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Canada and the Ethics of Constitutionalism: Identity, Destiny, and Constitutional Faith by Samuel V. Laselva 9780773555310
$55.34Canada is caught between two empires and between two constitutional systems. However, neither the British model of a "single sovereign" nor the American people's "sacred fire of liberty" matched the pluralistic identity of Canada, so... -
Strategic Friends: Canada-Ukraine Relations from Independence to the Euromaidan: Volume 2 by Bohdan S. Kordan 9780773555211
RRP: $46.78$36.39Since the end of the Soviet Union, Canada has played a leading role in the international response to Ukraine and to the challenges associated with its transition to independence. As Conservative and Liberal governments alike have sought to adapt foreign... -
Divided Province: Ontario Politics in the Age of Neoliberalism by Greg Albo 9780773554733
RRP: $193.05$135.78No government jurisdiction in Canada has so radically transformed its public policies over the past decades as Ontario, and yet the province has also maintained a striking degree of political stability in its party system. Since the 1990s, neoliberalism... -
The Public Sector in an Age of Austerity: Perspectives from Canada's Provinces and Territories by Bryan M. Evans 9780773553354
$55.34Following the 2008 global financial crisis, Canada appeared to escape the austerity implemented elsewhere, but this was spin hiding the reality. A closer look reveals that the provinces - responsible for delivering essential public and social services... -
The National Question and Electoral Politics in Quebec and Scotland: Volume 3 by Eric Belanger 9780773553279
$55.34In Quebec and Scotland, questions of constitutional change, national identity, and national grievance play an important role in the electoral calculations of political parties and voters. Taking a strong stance on the national question can have strategic... -
Remaining Loyal: Social Democracy in Quebec and Saskatchewan by David P. McGrane 9780773544178
RRP: $54.58$42.14When social democratic politicians in the 1990s moderated their ideas and policies as part of a turn towards the "third way," they were assailed as traitors to the cause. Remaining Loyal demonstrates that while third way social democrats in... -
Policy Governance in Multi-level Systems: Economic Development and Policy Implementation in Canada by Charles Conteh 9780773541214
RRP: $50.68$39.25The past two decades have witnessed dramatic shifts in public policy, with increasing complexity not only in the relationships between the state, society, and the private sector, but also in the interactions among various orders of government in places... -
The Candidate: Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail by Noah Richler 9780385687294
RRP: $38.98$27.16Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385687294Author Noah RichlerFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Doubleday CanadaPublisher Random House Canada -
How We Lead: Canada in a Century of Change by Joe Clark 9780307359087
RRP: $29.23$27.92Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307359087Author Joe ClarkFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint Three Rivers PressPublisher Three Rivers PressWeight(grams) 362g -
Contemporary Federalist Thought in Quebec: Historical Perspectives by Antoine Brousseau Desaulniers 9780228016700
RRP: $83.83$65.48Quebec’s most recent attempts to assert its distinctiveness within Canada have relied on unilateral constitutional means to strengthen its French and secular character, suggesting that an important change of political culture has taken place in Quebec. ... -
The Boundaries of Medicare: Public Health Care Beyond the Canada Health Act by Katherine Fierlbeck 9780228016328
RRP: $58.40$44.97While almost all universal health coverage in Canada is provided under the Canada Health Act, there is Medicare coverage which is provided outside of the Act. This is the first book to explain the nature of these boundary health services, why they exist,... -
International Education as Public Policy in Canada by Merli Tamtik 9780228001751
RRP: $185.25$144.63In the early twenty-first century international education emerged as an almost ubiquitous concept within discussions of educational curriculum; the objectives of schools, universities, and colleges; and government policies for K-12 and higher education... -
Disengaged?: Fixed Date, Democracy, and Understanding the 2011 Manitoba Election by Andrea D. Rounce 9780889773554
RRP: $54.60$52.08Elections are a critical componenet of democracy, yet civic engagement has reached a post-war low in Manitoba. Barely half of all eligible voters showed up to vote in the last three provincial elections. Surveys show that many of these non-voters feel... -
