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Canadian federalism : past, present, and future

Title
Canadian federalism : past, present, and future / edited by Michael Burgess.
Publication
Leicester ; New York : Leicester University Press, 1990.

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Additional Authors
Burgess, Michael, 1949-
Description
ix, 211 pages; 24 cm
Summary
"This volume of essays grew out of a conference on `Canadian federalism: past present and future' that was held at the Centre for Federal Studies, Leicester University in September 1988"--Acknowledg.
Series Statement
Studies in federalism
Uniform Title
Studies in federalism (Leicester, England)
Subject
  • Geschichte 1867
  • Federal government > Canada > History
  • Federal government > Canada
  • Fédéralisme
  • Politique gouvernementale
  • Histoire
  • Perspectives politiques
  • Federal government
  • Föderalismus
  • Constitutional law
  • Canada
  • Canada
  • Kanada
Genre/Form
  • History.
  • Kongress.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: competing perspectives of Canadian federalism / Michael Burgess -- Federal societies and the founding of federal states: an examination of the origins of Canadian Confederation / Ronald Wagenberg, Walter Soderlund, Ralph Nelson and Donald Briggs -- The jurisdictional pendulum within Canadian federalism, 1867-1980 / Peter A. Russell -- Canadian imperialism as nationalism: the legacy and significance of the imperial federation movement in Canada / Michael Burgess -- Perennial alienation: the prairie West in the Canadian federation / David E. Smith -- Quebec-Canada relations: the engineering of constitutional arrangements / Alain G. Gagnon -- Atlantic Canada: the dynamics of dependence in a federal system / James Bickerton -- The Canadian Parliament and the federal system / Michael Rush -- The Macdonald Commission and Canadian federalism / Ronald L. Watts -- The Meech Lake Accord in historical perspective / Lloyd Brown-John -- Past, present and future / Michael Burgess.
ISBN
  • 0718513347
  • 9780718513344
LCCN
91142607
OCLC
  • ocm23942198
  • 23942198
  • SCSB-1895584
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library