A sovereign idea : essays on Canada as a democratic community /
Whitaker, Reginald,1943-
Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press,
[1991], c1992.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Images of the state in Canada -- The liberal corporatist ideas of Mackenzie King -- William Irvine and the farmers in politics -- "To have insight into much and power over nothing" : the political ideas of Harold Innis -- Reason, passion and interest : Pierre Trudeau's eternal liberal triangle -- Federalism and democratic theory -- Democracy and the Canadian constitution -- Federalism, democracy and the Canadian political community -- Between patronage and bureaucracy : democratic politics in transition -- Quebec and the Canadian question.
Federal government
Democracy.