Contested Federalism : Certainty and Ambiguity in the Canadian Federation Paperback / softback
by Herman (Professor, School of Public Administration, University of Victoria) Bakvis, Gerald (Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of British Columbia) Baier, Doug (Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, St Francis Xavier University) Brown
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Contested Federalism: Certainty and Ambiguity in the Canadian Federation examines the relations between and within the two main orders of government in Canada-the federal government and the provincial and territorial governments, the two central players in the intergovernmental system.
The text also examines other orders of government, or would-be governments, which can be considered part of the broader federal and intergovernmental framework, even if thesegovernments or proto-governments lack explicit constitutional recognition-that is, municipalities and First Nations, and other Aboriginal peoples' governments.
In doing so, the book focuses on three areas: basic federal and intergovernmental structure, the constitutional and institutional framework, and whatcan be termed 'federal governance'. Federalism, and particularly the Canadian variant, involves an ongoing contestation of interests, ideas, and identities.
It is a contestation that sometimes clarifies but often obscures the nature of conflicts and the manner in which they are resolved. Because of the great degree of ambivalence associated with federalism, the authors provide students with the conceptual tools and basic knowledge of various governmental processes that will allow them to analyze and, if necessary, critiqueintergovernmental relations.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:320 pages, 5 tables, 5 figures
- Publisher:Oxford University Press, Canada
- Publication Date:15/05/2009
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- ISBN:9780195425291
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Item not Available
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:320 pages, 5 tables, 5 figures
- Publisher:Oxford University Press, Canada
- Publication Date:15/05/2009
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- ISBN:9780195425291
