Canadian Studies 184S
(Cross-listed with Political Science 184S, Sociology 184S, and
History 184S)
Canadian Issues
MW 3:55-5:10 in Social/Psych 127
Thomas (Tom) Scotto
E-mail: tjs@duke.edu
Office: 304 Perkins Library
Home Phone (before 10:00PM)
493-8945
Introduction
"Why would I want to leave America to go to America Junior?"— Homer
Simpson on Canada
Is this statement true? It is the case that Canada and the United States have
much in common. Both nations were once English colonies, both are longstanding advanced democracies, etc. However, digging a bit deeper and making
use of three different approaches that social scientists and historians use to
study nations, we find a mixture of a) cultural forces, institutions, and social and
economic policy outcomes which are distinctly Canadian b) attitudes, beliefs, and
ideologies which Canadian citizens hold are closer to those held by the citizens
of Western Europe as opposed to those held by individuals in the United States
and c) small but significant differences between tastes, preferences, and choices
among citizens of Canada and citizens of the United States whose root causes
are worth exploring.
There are also unique trials and tribulations faced by the Canadian nation-state.
How many other countries have over 50% of their population within 100 miles of
the world’s most powerful nation, with further population concentrations in just
two of the provinces (Ontario and Quebec)? How does a nation maintain an
identity when 70-80% of its media comes from its southern neighbor?
Then again, perhaps the challenges Canada faces are not all that unique? Many
nations have ethno-linguistic minorities that demand special recognition (if not
outright independence) from the government. Canada is like many federalist
nations in that the political party system at the sub-national (provincial) level
differs from the national party system (note, in this case the United States is the
outlier in practicing federalism while maintaining a coherent two-party system).
The goal of this course is to sort out the factors which make Canada unique
among nations and the forces which make Canada one among a host of
advanced representative democracies. The course is divided into four parts. In
the first few sessions of the course, we will look at the methodology used by
social scientists and historians to compare nations and the peoples within a given
nation to those outside of their country. The selected readings will give you the
skills both to design a research proposal on a political, sociological, or historical
topic relevant to better understanding Canada and tools you can make use of to
work on projects that go beyond the scope of the class. During this portion of the
class, I will provide a historical overview of the portions of Canadian history which
are relevant for understanding Canada today.
The second portion of the course looks at political culture, political institutions
and political behavior within Canada. Looking at the political and sociological
phenomena within a country and not attempting to make comparisons with what
occurs within other nations is one approach social scientists utilize when seeking
to understand and explain historical, sociological, and political forces in the
context of a single nation.
Another approach compares political, sociological, and historical phenomena in
Canada with those of the United States. To a certain degree, the analysis that
we will be doing in the second portion of the course is akin to what you will come
to understand as “most similar systems analysis.” In employing this
methodology, we look at the variance in outcomes (say the number of political
parties at the federal level), and seek to find the causal forces behind them by
eliminating the factors that the two nations have in common.
The last approach is to take a large number of countries and use quantitative
methods to compare Canada to a large set of nations. This gives us the ability to
generalize and predict how the variance in a certain country’s characteristics (be
they geographical, sociological, historical, political, etc) act to create different
cultures, beliefs, attitudes, politics, etc.
All three approaches have their advantages and drawbacks. For example, by
just looking at Canada, we can pay attention to the many minute details
influencing a behavior of interest. However, in only looking at Canada we cannot
generalize and state that a given factor will lead to the behavior of interest
outside of Canada. As we move from the single case study, the ability to
generalize begins to increase while the attention to minute details decreases.
The general direction of comparative politics over the past twenty years has been
to move away from single case studies towards exploring whether certain
institutions and/or behavior creates predictable or common outcomes regardless
of the country one is in. My objective is not to sell you on one approach but to
bring out the merits and limitations of each in attempting to explore Canadian
politics, history, and society.
Readings: The three key texts for the course are as follows:
1) Clarke, Harold D., Allan Kornberg, and Peter Wearing. 2000. A Polity
on the Edge: Canada and the Politics of Fragmentation. New York:
Broadview Press
2) Lipset, Seymour Martin. 1990. Continental Divide: the Values and
Institutions of the United States and Canada. New York: Routledge.