Protecting Multiculturalism: Muslims, Security, and Integration in Canada by John S. McCoy 9780773552791
RRP: $54.58$42.14In a post-9/11 sea of social and political discord, one state stands apart. As an increasingly powerful anti-Islamic social movement rises in the West, Canada alone remains a viable multicultural state. Employing survey and statistical data as well as... -
Report on Social Security for Canada: New Edition: Volume 244 by Leonard Marsh 9780773551572
$55.34Report on Social Security for Canada, written in wartime, presented to Canadians a picture of a better life in the postwar world. It outlined what governments could do to ensure that all citizens could afford the food, clothing, and shelter necessary to... -
Left and Right: The Small World of Political Ideas by Christopher Cochrane 9780773545793
RRP: $54.58$42.14The words "left" and "right" often signal a political divide in debates about topics as diverse as abortion, capital punishment, gun control, social welfare, taxation, immigration, and the environment. Despite claims that political... -
Strengthening the Canadian Armed Forces through Diversity and Inclusion by Alistair Edgar 9781487522735
RRP: $40.93$35.06The Canadian Armed Forces has not always embraced diversity and inclusion, but its future depends on it. As the country's demographic makeup changes, its military must adapt to a new multicultural reality and diminishing pools of people from which it can... -
Engaging China: Myth, Aspiration, and Strategy in Canadian Policy from Trudeau to Harper by Paul Evans 9781442614482
RRP: $40.93$35.06For more than four decades, engagement has been the bedrock of Canada's policy toward China, as Ottawa has attempted to assist China's entry into the international system and advance a commercial agenda. More than just high policy, engagement has also... -
The End of the Charter Revolution: Looking Back from the New Normal by Peter J. McCormick 9781442606395
RRP: $54.58$46.14The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms became an entrenched part of the Canadian Constitution on April 17, 1982. The Charter represented a significant change in Canadian constitutional order and carried the courts, and the Supreme Court in... -
Trust: Twenty Ways to Build a Better Country by David Johnston 9780771047152
RRP: $44.75$28.08Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780771047152Author David JohnstonFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint SignalPublisher McClelland & Stewart Inc.Weight(grams) 340g -
Managing Federalism through Pandemic by Kathy L. Brock 9781487548117
RRP: $60.45$53.12Managing Federalism through Pandemic summarizes and analyses multiple policy dimensions of Canada’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and related policy issues from the perspective of Canadian federalism. Contributors address the relative effectiveness... -
Basic Income and a Just Society: Policy Choices for Canada's Social Safety Net by David A. Green 9780886453794
RRP: $62.38$47.89Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780886453794Author David A. GreenFormat PaperbackPage Count 492Imprint The Institute for Research on Public PolicyPublisher The Institute for Research on... -
Politics & Players by L. Ian MacDonald 9780228012009
RRP: $56.53$43.58In the turbulent period from 2018 to 2021, Canada saw a majority government reduced to minority standing, a political dynasty tainted by scandal, a neighbouring nation's struggle to transfer power, and a paradigm-changing pandemic. Political insider L... -
Making Middle-Class Multiculturalism: Immigration Bureaucrats and Policymaking in Postwar Canada by Jennifer Elrick 9781487527785
RRP: $40.93$37.09In the 1950s and 1960s, immigration bureaucrats in the Department of Citizenship and Immigration played an important yet unacknowledged role in transforming Canada's immigration policy. In response to external economic and political pressures for change,... -
Toronto the Good?: Negotiating Race in the Diverse City by Shana Almeida 9781487560539
RRP: $40.93$38.40Armed with the motto "Diversity Our Strength," the City of Toronto has garnered a world-class reputation for challenging racism, largely because of how it is seen to value and include racialized groups through its diversity policies and... -
Local Government in Action: A Simulation by William D. Kennedy 9781551119120
RRP: $52.63$46.14Local Government in Action is a simulation about a fictional, medium-sized municipality called Summerville. It provides an interactive teaching tool with a focus on governance and community development in small and medium-sized municipalities in Canada... -
Legislating under the Charter: Parliament, Executive Power, and Rights by Emmett Macfarlane 9781487552442
