Focusing on the traditional state-centred arenas of group and social movement influence such as Parliament, elections, the bureaucracy and the courts, this book argues that the terrain of group politics in Canada has been restructured by the transition from the Keynesian welfare state era to the era of neoliberal globalization. It surveys the main approaches to the study of collective action in the Canadian context, including theories such as pluralism, neo-Marxism, historical institutionalism, and rational choice theory. The core of the analysis draws on political economy and historical institutionalism to explore the ways in which Canadian political institutions are in the midst of a fundamental transformation brought on by the shift to neoliberalism. Miriam Smith argues that political-institutional changes in federalism and intergovernmental relations, the role of the courts in the wake of the Charter, the decline of the legislature, the concentration of power at the centre, the relative displacement of the public service, the regionalization of the brokerage party system, and the rise of professional lobbyists have altered the scope for group politics in Canada. The restructuring of Canadian politics has gone beyond the level of policy change, reshaping the central institutions of the state. The core political institutions of the Canadian state are in the midst of their own restructuring process, one that will make a less democratic Canada.
Special Combined Price: A Civil Society? Collective Actors in Canadian Political Life may be ordered together with Group Politics and Social Movements in Canada at a special discounted price. In order to secure the package price, the following ISBN must be used when ordering: 978-1-55402-779-8.
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- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 322.4/3/0971
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 22
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- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
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- ISBN
- 1551112310 9781442602014
- LCCN
- JL186.5
- LCCN Item number
- S553 2005eb
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- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (224 p.)
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- Canada
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- CaOOCEL
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- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
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- (CaBNVSL)jme00326267 (OCoLC)594237583 (CaOOCEL)405043
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Table of Contents
- Contents 6
- Acknowledgements 8
- ONE: Neoliberalism and Group Politics 10
- TWO: Understanding Group and Movement Politics 20
- THREE: Historical Trajectories of Influence in Canadian Politics 48
- FOUR: Arenas of Influence: Parliament, Parties, and Elections 82
- FIVE: Arenas of Influence: Bureaucracy and Policy Communities 110
- SIX: Arenas of Influence: Courts 146
- SEVEN: Conclusions 180
- References 196
- Index 210
- A 210
- B 210
- C 211
- D 213
- E 214
- F 214
- G 215
- H 215
- I 215
- J 216
- K 216
- L 216
- M 217
- N 218
- O 219
- P 219
- Q 221
- R 222
- S 222
- T 224
- U 225
- V 225
- W 225
- Y 225
- Z 225
