Over the past decade, the study of Canadian politics has changed profoundly. The introspective, insular, and largely atheoretical style that informed Canadian political science for most of the postwar period has given way to a deeper engagement with, and integration into, the global field of comparative politics.This volume is the first sustained attempt to describe, analyze, and assess the “comparative turn” in Canadian political science. Canada’s engagement with comparative politics is examined with a focus on three central questions: In what ways, and how successfully, have Canadian scholars contributed to the study of comparative politics? How does study of the Canadian case advance the comparative discipline? Finally, can Canadian practice and policy be reproduced in other countries?
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This volume is the first sustained attempt to describe, analyze, and assess the “comparative turn” in Canadian political science.
Preface and AcknowledgmentsPart 1: Establishing Benchmarks1 Introduction: The Comparative Turn in Canadian Political Science / Robert Vipond2 A Quantitative Analysis of the Comparative Turn in Canadian Political Science / Éric MontpetitPart 2: Multiculturalism, Diversity, and Rights: Canada’s Comparative Advantage3 Is Canadian Multiculturalism Parochial? Canadian Contributions to Theorizing Justice and Ethnocultural Diversity / Andrew M. Robinson4 Canada as Counternarrative: Multiculturalism, Recognition, and Redistribution / Keith G. Banting5 Canada’s Contribution to the Comparative Study of Rights and Judicial Review / Ran Hirschl6 Marketing Canadian Pluralism in the International Arena / Will KymlickaPart 3: Federalism and Multilevel Governance: Canada’s Comparative Resurgence7 Is the Secret to Have a Good Dentist? Canadian Contributions to the Study of Federalism in Divided Societies / Martin Papillon8 Working around the American Model: Canadian Federalism and the European Union / Thomas O. Hueglin9 Empirical Evidence and Pragmatic Explanations: Canada’s Contributions to Comparative Federalism / Jennifer WallnerPart 4: Political Parties and Public Policy: Canada’s Comparative Potential10 What’s So Bad about Cultivating Our Own Theoretical Gardens? The Study of Political Parties in Canada / A. Brian Tanguay11 Canadian Voting Behaviour in Comparative Perspective / James Farney and Renan Levine12 Policy Networks and Policy Communities: Conceptualizing State-Societal Relationships in the Policy Process / Grace Skogstad13 How Can Comparative Political Economy Explain Variable Change? Lessons for, and from, Canada / Rodney HaddowConclusion: Are We on the Right Track? / Alan C. CairnsNotesReferencesContributorsIndex
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The first sustained attempt to describe, analyze, and assess the “comparative turn” in Canadian political science.

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780774814287
Publisert
2009
Utgiver
Vendor
University of British Columbia Press
Vekt
480 gr
Høyde
235 mm
Bredde
159 mm
Aldersnivå
UF, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
320

Om bidragsyterne

Linda A. White, Richard Simeon, Robert Vipond, and Jennifer Wallner are members of the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto.

Contributors: Keith G. Banting, Alan C. Cairns, James Farney, Rodney Haddow, Ran Hirschl, Thomas O. Hueglin, Will Kymlicka, Renan Levine, Éric Montpetit, Martin Papillon, Andrew M. Robinson, Grace Skogstad, A. Brian Tanguay.