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The Impact of Representation Per Capita on the Distribution of Federal Spending and Income Taxes
Authors: Evans Tom A. 
Published: April 2008

Abstract.A vote-maximizing incumbent government is expected to adjust discretionary spending and taxation in ways that increase its probability for re-election. Unequal voters per electoral district in Canada distort this calculation in favour of small electoral districts. Using two measures of federal expenditures, and one of income taxes, between the years 1961–2000, empirical estimates indicate that greater representation per capita (lower relative electoral district populations) results in higher federal spending, and lower income taxes, per capita, even after controlling for income and unemployment.Résumé.Un gouvernement en place tentant de maximiser les votes en sa faveur est censé ajuster les dépenses discrétionnaires et les impôts de manière à augmenter la probabilité de sa réélection. L'inégalité du nombre d'électeurs des districts électoraux au Canada crée une distorsion en faveur des districts de petite taille. En utilisant deux mesures des dépenses fédérales et une mesure des impôts sur le revenu entre 1961 et 2000, nos résultats empiriques montrent qu'une plus forte représentation par habitant (plus petits districts électoraux) entraîne des dépenses fédérales plus importantes et des impôts sur le revenu moins élevés par personne, même en contrôlant pour le revenu et le taux de chômage.
Political Parties
Authors: Sayers Anthony 
Published: April 2008

Political Parties, William Cross, The Canadian Democratic
Audit series; Vancouver, UBC Press, 2004, pp. 218.Political Parties is part of the Canadian Democratic
Audit series. The expressed aim of the series is to “examine
the way Canadian democracy functions” using three benchmarks,
“public participation, inclusiveness and responsiveness,” with
the principle output being not so much a report card but the desire to
“encourage ongoing discussion of how best to fashion Canada's
democratic institutions and practices well into the new century”
(http://www.mta.ca/faculty/arts-letters/canadian_studies/cda/pdf/demaudit_overview_15aug.pdf).
Cross's short, readable volume achieves these objectives.
Souverainistes que faire?
Authors: Bourque Mélanie 
Published: April 2008

Souverainistes que faire?, Michel Venne., Montréal : VLB
éditeur, 2002, 210 p.Le livre de Michel Venne Souverainistes que faire? prend la
double forme d'un manifeste pour la souveraineté du
Québec et d'un essai politique sur la nécessité
de transformer le rôle de l'État. L'auteur
s'adresse principalement à un public déjà
souverainiste qu'il cherche à remobiliser dans cette
conjoncture relativement défavorable qui a été
marquée par le recul du Bloc québécois aux
élections fédérales de 2000 et la défaite
appréhendée du Parti québécois en 2003. Michel
Venne entend ainsi contribuer au renouvellement du discours sur la
souveraineté qui est tant souhaité dans le mouvement
nationaliste québécois depuis quelques années.
Pro-Family Politics and Fringe Parties in Canada
Authors: Farney James 
Published: April 2008

Pro-Family Politics and Fringe Parties in Canada, Chris
MacKenzie, Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 2005, pp.
292.MacKenzie's title is misleading, for the major focus of the book
is not pro-family parties across Canada. Rather, he uses an intensive
study of a single provincial pro-family party—the Family Coalition
Party of British Columbia (FCP)—as a starting point for an ambitious
and successful attempt to chart the conceptual morass that lies between
the literatures on social movements and political parties. He makes a
strong argument that small, ideologically driven parties on either end of
the ideological spectrum face two distinct sets of challenges: those of
political parties and those of social movements. Understanding how this
double jeopardy affects the success of what he terms party/movements
is important. In this respect, the book is an important contribution to
the literature on what political scientists more usually call minor
parties. The second focus of the book is new right ideology in the
English-speaking world, with the FCP standing in as an example of this
ideology. Here, the book is shakier, as it is not clear that the FCP is
representative of this ideology or that MacKenzie is entirely objective in
approaching this aspect of his topic.
Second Growth: Community Economic Development in Rural British
Columbia
Authors: Molloy Andrew 
Published: April 2008