3) Nevitte, Neil. 1996. The Decline of Deference: Canadian Value
Change in Cross National Perspective. New York: Broadview Press.
All three books can be purchased at the Duke textbook store. Each of the three
books takes a separate approach. Clarke et. al. look almost entirely at Canada
and emphasize the changes that have occurred in the political system since the
late 1980’s. Lipset compares Canadian and American culture, history, and the
political systems within the two nations. Nevitte looks at changes in economic,
political, and moral attitudes of citizens in a host of advanced representative
democracies in the 1981-1990 period. All scheduled readings from these texts
and the articles found on the syllabus are required. Furthermore, the assigned
reading should be done before class.
An additional book takes a humorous look at Canadian political culture and the
struggles Canada faces over the contentious issues of national unity and how its
peoples are viewed in the world community. This book is for you to read on your
own in preparation for class discussion on October 15th. It is an easy read that I
hope you will find funny and enjoyable while still picking up on some of the
conflicts in Canadian political culture. I may offer an extra credit quiz on the book
at some point after fall break. The book is:
Ferguson, William. 1997. Why I Hate Canadians. Toronto: Douglas and
McIntyre.
Unfortunately, the Duke Bookstore was unable to purchase this book. Hence, I
had to order it through The Regulator which is a bookstore on 9th Street (off of
East Campus). Copies are also available through Amazon.com. Please see me
if you have trouble obtaining the book.
Other readings will be found on e-reserve or in the online journals. Contact a
librarian for help using online resources.
Perkins Library Contact:
I find all of Duke’s Librarians to be both highly qualified and highly
competent professionals. Most should be able to help with any basic questions
you have for obtaining additional information on topics of interest during the term.
Duke is also fortunate to have a librarian with particular expertise in Canadian
Studies. Her contact information is below:
Ms. Margaret Brill
Head Reference Librarian/ Canadian Studies Resource Specialist
113 Perkins Library
660-5924
margaret.brill@duke.edu
Short Paper: I want you to write one 7-10 page paper, summarizing the social
science literature on political culture and political development in one of the
Canadian provinces.
These papers should not be of the “I feel that” style. You should spend
considerable time looking at what peer reviewed academic journals have to say
both about your province’s political uniqueness and its similarities with the others.
Here is a hint as to what I am looking for:
1) You should pay particular attention to the elected representatives and
the political parties they represent. Many of the provinces in Canada
have political parties with only a local following (for example, the
Saskatchewan Party!). Has anything been written on the formation of
these parties, and why voters in the province elect members of one
political party to the provincial legislature and members of another to
the federal legislature in Ottawa?
2) What are the attitudes held by the citizens of the province and might
they differ from the attitudes of citizens in both the neighboring and
distant provinces? Might these attitudes be what led to the
development of different party systems?
3) How are the provision and administration of public goods (social
services) in your chosen province different and similar to those in the
other provinces?
4) Does the historical development of the province have anything to do
with the province’s current political culture?
The quality and amount of available material to review and summarize will vary
considerably by province. In provinces such as Quebec, Ontario, and British
Columbia, the difficulty you encounter will likely be in absorbing the enormous
amount of available information and molding into a presentable review. In the
smaller provinces, more time may be spent simply looking for information. Much
like the approaches one takes towards the study of a country, there are tradeoffs
between deciding to do a more populous province as opposed to one with fewer
inhabitants.
This paper is worth 20 percent of your final grade. These papers will be graded
on an A, B, F standard with an infinite rewrite option. In essence, if you wish to
avoid an “F” on the paper, you will rewrite the paper until it meets my standard of
a “B-” paper. Of course, if and when you receive a “B-,” feel free to improve your
paper as often as you would like before the last possible due date. For some of
you, this course may involve a painful amount of writing and revising. However,
hopefully the framework that I have set out will allow you to improve your writing
without being detrimental to your GPA. The first draft of this paper is due in class
on November 5th. Failure to get the first draft to me by this date will result in a full
letter grade deduction from your final grade, meaning that the maximum grade
you can receive on the short paper is a “B+”.
