Canadian Politics, Seventh Edition

Part I. Canadian Politics: Origins and Foundations

1. Understanding Canada’s Origins: Federalism, Multiculturalism, and the Will to Live Together
Samuel V. LaSelva

2. The Canadian Political Regime from a Québec Perspective
Guy Laforest and Alain-G. Gagnon

Part II. Government, Parliament, and the Courts

3. The Centre Rules: Executive Dominance
Donald J. Savoie

4. The House of Commons and Responsible Government
Lori Turnbull

5. The Senate: A Late Blooming Chameleon
Andrew Heard

6. The Civil Service
Amanda Clarke

7. Interest Groups in Canada and in the United States: Evidence of Convergence
Éric Montpetit and Graham Wilson

Part III. Federalism and the Charter

8. Practices of Federalism in Canada
Jennifer 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. Gagnon

11. The Two Faces of Treaty Federalism
Martin Papillon

Part IV. Electoral Politics and Political Communication

12. Public Opinion and Political Cleavages in Canada
Allison Harell, Laura Stephenson, and Lyne Deschatelêts

13. Parties and Elections: An End to Canadian Exceptionalism
James Bickerton

14. Democratic Reform and the Vagaries of Partisan Politics in Canada
Brian Tanguay

15. Media and Strategic Communication in Canadian Politics
Alex Marland

Part V. Citizenship and Diversity

16. Citizenship, Communities, and Identity in Canada
Will Kymlicka

17. Diversity in Canadian Politics
Yasmeen Abu-Laban

18. Of Pots and Pans and Radical Handmaids: Social Movements and Civil Society
Michael Orsini

19. Acting In and On History: The Canadian Women’s Movement
Jacquetta 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 Politics
Mireille Paquet

22. Canada and the Climate Policy Dilemma
Debora VanNijnatten and Douglas Macdonald

23. Canada in the World
Mark R. Brawley