Unfulfilled Union, 4th Edition: Canadian Federalism and National UnityMcGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, 2004 - 314 strani In Unfulfilled Union Garth Stevenson examines such topics as the origins and objectives of Confederation and the British North America Act of 1867, the interpretation of Canada's federal constitution by the courts, the impact of economic regionalism and Quebec nationalism, financial relations between the federal and provincial levels of government, the consequences of federalism for economic policy, the sources of federal-provincial conflicts and the means to resolve them, and the lengthy but inconclusive efforts to reform the constitution through federal-provincial agreement, particularly since Quebec's Quiet Revolution in the 1960s. Although institutional factors such as the defects of the original constitution and the sometimes questionable interpretations of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council are given due attention, Stevenson emphasizes the political economy of Canada, including its relationship with the United States, and the vitality of Quebec nationalism as the major reasons Canada has not achieved the same level of centralization and stability as other federations in the industrialized world. Originally published in 1989, Unfulfilled Union includes a new introduction that discusses the extensive changes that have taken place in Canadian federalism since that time. |
Vsebina
The Meaning of Federalism | 1 |
Origins and Objectives of Canadian Confederation | 20 |
Judicial Interpretation of the Constitution | 43 |
The Political Economy of Decentralization | 72 |
A Province Unlike the Others | 94 |
The Search for Balance | 124 |
Conditional Grants and SharedCost Programs | 151 |
Federalism and Economic Policy | 177 |
FederalProvincial Conflict and Its Resolution | 210 |
Federalism and Constitutional Change | 235 |
Continental Free Trade and Canadian Federalism | 267 |
Druge izdaje - Prikaži vse
Unfulfilled Union, 5th Edition: Canadian Federalism and National Unity Garth Stevenson Omejen predogled - 2009 |
Pogosti izrazi in povedi
agreement Alberta amending formula American anglophone argued BNA Act British Columbia Brunswick Canadian federalism capital central government charter of rights cial conditional grants Confederation conference Constitution Act Constitution of Canada constitutional amendment Court of Canada decision Duplessis economic elected equalization fact federal government federal level federal-provincial relations fiscal francophone free trade French government's House of Commons important increased industrial interests intergovernmental issue Judicial Committee legislative powers legislature level of government Liberal Macdonald major Manitoba ment Montreal Nova Scotia Ontario Ottawa Parliament of Canada Parti Québécois percent policies political Premier Prime Minister proposed prov provinces provincial governments provincial level Quebec Quebec nationalism Quiet Revolution railways regional responsibility revenues rights and freedoms Saskatchewan Seal of Canada sector Senate shared-cost programs social sovereignty-association statutes Supreme Court tax rental taxation tion tional Toronto Press Trudeau Union Union Nationale United Victoria Charter