The Concept of the Region in Canadian Politics

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. CONTENTS V
3. INTRODUCTION
4. Smiley's People 1
5. HISTORY AND ITS CONSEQUENCES
6. The Origins of Co-operative Federalism 7
7. The Concept of the Region in Canadian Politics 33
8. Vive le Quebec Libre! or Putting the Leader Back In 55
9. THE ROLE OF THE STATE IN CANADIAN LIFE
10. Health Insurance: the Roller-Coaster in Federal-Provincial Relations 73
11. The Political Culture of Problem-Solving and Public Policy 93
12. POLITICAL COMMUNITY AND POLITICAL TRADITIONS
13. Political Science, Ethnicity, and the Canadian Constitution 113
14. Making Canada Bilingual: Illusions and Delusions of Federal Language Policy 141
15. Federalism, Pluralism, and the Canadian Community 173
16. Incorporating Canada's Other Political Tradition 187
17. The Meech Lake Accord 203
18. THE CONSTITUTION AND THE CHARTER OF RIGHTS
19. The Supreme Court and the Charter: A Question of Legitimacy 225
20. Canadian Constitutionalism and the Sequel to the Meech Lake/Langevin Accord 241
21. Federalism Fights the Charter of Rights 249
22. The Myths of Legislative and Constitutional Supremacy 267
23. The Courts as Arbiters of Social Values 291
24. Ideology and the Charter 307
25. Rights in a 'Free and Democratic Society': Abortion 327
26. MASS COMMUNICATION AND POLITICS
27. 'Going Public': Mass Communications and Executive Federalism 349
28. Broadcasting in the Federation: National Power, Divided Purpose 361
29. Federalism and Communications Policy: Communications and Confederation Revisited 385
30. DONALD SMILEY AND THE STUDY OF FEDERALISM
31. We Are All Smiley's People 409
32. The Interplay of Political Institutions and Political Communities 423
33. Executive Federalism: The Comparative Perspective 439
34. POSTFACE
35. On Political Science and Political Power 461
36. APPENDIX
37. Bihliography of the Works of Donald Smiley 473