Book Reviews: Choose two books from the list provided at the back of the
syllabus. One must be under a different subheading than the other. After
carefully reading the book, write a critical review of the text pretending that you
are submitting it to an academic journal. Since journals are often short on space,
no book review should be longer than three pages. For guidance on how to write
a critical review, I would suggest looking at the reviews found in the back issues
of The American Historical Review, The American Political Science Review, and
The American Journal of Sociology. Note that in 2003, The American Political
Science Review stopped printing book reviews. Each book review is worth
12.5% of your final grade. The first draft of the first book review is due
September 29th. The first draft of the second book review is due October 29 th.
Failure to get the first drafts to me by these dates will result in a full letter grade
deduction from your final grade, meaning that the maximum grade you can
receive on the review is a “B+”. As is the case with the short paper, these reviews
will be graded on an A, B, F scale with an infinite rewrite option. You may
choose to do a book that is not on the list provided you clear it with me.
Final Paper: In a paper of about 10 pages, I want you to draft a research
proposal which will be presented to the class during the final week of the
semester. When drafting the proposal, you should ask yourself the following
questions:
1) What is the phenomenon of interest that I want to explain?
2) Does the phenomenon vary across citizens within Canada, between
Canadian citizens and citizens in other countries, or between Canada
and other nations?
After answering these questions, you need to pick a research design suitable to
provide answers to your question. For example, if I am interested in whether
speaking French or English at home drives an individual’s decision to turnout to
vote in Canada, I probably want to look at the voting behavior of citizens in only
Canada. If I am interested in whether multilingualism influences political
participation, I probably want to take a more cross national approach. Your
research design should contain an introduction explaining the topic and why you
think it is interesting, a literature review explaining prior work on your topic, the
approach you will take to examining your interest, and hypotheses that would be
testable if you had an infinite amount of time, money, and data. Stop there!
Under no circumstances should you try to answer your question. This is just a
research design! Furthermore, do not panic when you read this. I am more than
happy to guide you through what at times may be a frustrating process of
research design. This paper is worth 25% of your final grade. The first draft of
this paper is due on November 19th. After the Thanksgiving break, you will
present the papers to the seminar, and receive feedback both from me and the
rest of the class. You will have until December 11th to revise your draft and turn it
in for a final grade. Additionally, all rewrites for other assignments are due on
December 11th!
Running of the Class: Each student must sign up to be a discussion leader
once. This entails coming to class with a set of questions on the readings and
being able to engage the class in a critical discussion of the assigned work. You
will have assistance because for each class, another student will have signed up
to write a short critique of the readings which will be distributed to the class via
email beforehand meaning that you must e-mail me (tjs@duke.edu) your
comments 48 hours before class. Your performance as discussion leader is
worth 7.5% of your grade as is your written critique of the readings. Your general
presence and participation in the seminar is worth the remaining 15% of your
grade. Because of the intimate nature of a small seminar, you need to show up
to class ready to engage one another on the strengths and shortcomings of the
readings as well as be ready to discuss how the readings fit with the study of
Canada and Canadian culture. A participation grade of an “A+” or an “A”
requires “A+” or “A” levels of participation.
Schedule of Readings and Lectures:
Monday, August 25th: Introduction
Wednesday, August 27th:
“Classics” in the Study of Comparative Politics
Readings: Mill, John Stewart. 1843. “Of the Four Methods of Experimental
Inquiry,” In J.S. Mill, A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive
(Book 3-Chapter 8 on e-reserve)
Przeworski, Adam and Henry Teune. 1970. The Logic of Comparative Social
Inquiry. New York: Wiley.
(introduction and chapter 2—on e-reserve)
Lijphart, Arend. 1971. “Comparative Politics and the Comparative Method”
The American Political Science Review 65: 682-93.
