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The new fifth edition of Canadian Politicscontinues the work of earlier editions in offering a comprehensive introduction to Canadian government and politics by a widely recognized and highly respected group of political scientists writing about subjects on which they are acknowledged experts. Of the eighteen chapters, nine are completely new--three of these form a new Part IV: Canada in the World--and there are six new authors. The remaining chapters have been thoroughly revised and updated.

James Bickerton is Professor of Political Science at St. Francis Xavier University. His publications include Nova Scotia, Ottawa, and the Politics of Regional Development, Ties That Bind: Parties and Voters in Canada (with Alain-G. Gagnon and Patrick J. Smith), and Freedom, Equality, Community: The Political Philosophy of Six Influential Canadians (with Stephen Brooks and Alain-G. Gagnon). Alain-G. Gagnon holds the Canada Research Chair in Qubec and Canadian Studies at the Universit du Qubec Montral. His most recent books include Qubec: State and Society (third edition), Contemporary Canadian Federalism, and Canadian Parties in Transition (with A. Brian Tanguay), all with the University of Toronto Press, and with Routledge The Case for Multinational Federalism and Federal Democracies (with Michael Burgess).

Preface	p. vii
Notes on Contributors	p. ix
Citizenship, Identities, and Values
Understanding Canada's Origins: Federalism, Multiculturalism, and the Will to Live Together	p. 3
Citizenship, Communities, and Identity in Canada	p. 23
Canadian Political Culture	p. 45
Regions and Regionalism	p. 71
Institutions
Constitutional Politics	p. 97
Power at the Apex: Executive Dominance	p. 115
Canada's Minority Parliament	p. 133
The Dynamics of Canadian Federalism	p. 155
The (Re)Emergence of Aboriginal Governments	p. 179
The Judiciary and the Charter	p. 197
Democracy and Representation
Reforming Representative Democracy: Taming the "Democratic Deficit"	p. 221
Representation and Political Parties	p. 265
Are Interest Groups Useful or Harmful?	p. 265
Women (Not) in Politics: Women's Electoral Participation	p. 283
Diversity in Canadian Politics	p. 301
Canada in the World
Globalization and Canada	p. 323
Canadian International Environmental Policy: Context and Directions	p. 339
Redefining the Core Ingredients of Canadian Foreign Policy: Afghanistan as the Main Game	p. 359
Appendix: The Constitution Act, 1982	p. 373
Index	p. 391
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Canadian Politics

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