Second Growth: Community Economic Development in Rural British
Columbia, Sean Markey, John Pierce, Mark Roseland and Kelly Vodden,
Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 2005, pp. 352.This theoretically rich, community economic development (CED) work,
written by four members of the Centre for Sustainable Community
Development (formerly the Community Economic Development Centre) at Simon
Fraser University, is the product of a three-year
participatory-action-based research project involving four
“forest-based” British Columbia communities. Two Aboriginal
communities and two municipalities were case studied as part of an
action-learning exercise in order to gain “insight into the apparent
conflict between the economic imperative and fluidity of capital versus
the lived worlds of rural and small time places” (3). Through their
empirical studies of the four communities, the authors argue that CED,
fostered at the local level, can allow for the kind of capacity building
that is needed to create diversified, sustainable economic futures for
resource-based rural and small-town communities. They are careful,
however, to distinguish between the use of CED as a “localized and
palliative strategy” for marginalized communities caught in the
throes of political and economic dependency, and the possibilities for a
more robust (theoretically balanced) version of CED, which can become part
and parcel of rural and small-town locally-based planning and development.
While recognizing the appropriateness of CED in either situation, they
argue that a host of negative economic and political factors, which are
intensifying under the direction of neo-liberal ideological thinking, have
resulted in a pressing need for the more robust form of community
development and corresponding revitalization strategies.
Federalism
Authors: Hueglin Thomas O. 
Published: April 2008

Federalism, Jennifer Smith, Vancouver: UBC Press, 2004, pp. xi,
192.This slender volume is part of the Canadian Democratic Audit series
examining how well Canadian democracy is performing at the beginning of
the twenty-first century. The purpose is to investigate all major aspects
of the Canadian political system according two three benchmarks: public
participation, inclusiveness and responsiveness. The series includes ten
volumes in all. This is the one on federalism.
State of Struggle: Feminism and Politics in Alberta
Authors: Findlay Tammy 
Published: April 2008

State of Struggle: Feminism and Politics in Alberta, Lois Harder,
Edmonton: University of Alberta Press, 2003, pp. xi, 227.State of Struggle is a fascinating study of feminist
“claimsmaking” in Alberta. Lois Harder traces a rich history
of women's organizing in Alberta, combined with a sharp analysis of
the contemporary political context. Using an impressive range of
sources—academic, government, women's organizations, and news
media—with archival and interview research, Harder addresses many
gaps in Canadian political science.
Elections
Authors: Tossutti Livianna 
Published: April 2008

Elections, John C. Courtney, Vancouver: UBC Press, 2004, pp.
ix, 201.The expansion of the number of democratic regimes around the world and
the decline of trust in government in established democracies have renewed
interest in election laws and how these rules define the national
community, allow citizens to express their preferences, and influence the
composition of legislatures. In Canada, the study of electoral laws has
frequently dealt with how electoral formulae translate votes into
legislative representation.
Micropolitics and Canadian Business: Paper, Steel and the
Airlines
Authors: Stritch Andrew 
Published: April 2008

Micropolitics and Canadian Business: Paper, Steel and the Airlines,
Peter Clancy, Peterborough: Broadview, 2004, pp. 336.Given the scarcity of work on business-government relations in Canada
any new academic monograph in this field is certainly welcome. Yet, even
if the field were crowded, Peter Clancy's wide-ranging and
multi-layered study would be a useful addition to the literature. As the
subtitle indicates, the book is essentially a study of three important
Canadian industries chosen from different economic sectors. For each of
these it examines the character of industry politics across a variety of
dimensions with a substantial emphasis on internal structure and
historical development. It deals both with business-government interaction
in the process of policymaking and with the nature of industrial policy
outputs in a way that is sensitive to the complex and heterogeneous forces
operating within each industry.
Steps Toward Making Every Vote Count: Electoral System Reform in
Canada and its Provinces
Authors: Heard Andrew 
Published: April 2008