(available via JSTOR)
Monday, September 1st:
Special Topic: Conducting Library Research in
Canadian Studies
Guest Lecturer: Ms. Margaret Brill
Canadian Studies Librarian for the Social Sciences
CLASS MEETS IN PERKINS LIBRARY INSTRUCTIONAL LAB!
Wednesday, September 3rd:
Comparative History and Comparative Inquiry
Readings:
Skocpol, Theda, and Margaret Somers. 1980. “The Uses of Comparative
History in Macrosocial Inquiry.” Comparative Studies in Society and History
65: 174-197
(Available via JSTOR)
Lijphardt, Arend. 1975. “The Comparable Cases Strategy in Comparative
Research.” Comparative Political Studies 8: 158-177.
(Available via E-Reserve)
Monday, September 8th:
An Overview of Canadian History and How Canada Became Canada
Reading: McInnis, Edgar (with Michael Horn). 1982. “The Confederation of
Canada.” In Canada: A Political and Social History, 4th Edition.
(Available via E-Reserve)
Smith, Peter J. 1987. “The Ideological Origins of Canadian Confederation.”
Canadian Journal of Political Science 20: 3-29
(Available via E-Reserve)
Silver, A.I. 1982. The French-Canadian Idea of Confederation, 1864-1900.
Toronto: University of Toronto Press. pp 33-50.
(Available via E-Reserve)
Wednesday, September 10th:
The Challenge of Quebec
Readings: Fenwick, Rudy. 1981. “Social Change and Ethnic Nationalism: An
Historical Analysis of the Separatist Movement in Quebec.” Comparative Studies
in Society and History 23: 196-216.
(Available via JSTOR)
Meadwell, Hudson. 1993. “The Politics of Nationalism in Quebec.” World Politics
45: 203-241.
(Available via JSTOR)
Clarke, Harold D., and Allan Kornberg. 1996. “Choosing Canada? The 1995
Quebec Sovereignty Referendum.” PS: Political Science and Politics 29: 676682. (Available via JSTOR)
Monday, September 15th:
Canada United?
Readings: Clarke et al. Chapters 1-2 (pp. 17-66)
Wednesday, September 17th:
Economic Despair and Constitutional Crisis: Canada in the Late 1980’s and
Early 1990’s
Readings: Clarke et al. Chapters 3-4 (pp.67-119)
Monday, September 22nd:
Coming Apart: The 1993 Federal Election and the 1995 Sovereignty
Referendum
Readings: Clarke et al Chapters 5-6 (pp.121-186)
Wednesday, September 24th:
Before and After the Fall: Partisanship and Voting Behavior Before and After
1993
Readings: Clarke et al. Chapters 7-8 (pp. 187-243)
Epstein, Leon D. 1964. “A Comparative Study of Canadian Parties” The
American Political Science Review 58: 46-59.
(Available via JSTOR)
Monday, September 29th:
Canadian Politics at the Dawn of the 21st Century
Readings: Clarke et al. Chapters 9-10 (pp.245-311)
Book Review #1 Due TODAY!!!
Wednesday, October 1st:
Dueling Ideologies on the Same Continent? Canadian and American Identities in
Comparative Perspective
Readings: Lipset Chapters 1-3 (pp. 1-56)
Monday, October 6th:
The Debate Over Canadian and American Ideologies (Continued)
Readings: Rabkin, Jeremy. 1999. “A Liberal Country, After All.” Public Interest
134: 68-81.
(Available via ProQuest Direct)
Horowitz, Gad. 1966. “Conservatism, Liberalism, and Socialism in Canada: An
Interpretation.” The Canadian Journal of Economics and Political Science 32:
143-171.
(Available via JSTOR)
Wednesday, October 8th:
Less Guns and Less God? Comparing Religious Life and Crime in Canada to the
Presence of both in the United States
Readings: Lipset Chapters 5-6 (pp. 74-116)
Monday, October 13th: No CLASSES: Fall Break!
