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Title The comparative turn in Canadian political science / edited by Linda A. White [and others]
Published Vancouver : UBC Press, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 309 pages) : illustrations
Contents Introduction: the comparative turn in Canadian political science / Robert Vipond -- A quantitative analysis of the comparative turn in Canadian political science / Éric Montpetit -- Is Canadian multiculturalism parochial? Canadian contributions to theorizing justice and ethnocultural diversity / Andrew M. Robinson -- Canada as counternarrative: multiculturalism, recognition, and redistribution / Keith G. Banting -- Canada's contribution to the comparative study of rights and judicial review / Ran Hirschl -- Marketing Canadian pluralism in the international arena / Will Kymlicka -- Is the secret to have a good dentist? Canadian contributions to the study of federalism in divided societies / Martin Papillon -- Working around the Ameircan model: Canadian federalism and the European Union / Thomas O. Hueglin -- Empirical evidence and pragmatic explanations: Canada's contributions to comparative federalism / Jennifer Wallner -- What's so bad about cultivating our own theoretical gardens? The study of political parties in Canada / A. Brian Tanguay -- Canadian voting behaviour in comparative perspective / James Farney and Renan Levine -- Policy networks and policy communities: conceptualizing state-societal relationships in the policy process / Grace Skogstad -- How can comparative political economy explain variable change? Lessons for, and from, Canada / Rodney Haddow -- Conclusion: are we on the right track? / Alan C. Cairns
Summary "This volume is the first sustained attempt to describe, analyze, and assess the "comparative turn" in Canadian political science. Canada's engagement with comparative politics is examined with a focus on three central questions: In what ways, and how successfully, have Canadian scholars contributed to the study of comparative politics? How does study of the Canadian case advance the comparative discipline? Finally, can Canadian practice and policy be reproduced in other countries?"--Jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-291) and index
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Subject Political science -- Canada -- History -- 20th century
Comparative government.
Political science -- Study and teaching -- Canada
Multiculturalism -- Canada
Federal government -- Canada
comparative politics.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- History & Theory.
Politics and government
Comparative government.
Federal government.
Multiculturalism.
Political science.
Political science -- Study and teaching.
Politische Wissenschaft
Politische Wissenschaft.
Vergleich.
Science politique -- Canada -- Histoire -- 20e siecle.
Institutions politiques comparees.
Science politique -- Etude et enseignement -- Canada.
Multiculturalisme -- Canada.
Federalisme -- Canada.
SUBJECT Canada -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85019334
Subject Canada.
Kanada
Kanada.
Genre/Form Electronic books
History.
Form Electronic book
Author White, Linda A. (Linda Ann), 1967-
LC no. 2008428373
ISBN 9780774856188
0774856181
1282457209
9781282457201
9786612457203
6612457201