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Comparing Canada: Methods and Perspectives on Canadian Politics
Debating how Canada compares – both regionally and in relation to other countries – is a national pastime. This book examines how political scientists use comparison as a tool to better understand Canadian political life. Using a variety of methods, the contributors explore topics as diverse as Indigenous rights, voting behaviour, and climate policy. While their theoretical perspectives and the kinds of questions they explore vary greatly, as a whole they demonstrate how the “art of comparing” is an important strategy for understanding Canadian identity politics, political mobilization, political institutions, and public policy.
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Comparing Canada: Methods and Perspectives on Canadian Politics
Debating how Canada compares – both regionally and in relation to other countries – is a national pastime. This book examines how political scientists use comparison as a tool to better understand Canadian political life. Using a variety of methods, the contributors explore topics as diverse as Indigenous rights, voting behaviour, and climate policy. While their theoretical perspectives and the kinds of questions they explore vary greatly, as a whole they demonstrate how the “art of comparing” is an important strategy for understanding Canadian identity politics, political mobilization, political institutions, and public policy.
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Comparing Canada: Methods and Perspectives on Canadian Politics

Comparing Canada: Methods and Perspectives on Canadian Politics

Comparing Canada: Methods and Perspectives on Canadian Politics

Comparing Canada: Methods and Perspectives on Canadian Politics

Overview

Debating how Canada compares – both regionally and in relation to other countries – is a national pastime. This book examines how political scientists use comparison as a tool to better understand Canadian political life. Using a variety of methods, the contributors explore topics as diverse as Indigenous rights, voting behaviour, and climate policy. While their theoretical perspectives and the kinds of questions they explore vary greatly, as a whole they demonstrate how the “art of comparing” is an important strategy for understanding Canadian identity politics, political mobilization, political institutions, and public policy.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780774827843
Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
Publication date: 09/15/2014
Pages: 356
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.10(d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Luc Turgeon and Jennifer Wallner are assistant professors in the School of Political Studies at the University of Ottawa. Martin Papillon is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at the Université de Montréal. Stephen White is a Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Political Science at Concordia University.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii

1 Introduction Luc Turgeon 3

Part 1 The Politics of Diversity

2 Framing Self-Determination: The Politics of Indigenous Rights in Canada and the United States Martin Papillon 27

3 The Management of Nationalism in Canada and Spain André Lecours 50

4 The Comparative Study of Race: Census Politics in Canada, the United States, and Great Britain Debra Thompson 73

Part 2 Political Mobilization

5 The Comparative Study of Canadian Voting Behaviour Éric Bélanger Laura B. Stephenson 97

6 Canadian Immigrant Electoral Support in Comparative Perspective Stephen White Antoine Bilodeau 123

7 Between Hope and Fear: Comparing the Emotional Landscapes of the Autism Movement in Canada and the United States Michael Orsini Sarah Marie Wiebe 147

Part 3 Political Institutions and Public Policy

8 Parliamentary Politics and Legislative Behaviour Jean-François Godbout 171

9 Comparing Federations: Testing the Model of Market-Preserving Federalism on Canada, Australia, and the United States Jennifer Wallner Gerard W. Boychuk 198

10 Climate Compared: Sub-Federal Dominance on a Global Issue David Houle Erick Lachapelle Barry G. Rabe 222

11 Putting Canadian Social Policy in a Comparative Perspective Rianne Mahon Daniel Béland 247

12 Economic Development Policies in Ontario and Quebec: Thinking about Structures of Representation Peter Graefe 271

13 Governing Immigrant Attraction and Retention in Halifax and Moncton: Do Linguistic Divisions Impede Cooperation? Kristin R. Good 292

14 Conclusion Martin Papillon Luc Turgeon Jennifer Wallner Stephen White 317

Contributors 326

Index 332

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