Download or read book The role of government in Canadian society written by Peter Charles Newman and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Local Government in Canada written by Sir John George Bourinot and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Local government has played a vital role in shaping Canadian society and democracy. In this classic work, John George Bourinot provides a detailed history of the development of local government in Canada, from the early colonial period to the turn of the twentieth century. He examines the evolution of municipal institutions, the role of urbanization and industrialization, and the challenges that local governments faced in adapting to changing social, economic, and political realities. This is an important and informative book for anyone interested in Canadian history and politics. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Canadian Government and Politics in Comparative Perspective written by Earl H. Fry and published by Washington, D.C. : University Press of America. This book was released on 1978 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Good Government Good Citizens written by W.A. Bogart and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2007-10-01 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Good Government? Good Citizens? explores the evolving concept of the citizen in Canada at the beginning of this century. Three forces are at work in reconstituting the citizen in this society: courts, politics, and markets. Many see these forces as intersecting and colliding in ways that are fundamentally reshaping the relationship of individuals to the state and to each other. How has Canadian society actually been transformed? Is the state truly in retreat? Do individuals, in fact, have a fundamentally altered sense of their relationship to government and to each other? Have courts and markets supplanted representative politics regarding the expression of basic values? Must judicialized protection of human rights and minority interests necessarily mean a diminished concern for the common good on the part of representative politics? To what extent should markets and representative politics maintain a role in the protection of human rights and minority interests? Will representative politics ever hold the public trust again? Good Government? Good Citizens? responds to these questions. It does so by examining the altered roles of courts, politics, and markets over the last two decades. It then examines a number of areas to gauge the extent of the evidence regarding transformations that have occurred because of these changing roles. There are chapters on the First Peoples, cyberspace, education, and on an ageing Canada. The book concludes with reflections on the “good citizen” at the dawning of the new century. Of particular interest to professors and students of law and political science, Good Government? Good Citizens? will appeal to anyone interested in the changing face of Canada and its citizens.
Download or read book Sovereign Idea written by Reg Whitaker and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 1991-11-05 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 Pierre Trudeau and evaluates their impact on Canadian society both then and now. With an astute critical eye he surveys constitutional reform and the question of Quebec sovereignty as it has developed from 1981 through Meech Lake and beyond, and explores federalism, democratic theory, and the practice of politics in the real world. In the final essay, "Quebec and the Canadian Question," written especially for this volume, he evaluates the major changes which have occurred in Canadian politics during the last fifteen years and assesses their resounding impact on the future possibilities for Canadian democracy. The dominant political discourse, Whitaker argues, is increasingly based on human rights. This, in combination with the ascendance of free-market conservatism, the turn to continentalism under free trade, and the resurgence, since the failure of Meech Lake, of serious tensions between Quebec and the rest of Canada, has led to a compounded crisis that requires an examination not only of what Quebec wants, with or without Canada, but what Canada wants -- with or without Quebec. The Canadian idea of democracy is still evolving. Together in one volume for the first time, Whitaker's essays describe the process of that evolution and show what lies beneath the constitutional debate on the future of Canada.
Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Canadian Politics written by John Courtney and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2010-04-29 with total page 569 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Oxford Handbook of Canadian Politics provides a comprehensive overview of the transformation that has occurred in Canadian politics since it acheived autonomy nearly a century ago, examining the institutions and processes of Canadian government and politics at the local, provincial and federal levels. It analyzes all aspects of the Canadian political system: the courts, elections, political parties, Parliament, the constitution, fiscal and political federalism, the diffusion of policies between regions, and various aspects of public policy.
Download or read book A Civil Society written by Miriam Smith and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2018-02-05 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Civil Society? surveys the main approaches to the study of group politics in Canada, with a strong comparative perspective. Unique to this brief and accessible text is a comprehensive theoretical framework that helps students evaluate policy areas surveyed in the book, while also pointing them toward future study. This new edition opens with a discussion of power, political institutions, and identity. It goes on to explore group and social movement activity across a range of institutions including the House of Commons, the bureaucracy, and the courts as well as mobilization through social media and the electoral system. Throughout, Smith systematically integrates consideration of the role of gender, racialization, and indigeneity in contemporary Canadian group and movement politics.
Download or read book Social Purpose for Canada written by Michael K. Oliver and published by Peterborough : Ontario Audio Library Service. This book was released on 1961-12-15 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where is Canada going in the next half-century? Have her people a sense of purpose for themselves or their country in the dangerous excitements of the affluent society and the nuclear age? A number of writers well known for their articles and books on the Canadian cultural, social, and political sense come together here to take up these vital questions. Their concern has been to reveal the purposeless, the mediocre, the inequitable beneath the glitter of our prosperity and to issue a challenge to all Canadians to become fully alive as individuals and as citizens to both the dangers and the potentialities of the post-Hiroshima world. This book is social criticism at its best—alert, authoritative, urgent. This common concern brought the authors together in the planning of an unusual book. The finished work shows that they share a left-of-centre viewpoint; it also shows that they write as individuals. The essays, it is confidently predicted, will be found greatly stimulating for the high quality of their analysis by serious readers of all persuasions who are concerned about the Canadian society.
