Canadian Politics, Seventh Edition

James Bickerton is a professor in the Department of Political Science at St. Francis Xavier University.Alain-G. Gagnon is Canada Research Chair in Quebec and Canadian Studies and professor in the Department of Political Science at the Université du Québec à Montréal.

• Part I. Canadian Politics: Origins and Foundations 1. Understanding Canada’s Origins: Federalism, Multiculturalism, and the Will to Live TogetherSamuel V. LaSelva2. The Canadian Political Regime from a Québec PerspectiveGuy Laforest and Alain-G. GagnonPart II. Government, Parliament, and the Courts3. The Centre Rules: Executive Dominance Donald J. Savoie 4. The House of Commons and Responsible GovernmentLori Turnbull 5. The Senate: A Late Blooming Chameleon Andrew Heard 6. The Civil ServiceAmanda Clarke 7. Interest Groups in Canada and in the United States: Evidence of Convergence Éric Montpetit and Graham WilsonPart III. Federalism and the Charter8. Practices of Federalism in CanadaJennifer Wallner 9. Politics and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms Raymond Bazowski 10. Five Faces of Quebec: Shifting Small Worlds and Evolving Political Dynamics Alain-G. Gagnon11. The Two Faces of Treaty Federalism Martin PapillonPart IV. Electoral Politics and Political Communication 12. Public Opinion and Political Cleavages in CanadaAllison Harell, Laura Stephenson, and Lyne Deschatelêts13. Parties and Elections: An End to Canadian Exceptionalism James Bickerton14. Democratic Reform and the Vagaries of Partisan Politics in CanadaBrian Tanguay15. Media and Strategic Communication in Canadian PoliticsAlex MarlandPart V. Citizenship and Diversity16. Citizenship, Communities, and Identity in CanadaWill Kymlicka17. Diversity in Canadian PoliticsYasmeen Abu-Laban18. Of Pots and Pans and Radical Handmaids: Social Movements and Civil SocietyMichael Orsini19. Acting In and On History: The Canadian Women’s MovementJacquetta Newman Part VI. Contemporary Issues 20. The Relationship between Canada and Indigenous Peoples: Where Are We?Naiomi Walqwam Metallic 21. Immigration in Canada: From Low to High PoliticsMireille Paquet22. Canada and the Climate Policy DilemmaDebora VanNijnatten and Douglas Macdonald23. Canada in the WorldMark R. Brawley