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Canadian Government and Politics delivers an up-to-date and concise introduction to Canada's political institutions, processes, and issues. The text integrates theory, history, Census data, and current affairs to give students an orderly picture of the wide-ranging landscape of Canadian government and politics. This seventh edition includes coverage and analysis of the 2019 general election, as well as a preview of the new Canadian government. It also adds exciting material on Canada's cultural landscape, institutions, and policies, along with a new chapter on Indigenous Peoples.Other chapters examine the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government, the electoral system, bureaucracy, Québec nationalism, foreign policy, and much more. The authors provide trenchant coverage of many key issues of concern to Canadians, including regionalism, nationalism, climate change, defense policy, Indigenous Peoples' rights, minority rights, pipelines, and the USMCA trade deal. These topics are addressed by way of fair-minded, impartial discussions, aimed to cultivate inquisitive readers and to foster a vital and optimistic perspective on Canadian politics that will encourage critical thinking and active citizenship.
Contents
Chapter 1: The Game of Politics: Concepts and Institutions
[the foundations of Canadian government and politics in light of current issues]
Chapter 2: The Context and Ideas of Government: Cohesion, Division, and Identity
[political ideas and issues vis-à-vis demography, class, gender, religion, language]
Chapter 3: The Constitutional Framework: Rules of Government and the Political Game
[overview of constitutional developments and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms]
Chapter 4: Contested Federalism: The Division of Powers and Financial Resources
[divisive issues and developments in federal politics]
Chapter 5: Québec Nationalism: The Search for Independence and Justice
[political history and current state of political developments in Québec]
Chapter 6: Canada's Indigenous Peoples: The Search for Equality and Justice
[political history and current state of political developments of Indigenous Canadians]
Chapter 7: The Executive: Ceremony and Leadership
[the Crown, the Prime Minister, the Cabinet; and implementing and maintaining law]
Chapter 8: Parliament: The Public Arena of Politics
[the House of Commons and the Senate, and the making of laws]
Chapter 9: Pubic Administration: Democracy, Bureaucracy and Public Policy
[brings budgetary issues up to date]
Chapter 10: The Administration of Justice and Human Rights: Courts, Charter Cases, Police, Public Security and Terrorism
[material on security policy, institutions and civil liberties]
Chapter 11: Parties and Interest Groups: Teams in the Game
[changes in political parties, political leadership in Canada's party system, and the business of politicking]
Chapter 12: Elections and Political Behaviour: The Contests and the Messengers
[how the electoral system works and how it might be changed, completely revised to reflect new developments and the 2019 election]
Chapter 13: Canadian Foreign Policy: Constraints, Opportunities, and Sacrifice
[foreign and defense challenges, issues of political concern (pipelines, etc.)]