Steps Toward Making Every Vote Count: Electoral System Reform in
Canada and its Provinces, Henry Milner, ed., Peterborough: Broadview,
2004, pp. 319.After some decades of a principally academic debate in Canada,
electoral reform has become a topic of current political discussion and
even, in some cases, concrete action. Henry Milner's Steps Toward
Making Every Vote Count is a very useful follow-up to the widely read
Making Every Vote Count (Peterborough: Broadview Press, 1999).
While the focus remains on trying to make the case that electoral reform
is indeed necessary in Canada, the emphasis lies more on assessing the
changes that are already under way. With five provinces directly engaged
in electoral reform, this book provides a very welcome collection of
essays to deepen our understanding of the subject.
The Formation of National Party Systems: Federalism and Party
Competition in Canada, Great Britain, India, and the United States
Authors: Desai Radhika 
Published: April 2008

The Formation of National Party Systems: Federalism and Party
Competition in Canada, Great Britain, India, and the United States,
Pradeep K. Chhibber and Ken Kollman, Princeton: Princeton University
Press, 2004, pp. xvi, 276.Mining electoral data to arrive at theories about the relationship
between political party performance and party system determination and
electoral and governmental institutions forms the main stream of political
science. And one of its most enduring puzzles is the explanation of the
patterns and diversities of party systems. With the famous
“Duverger's Law” about single-member plurality systems
and two-party political systems forming its point of departure, political
scientists have attempted to substantiate their discipline's status
as a “science” by producing theories about relationships
between measurable political variables.
The Politics of Direct Democracy: Referendums in Global
Perspective.
Authors: Preyra Leonard 
Published: April 2008

The Politics of Direct Democracy: Referendums in Global Perspective.,
Lawrence LeDuc., Peterborough, Ontario: Broadview. 2003, pp. 214.The 1980s marked a watershed in the evolution of liberal democracy. On
the global front the principles of liberal democracy were successfully
used as battering rams to demolish the walls erected by its powerful Cold
War rival—socialism. Our side declared victory and the end of
ideological conflict. And yet in its struggle with socialism liberal
democracy planted the seeds for its own transformation—it was hoist
with its own petard. A new consensus emerged. Our elections were also a
sham, parties provided little or no meaningful choice, and legislators
were unrepresentative, unresponsive and unaccountable. On major
constitutional and moral issues there was gridlock. From the left came
calls for “people power” and more inclusive and empowering
institutions. From the right came calls for privatizing the State and
reducing the autonomy of elected officials and the “special
interests” who controlled it. Enter the referendum as a way of
addressing this “democratic deficit.” Why not let the people
decide?
Democratization Without Representation: The Politics of Small
Industry in Mexico
Authors: Hilgers Tina 
Published: April 2008

Democratization Without Representation: The Politics of Small
Industry in Mexico, Shadlen, Kenneth C., University Park:
Pennsylvania State University Press, 2004, pp. vii–xvi, 208.In this book Kenneth Shadlen addresses the important question of what
democracy has really meant for civil society in Mexico. Mexico counts
among the stragglers over the finish line of third-wave transitions, but,
as elsewhere, hopes were high that democratization would magically result
in political, social and economic betterment for all. Shadlen's book
is among a growing number of studies drawing attention to the differences
between electoral democracy—based on electoral turnover
through relatively free and fair contests—and quality
democracy—a more ideal regime type with intensive participatory
and representative aspects. He challenges the perception that any kind of
democracy always benefits all citizens more than other regimes, by
offering an in-depth analysis of small business's interest
aggregation and articulation difficulties, which have increased with the
transition.
Orient-Occident, la fracture imaginaire
Authors: Paquette Julie 
Published: April 2008

Orient-Occident, la fracture imaginaire, George Corm, Paris :
La Découverte, Paris, 2005, 208 pages.S'interrogeant sur l'origine de la fracture entre
l'Orient et l'Occident, George Corm en vient, dans cet ouvrage,
à porter un regard critique particulièrement incisif sur
l'image que l'Occident se fait de lui-même. Comme
l'annonce le titre, l'auteur établit rapidement le
constat d'une fracture imaginaire entre ces deux mondes, fracture
résultant d'une mise en scène identitaire à
l'Ouest. C'est donc afin de mieux comprendre non-seulement le
sens de cette fracture, mais aussi qui nous sommes, qu'il
s'emploiera, dans cet essai, à déconstruire certaines
idées préconçues et à briser les grands dogmes
qui ont conduit à ce malentendu conceptuel.
Islam and Politics and The Search for Arab Democracy:
Discourses and Counter-Discourses
Authors: Mottale Morris 
Published: April 2008