RRP: $128.70$109.06Legislating under the Charter explores how governments and Parliament justify limitations on rights when advancing laws that raise rights concerns or when responding to judicial decisions under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Through an... -
Faith, Rights, and Choice: The Politics of Religious Schools in Canada by James Farney 9781487545802
RRP: $115.05$97.71The Canadian provinces have evolved quite different ways of responding to the policy problems posed by religious schools. Seeking to understand this peculiar reality, Faith, Rights, and Choice articulates the ways in which the provincial governance... -
Multiple Barriers: The Multilevel Governance of Homelessness in Canada by Alison Smith 9781487542436
RRP: $50.68$42.98Despite decades of efforts to combat it, many people continue to experience homelessness in Canada's major cities. There are a number of barriers that prevent effective responses to homelessness, including a lack of agreement on the fundamental question:... -
Comparing Political Regimes: A Thematic Introduction to Comparative Politics by Alan Siaroff 9781487507770
RRP: $169.65$144.77Comparing Political Regimes provides a current and comprehensive empirical assessment of the world's 195 sovereign states. Alan Siaroff analyses and classifies countries in terms of economic development, political evolution, and state strength,... -
The Legitimacy Clash: Challenges to Democracy in Multinational States by Alain-G Gagnon 9781487547547
RRP: $101.40$86.37In the coming decade, we may see the advent of multinational federalism on an international scale. As great powers and international organizations become increasingly uncomfortable with the creation of new states, multinational federalism is now an... -
Canadian Foreign Policy: Reflections on a Field in Transition by Brian Bow 9780774863476
RRP: $157.95$128.86Canadian Foreign Policy, as an academic discipline, is in crisis. Despite its value, CFP is often considered a “stale and pale” subfield of political science with an unfashionably state-centred focus. Canadian Foreign Policy asks why. Practising scholars... -
Divided Province: Ontario Politics in the Age of Neoliberalism by Greg Albo 9780773554740
$61.85No government jurisdiction in Canada has so radically transformed its public policies over the past decades as Ontario, and yet the province has also maintained a striking degree of political stability in its party system. Since the 1990s, neoliberalism... -
On the House: An Inside Look at the House of Commons by Rob Walsh 9780773551459
RRP: $46.78$36.39On a day-to-day basis, what does a newly elected Member of Parliament do? How does the House of Commons work? Drawing on his years of service to five majority and three minority parliaments, Rob Walsh shares first-hand insights into the inner workings of... -
Big Moves: Global Agendas, Local Aspirations, and Urban Mobility in Canada: Volume 13 by Anthony Perl
RRP: $55.58$42.88All countries have distinctive urban regions, but Canadian cities especially differ from one another in culture, structure, and history. Anthony Perl, Matt Hern, and Jeffrey Kenworthy reveal that despite the peculiarities and singular traits that each... -
Orange Chinook: Politics in the New Alberta by Duane Bratt
RRP: $62.30$52.26In 2015, the New Democratic Party won an unprecedented victory in Alberta. Unseating the Progressive Conservatives-who had won every provincial election since 1971-they formed an NDP government for the first time in the history of the province. Orange... -
An Emergency in Ottawa: The Story of the Convoy Commission by Paul Wells
RRP: $25.33$16.83Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781990823251Author Paul WellsFormat PaperbackPage Count 100Imprint The Sutherland House Inc.Publisher The Sutherland House Inc. -
The Boundaries of Medicare: Public Health Care beyond the Canada Health Act by Katherine Fierlbeck
RRP: $193.05$149.80While almost all universal health coverage in Canada is provided under the Canada Health Act, there is Medicare coverage that is provided outside of the act. This is the first book to explain the nature of these boundary health services, why they exist,... -
Moment of Truth: How to Think About Alberta's Future by Jack M. Mintz
RRP: $15.58$10.73Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781989555361Author Jack M. MintzFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint The Sutherland House Inc.Publisher The Sutherland House Inc. -
Canadian Federalism: Performance, Effectiveness, and Legitimacy by Herman Bakvis
$118.81Canadian Federalism is Canada’s leading text on federal institutions and processes. The fourth edition provides extensive updates and covers all the significant developments of the past decade, including Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s battles with the...