vincent Lemieux -- 13. Paradigm Lost: Explaining the Canadian Politics of Deregulation / Richard Schultz --
• 14. Accountability and Capture of Agencies: Proposals for Change / Liora Salter -- 15. Reflections on an Administrative Tribunal / O. P. Dwivedi -- 16. Intuition and Reason in Social Science and Action / J. I. Gow -- 17. The Bias of Communications and Their Technologies / Edwin R. Black -- 18. The Most Important Phenomenon in Politics / Peter M. Leslie.

ISBN

0773512934 :

LCCN

cn 95900289

OCLC

ocm32387146

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries