Provinces
Subtitle: Canadian provincial politics
By: edited by Christopher Dunn
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 540
ISBN-13: 9781442600683
Subjects: Provincial governments; Statistics; Political planning; Textbooks; Politique publique; Régimes politiques; Comparative government; Gouvernements provinciaux; Manuels d'enseignement supérieur; Statistiques
Description: "Provinces is both a study of Canadian provincial government and a review of comparative politics. As such, it represents a long overdue return to the comparative tradition with its emphasis on subject-specific studies across the country. The chapters in this revised edition of Provinces, each of which has been written for the book by a leading scholar, are arranged according to four major sections?political life, institutions, public administration, and public policy?making the book highly suitable for those interested in areas beyond provincial politics. At the same time, the adopted comparative approach reveals a wealth of insight into Canadian politics at the beginning of the new millennium. This new edition covers some of the vital concerns of our time: a disquiet about the quality of democracy, concern about women?s place in provincial societies, interest in the nature and potential of governance in the north, unease on the question of the fiscal imbalance between all orders of government, a sensitivity to the needs of cities and communities, assessment of the retrenchment of the state, and consideration of the policy futures influenced by the changing demography of the provinces."--Publisher's website.
Notes: "Originally published by Broadview Press 2006, previous ISBN 978-1-55111-754-6."--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Provincial political cultures / Nelson Wiseman; title: Provincial politics in the modern era / Rand Dyck; title: Many political worlds? Provincial parties and party systems / David K. Stewart and R. Kenneth Carty; title: Electoral democracy in the provinces and territories / Donald E. Blake; title: Legal portrait of the 2003 Ontario general election / Gregory Tardi; title: Provincial political data since 1900 / Alan Siaroff; title: Premiers and cabinets / Christopher Dunn; title: Evaluating procincial and territorial legislatures / Graham White; title: Court systems in the provinces / Carl Baar; title: Intergovernmental relations from the local perspective / Richard Tindal and Susan Nobes Tindal; title: A nutshell reminder of the evolution of Canada's territories / Gregory Tardi; title: De-mythologizing provincial political economies: the development of the service sectors in the provinces 1911-2001 / Michael Howlett; title: Balancing autonomy and responsibility: the politics of provincial fiscal and tax policies / Geoffrey E. Hale; title: The realignment of government in the provinces / Karen Bridget Murray; title: The policy implications of provincial demographics / David K. Foot; title: Women's status across the Canadian provinces, 1999-2002: Exploring differences and possible explanations / Brenda O'Neill; title: Comparative state and provincial public policy / Debora L. VanNijnatten and Gerald W. Boychuk; title: Provincial policies concerning collective bargaining / Gene Swimmer and Tim Bartkiw.