Wednesday, October 15th:
The 70’s in Canada
Film: Just Watch Me: Trudeau and the 70’s Generation
Background Readings on the Quebec/FLA Crisis TBA
Monday, October 20th:
Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy?: Canadian and American Attitudes
towards Economic Policies, Government Interventions, and their Impact on
Politics
Reading: Lipset Chapters 7-9 (pp. 117-171)
Wednesday, October 22nd:
Assimilation, Multiculturalism, Radical Federalism, Melting Pots and All:
The Politics of National Unity in the United States and Canada
Reading: Lipset Chapters 10-12 (pp. 172-228)
Monday, October 27th:
Comparative Federalism in the U.S. and Canada
Readings: Watts, Ronald L. 1987. “The American Constitution in Comparative
Perspective: A Comparison of Federalism in the United States and Canada.”
The Journal of American History 74: 769-792.
(Available via JSTOR)
Trounin, I. et al. 2001. “Fiscal Federalism in Canada.” In Fiscal Federalism in
Russia: Problems, Theory, Experiences. Moscow: Institute for the Economy in
Transition. (Available online at: http://www.iet.ru/special/cepra/federalizm/)
Wednesday, October 29th:
Materialism vs. Postmaterialism
Inglehart, Ronald. 1971. “The Silent Revolution in Europe: Intergenerational
Change in Post-Industrial Societies” American Political Science Review 65: 9911017.
(Available via JSTOR)
Anonymous. 2003. “A New Right? Moral Issues and Partisan Change in
Canada” Under peer review.
(Available via E-Reserves)
Book Review #2 Due Today
Monday, November 3rd:
Canada and Canadian Values in Comparative Perspective
Reading: Nevitte Chapters 1-2 (pp. 1-48)
Wednesday, November 5th:
Canadian Political Value Change in Comparative Perspective
Reading: Nevitte Chapters 3-4 (pp. 49-111)
Short Paper Due Today!!
Monday, November 10th:
Economics and Canadian Work Culture in Comparative Perspective
Reading: Nevitte Chapters 5-6 (pp. 113-206)
Wednesday, November12th:
Canadian Morals and Family Values in Comparative Perspective
Reading: Nevitte Chapters 7-8 (pp. 207-283)
Monday, November 17th:
Canada, the US, and the Rest of the World
Reading: Nevitte Chapter 9 (pp.286-317)
Wednesday, November 19th:
Catch Up, Class Presentations Begin
Research Design Due Today!!
Monday, November 24th: Class Presentations
Wednesday, November 26th: No CLASS (Thanksgiving Break)!
Monday December 1st: Class Presentations
Wednesday, December 3rd: Class Presentations
Books for Review:
A. History:
Barris, Theodore. Days of victory : Canadians remember, 1939-1945 / Toronto :
Macmillan Canada, c1995.
Berton, Pierre, 1920- The impossible railway; the building of the Canadian
Pacific. New York, Knopf, 1972.
Bothwell, Robert. Canada, 1900-1945 / Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto
Press, c1987.
Brown, Robert Craig. Canada, 1896-1921; a nation transformed [Toronto]
McClelland and Stewart [1974]
Creighton, Donald Grant. The road to confederation; the emergence of Canada,
1863-1867 Toronto, Macmillan, 1964.
Creighton, Donald Grant. The forked road : Canada, 1939-1957 / Toronto :
McClelland and Stewart, c1976.
Douglas, W. A. B. (William Alexander Binny), 1929- Out of the shadows : Canada in
the Second World War / Toronto ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1977.
Granatstein, J. L. A nation forged in fire : Canadians and the Second World War,
1939-1945 / Toronto : Lester & Orpen Dennys, [1989]
Hardy, W. G. (William George), 1895-1979. From sea unto sea; Canada--1850 to
1910: the road to nationhood. Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, 1960.
Lamb, Robert E. Thunder in the North : conflict over the Riel risings, 1870 ...
1885 / New York : Pageant Press, c1957.
Morton, Desmond. 1945, when Canada won the war / Ottawa : Canadian Historical
Association, 1995.
Morton, Desmond. Marching to Armageddon : Canadians and the Great War
1914-1919 / Toronto : Lester & Orpen Dennys, c1989.
Morton, W. L. (William Lewis), 1908- The West and confederation, 1857-1871.
