A sovereign idea : essays on Canada as a democratic community /

In these essays, written during the last fifteen years, Whitaker analyses the paradoxes of federalism and democracy in a society which is deeply divided by region, language, and class. He examines the thought and action of such diverse figures as Mackenzie King, Harold Innis, William Irvine, and Pie...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Whitaker, Reginald, 1943-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal ; Buffalo : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©1992.
Temas:
Federal government > Canada.
Democracy > Canada.
Democracy.
Democracy
Gouvernement fédéral > Canada.
Démocratie.
democracy.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Civics & Citizenship.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Ideologies > Democracy.
Federal government
Politics and government
Demokratie
Aufsatzsammlung
Föderalismus
Démocratie > Canada.
Idées politiques > Canada.
Canada > Politics and government.
Canada > Politique et gouvernement.
Canada
Kanada
Canada > Relations extérieures.
Québec (Canada ; province) > Relations extérieures.
Government
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Images of the state in Canada
  • The liberal corporatist ideas of Mackenzie King
  • William Irvine and the farmers in politics
  • "To have insight into much and power over nothing" : the political ideas of Harold Innis
  • Reason, passion and interest : Pierre Trudeau's eternal liberal triangle
  • Federalism and democratic theory
  • Democracy and the Canadian constitution
  • Federalism, democracy and the Canadian political community
  • Between patronage and bureaucracy : democratic politics in transition
  • Quebec and the Canadian question.

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