Download or read book Socialization and Values in Canadian Society written by Elia Zureik and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 1985-01-15 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Canada and the Canadian Question 1891 written by Goldwin Smith and published by Kessinger Publishing. This book was released on 2008-08-01 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
Download or read book The Constitution Act 1982 written by Canada and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Reflecting on Our Past and Embracing Our Future written by Serge Joyal and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2019-03-04 with total page 561 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 1967, the centennial of Confederation, numerous political crises, economic challenges, and international events have helped to transform Canadian society, and will continue to shape its future. Taking these various challenges and opportunities of the past into account, how does the future look for Canada? In Reflecting on Our Past and Embracing Our Future diplomats, politicians, scientists, and human rights leaders including Phil Fontaine, Michaëlle Jean, Ellen Gabriel, Paul Heinbecker, Bob Rae, Jean Charest, and David Suzuki have come together to share their wisdom and experience of events that have marked the country over the last fifty years. Reflecting on the role of the Senate in Canada as complementary to the House of Commons, they consider central issues such as the condition of indigenous peoples, the obligations of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the recognition of two official languages, and the national unity referendums. Contributors also discuss the transformation of the economy in a globalized and digital world, the role of Canada on the world stage at a time of growing tension and an increasing flow of refugees, climate change and the uncertain future of the Arctic, scientific and cultural competitions on the international market, and the future of parliamentary democracy. Correcting misconceptions about the contemporary role of the Senate, and providing a counterargument for radical Senate reform, Reflecting on Our Past and Embracing Our Future offers rich perspectives and fascinating insights about Canada's likely development in the coming years.
Download or read book Social Welfare in Canadian Society written by Rosalie Chappell and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Public Servant s Guide to Government in Canada written by Alex Marland and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2018-12-21 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Public Servant’s Guide to Government in Canada is a concise primer on the inner workings of government in Canada. This is a go-to resource for students, for early career public servants, and for anyone who wants to know more about how government works. Grounded in experience, the book connects core concepts in political science and public administration to the real-world practice of working in the public service. The authors provide valuable insights into the messy realities of governing and the art of diplomacy, as well as best practices for climbing the career ladder.
Download or read book Canadian Society in the Twenty first Century written by Trevor W. Harrison and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Appropriate for Canadian Society and Canadian Studies courses. This text examines the growth and development of Canadian society within a socio-historical framework. Following the progress of our society into the 21st century, Harrison investigates historical, economic, political, cultural and ideological perspectives through 3 key relationships: Quebec and Canada, Canada and the United States, and Canada and the Aboriginal Nations. An introductory chapter presents central sociological theories of structural-functionalism, symbolic interactionism, conflict and feminism as it pertains to the text's central themes of nation, state and society.
Download or read book The evolving role of governments in a 21st century economy written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Evolving Role of Governments in a 21st Century Economy Summary Report of the Interviews and Roundtable Discussions January 2006 THE PUBLIC POLICY FORUM Striving for Excellence in Government The Public Policy Forum is an independent, non-profit organization aimed at improving the quality of government in Canada through better dialogue between the public, private and voluntary sectors. [...] As President of the Public Policy Forum and Chairs of the regional roundtables, we are very pleased to present, The Evolving Role of Governments in a 21st Century Economy: Summary Report of the Interviews and Roundtable Discussions. [...] To assist in considering this option, a draft order-in-council and the corresponding statement of work for such a royal commission is attached at Annex 2. As an interim step, the Public Policy Forum advocates the convening of a national conference in 2006, to discuss the need for such a royal commission, to identify other alternative mechanisms for a coherent assessment of Canada's economic future [...] This led to a further discussion of the role that tripartite institutions (involving the private sector, governments and universities) could play in researching major public policy issues and suggesting, based on a non-partisan, neutral analysis of the facts - options to solve the problems and the corresponding targets and metrics to monitor implementation. [...] It was noted that such royal commissions have served Canadians well in the past (Rowel- Sirois in the 1930's, the Gordon Commission in the mid-50's and McDonald Commission in the early 80's) and have lead to significant changes to Canadian society such as social security reform and free trade.
Download or read book Response of the Government of Canada to Equality Now written by Canada. Parliament. House of Commons. Special Committee on Participation of Visible Minorities in Canadian Society and published by Gouvernement du Canada. This book was released on 1984 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
