Canadian federalism : performance, effectiveness, and legitimacy

Bakvis, Herman, 1948- (Added Author). Skogstad, Grace Darlene, 1948- (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 9780195425123 (pbk.)
ISBN: 019542512X (pbk.)
Physical Description: print
vi, 408 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Don Mills, Ont. : Oxford University Press, 2008.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Canadian federalism : performance, effectiveness, and legitimacy / Herman Bakvis and Grace Skogstad -- The courts, the division of powers, and dispute resolution / Gerald Baier -- The courts, the Charter, and federalism / James B. Kelly -- Fiscal federalism : searching for balance / Dougls M. Brown -- Parliamentary Canada and intergovernmental Canada : exploring the tensions / Richard Simeon and Amy Nugent -- Federalism, political parties, and the burden of national unity : still making federalism do the heavy lifting? / Herman Bakvis and A. Brian Tanguay -- The three federalisms : social policy and intergovernmental decision-making / Keith G. Banting -- Health care / Antonia Maioni -- From multilateralism to bilaterailsm to unilateralism in three short years : child care in Canadian federalism, 2003-2006 / Martha Friendly and Linda A. White -- The knowledge economy and port-secondary education : federalism in search of a metaphor / Herman Bakvis -- Canadian federalism, international trade, and regional market integration in an era of complex sovereignty / Grace Skogstad -- Federalism and economic adjustment : skills and economic development in the face of globalization / Rodney Haddow -- The harmonization accord and climate change policy : two case studies in federal-provincial environmental policy / Mark Winfield and Douglas Macdonald -- Canadian federalism and multinational democracy : 'pressures' from Quebec on the federation / Alain-G. Gagnon and Raffaele Iacovino -- Democratizing executive federalsim : the role of non-governmental actors in intergovernmental agreements / Julie Simmons -- Conclusion : taking stok of Canadian federalism / Herman Bakvis and Grace Skogstad.