Islam and Politics, Beverly Milton-Edwards, Cambridge: Polity
Press, 2004, pp. vii, 217.The Search for Arab Democracy: Discourses and
Counter-Discourses, Larbi Sadiki, New York: Columbia University
Press, 2004, pp. vii, 409These two books approach Middle Eastern Arab and Islamic politics from
a post-modern perspective informed by new European and American
scholarship on democracy and gender. Both authors tackle a range of issues
that should have been treated as discrete topics. Beverly Milton-Edwards
and Larbi Sadiki, the two authors, are trying to define Islam and politics
not only in terms of the world after 9/11, but also in terms of the
recurring and yet-to-be-solved issue of the role of Islam in the modern
world and its relationship to politics.
Comparative Biomedical Policy: Governing Assisted Reproductive
Technologies
Authors: O'Neill Michael A. 
Published: April 2008

Comparative Biomedical Policy: Governing Assisted Reproductive
Technologies, Ivor Bleiklei, Malcolm L. Goggin and Christine Rothmayr,
eds., London: Routledge, 2004, pp. 284.Few issues have the potential to combine elements of science fact and
science fiction as does the field of biomedical research and its offshoot,
assisted reproductive technologies (ART). As newspapers testify with
regularity, this area of science and medicine uniquely combines promises
for the improvement of human health but also exemplifies the dangers
associated with scientists playing god with the very the building blocks
of our species. Confronted with these stark opposites, public authorities
have entered the fray and have tried, with varied responses, to frame
these practices in such as way as to encourage and stimulate the positive
elements of this area of research and medicine, such as in vitro
fertilization, while cutting off or severely circumscribing the areas
which have been deemed immoral or unethical, such as human cloning. It is
where issues of morality or ethics enter the policy discourse that the
waters get murky and where, as a result, governments find the arbitration
between first-person experiences and societal norms the most
difficult.
Telepopulism: Media and Politics in Israel
Authors: Waller Harold M. 
Published: April 2008

Telepopulism: Media and Politics in Israel, Yoram Peri,
Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2004, pp. 376.This is an ambitious work that does not achieve all that it sets out
to do but is nevertheless stimulating and provocative. Peri tries to
combine a general summary of the literature on media and politics in a
rapidly changing technological environment with an application to the
Israeli political system and a detailed analysis of how the government of
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu (1996–1999) fits into the picture.
It appears that Peri's views on his general subject have been greatly
affected by his observations during the Netanyahu years. Indeed he sees
that prime minister as the quintessential practitioner of media-centred
politics on the Israeli scene.
Pursuing Equal Opportunities: The Theory and Practice of Egalitarian
Justice
Authors: Young Shaun P. 
Published: April 2008

Pursuing Equal Opportunities: The Theory and Practice of Egalitarian
Justice, Lesley A. Jacobs, Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Public
Policy; Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004, pp. xiv, 280.The concept of equality and the precise means by which it is most
effectively realized are matters that for centuries have engaged scholars
representing a variety of disciplines and animated some of the most
interesting and sophisticated works in the fields of political theory,
economics, sociology, and jurisprudence, to name only a few. Efforts to
identify the specific demands of equality and the conditions necessary for
its realization generate both theoretical and practical challenges. In
particular, before one can develop a theory of egalitarian justice, it is
necessary to determine what is meant by equality—what it provides
and for whom—and which legal and political institutions are best
suited to help secure its establishment and preservation.
Et si nous dansions ? Pour une politique du bien commun au
Canada
Authors: Caron Jean-François 
Published: April 2008

