A Short History of the State in Canada (Themes in Canadian History)

Heaman, E. A.

University of Toronto Press（2015/10発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 296 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781442637078
• DDC分類 971

Full Description

A concise, elegant survey of a complex aspect of Canadian history, A Short History of the State in Canada examines the theory and reality of governance within Canada's distinctive political heritage: a combination of Indigenous, French, and British traditions, American statism and anti-statism, and diverse, practical experiments and experiences.

E.A. Heaman takes the reader through the development of the state in both principle and practice, examining Indigenous forms of government before European contact; the interplay of French and British colonial institutions before and after the Conquest of New France; the creation of the nineteenth-century liberal state; and, finally, the rise and reconstitution of the modern social welfare state. Moving beyond the history of institutions to include the development of political cultures and social politics, A Short History of the State in Canada is a valuable introduction to the topic for political scientists, historians, and anyone interested in Canada's past and present.

Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1: In the Absence of the State

Chapter 2: The Ancien-RÉgime State

Chapter 3: The Liberal State in the Nineteenth Century

Chapter 4: The People's State in the Twentieth Century

Conclusion