Et si nous dansions ? Pour une politique du bien commun au
Canada, Charles Blattberg, Montréal : Les Presses de
l'Université de Montréal, 2004, 213 pages.Notre pays est-il voué à l'éclatement ?
Est-il possible de songer à la re-fondation du Canada autour de
valeurs qui emporteraient l'adhésion de toutes les citoyennes
et tous les citoyens ? Voilà les questions auxquelles Charles
Blattberg tente de répondre dans son livre Et si nous dansions
? Contrairement à l'analyse d'autres auteurs, il
croit qu'il est possible de définir un bien commun, à
condition que celui-ci soit constitué de ce que Blattberg appelle
des “ règles expressives ”, c'est-à-dire
des principes qui sont l'expression de ce que nous sommes
individuellement et collectivement.
James Madison: The Theory and Practice of Republican
Government
Authors: Yirush Craig 
Published: April 2008

James Madison: The Theory and Practice of Republican Government,
Samuel Kernell, ed., Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2003, pp. ix,
381.The result of a conference celebrating James Madison's
250th birthday in 2001, this collection of essays is full of
valuable insights on important aspects of his political science. At a time
when historians give much less consideration to the politics of the
Founding than they used to, these essays are a welcome reminder of the
importance of the questions still remaining.
Love and Politics: Re-interpreting Hegel
Authors: Goldstein Joshua D. 
Published: April 2008

Love and Politics: Re-interpreting Hegel, Alice Ormiston, SUNY series
in Hegelian Studies; Albany: State University of New York Press, 2004, pp.
ix, 164.John, Paul, George and Ringo remind us that “all you need is
love.” I suspect most would agree with The Beatles when, pausing in
our scholarly endeavours, we glance about at the gloomy train wreck of
many a personal relationship. When we return to our vocation's most
gripping questions—How are community and individual autonomy to be
harmonized? How is reason to be satisfied and yet ordinary emotional
experience affirmed? How can democratic institutions be strengthened
against technocratic thinking and control?—love is no doubt put
aside and the serious work of theorizing real solutions begins.
Ormiston's project is to rescue love as a solution to just such
questions.
Leo Strauss, Max Weber, And The Scientific Study Of Politics
Authors: Jensen Michael 
Published: April 2008

Leo Strauss, Max Weber, And The Scientific Study Of Politics, Nasser
Behnegar, Chicago: U. of Chicago Press, 2003, pp, xiii, 221.Any serious student of Leo Strauss will be familiar with the fact that
Strauss was a serious critic of modern political science. Strauss
contended throughout his career that the modern social sciences are one of
the driving forces currently driving modern liberalism into a state of
crisis. In Leo Strauss, Max Weber and The Scientific Study of
Politics, Nasser Behnegar encapsulates Strauss' critique of the
modern social sciences in an accessible and easy to read text.
Power, Terror, Peace, and War and The Foreign Policy of
George W. Bush: Values, Strategy, Loyalty
Authors: Hale Geoffrey 
Published: April 2008

Power, Terror, Peace, and War, Walter Russell Mead, New York:
Alfred A. Knopf, 2004, pp. viii, 226.The Foreign Policy of George W. Bush: Values, Strategy,
Loyalty, Alexander Moens, Aldershot, UK: Ashgate, 2004, pp. 227The foreign policy of George W. Bush's administration has
prompted a downpour of books, reflecting its vigorous response to the
events of September 11, 2001, its highly controversial decision to invade
Iraq, and its persistent defiance of the received opinions of foreign
policy elites and international relations experts around the world.
September 11: Consequences for Canada
Authors: Tucker Michael 
Published: April 2008

September 11: Consequences for Canada, Kent Roach, Montreal &
Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2003, pp. ii, 272.This is an important book. It is scholarly, timely, and provocative.
It has two chief aims. The first, as the title suggests, is in Kent
Roach's words “to provide a critical assessment of the
consequences of September 11 for Canada” (18). The second is to
suggest how in his estimation Canada's anti-terrorism policies should
evolve. To these ends the various chapters in September 11
examine post-9/11 developments in Canadian law and democracy, in
Canada's immigration and security policies, and in Canadian
sovereignty. In their sum these chapters provide a masterly treatment of
the challenges posed to this country by a defining moment in both
contemporary international relations and the “special”
Canadian-American relationship. Given the depth and scope of this work, no
brief review can do justice to it. Its finely-tuned yet erudite legal
arguments deserve to be read closely.