Ottawa : Canadian Historical Association, 1958.
Morton, W. L. (William Lewis), 1908- The critical years; the union of British North
America, 1857-1873 [Toronto] McClelland and Stewart; New York, Oxford University
Press, 1964.
Patrias, Carmela, 1950- Patriots and proletarians : politicizing Hungarian
immigrants in interwar Canada / Montréal ; Buffalo : McGill-Queen's University
Press, c1994.
Pierson, Ruth Roach, 1938- Canadian women and the Second World War /
Ottawa : Canadian Historical Association, 1983.
Schull, Joseph. The nation makers. / Toronto : Macmillan, 1967.
Waite, Peter B. Canada 1874-1896: arduous destiny Toronto, McClelland and
Stewart [1971]
Thompson, John Herd, 1946- Canada, 1922-1939 : decades of discord / Toronto,
Ont. : McClelland and Stewart, c1985.
White, W. L. (Walter Leroy), 1921-1975. Canadian confederation : a decisionmaking analysis / Toronto : published by Macmillan of Canada in association with
the Institute of Canadian Studies, Carleton University, c1979.
B. Sociology and Economics:
Allahar, Anton. Richer and poorer : the structure of inequality in Canada /
Toronto : J. Lorimer, 1998
Bell, David V. J. The roots of disunity : a study of Canadian political culture /
Toronto ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1992.
Conlogue, Ray. Impossible nation : the longing for homeland in Canada and
Quebec / Stratford, Ont. : Mercury Press, 1996
Bercuson, David Jay. Deconfederation : Canada without Quebec / Toronto : Key
Porter Books, c1991.
Coulombe, Serge. Regional disparities in Canada : characterization, trends and
lessons for economic policy / Ottawa : Industry Canada, 1997.
D'Aquino, Thomas, 1941- Northern edge : how Canadians can triumph in the
global economy / Toronto : Stoddart, 2001.
Dirks, Gerald E. Controversy and complexity : Canadian immigration policy
during the 1980s / Montréal ; Buffalo : McGill-Queen's University Press, 1995.
Fleras, Augie, 1947- Unequal relations : an introduction to race, ethnic and
aboriginal dynamics in Canada / Scarborough, Ont. : Prentice Hall Allyn Bacon
Canada, c1999.
Foster, Lorne. Turnstile immigration : multiculturalism, social order & social
justice in Canada / Toronto : Thompson Educational Pub., c1998.
Gomme, Ian McDermid, 1949- The shadow line : deviance and crime in Canada /
Toronto ; New York : Harcourt Brace Canada, c1998.
Gratzer, David. Code blue : reviving Canada's health care system / Toronto, Ont.
ECW Press, c1999
Halli, Shivalingappa S., 1952- The new poverty in Canada : ethnic groups and
ghetto neighbourhoods / Toronto : Thompson Educational Pub., 1999.
Hoerder, Dirk. Creating societies : immigrant lives in Canada / Montreal : McGillQueen's University Press, 2000.
Manning, Erin. Ephemeral territories : representing nation, home, and identity
in Canada / Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2003.
Mathews, Robin, 1931- Treason of the intellectuals : English Canada in the postmodern period / Prescott, Ont. : Voyageur, 1995.
McDougall, Robert L. Totems : essays on the cultural history of Canada / Ottawa
Tecumseh Press, 1990.
Redden, Candace Johnson. Health care, entitlement, and citizenship / Toronto :
University of Toronto Press, c2002.
Reitz, Jeffrey G. The illusion of difference : realities of ethnicity in Canada and
the United States / Toronto : C.D. Howe Institute, 1994.
Smith, Miriam Catherine. Lesbian and gay rights in Canada : social movements
and equality-seeking, 1971-1995 / Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press,
c1999.
Stackhouse, John Gordon. Canadian evangelicalism in the twentieth century : an
introduction to its character / Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press,
1993.
Stoffman, Daniel. Who gets in : what's wrong with Canada's immigration
program, and how to fix it / Toronto : Macfarlane Walter & Ross, c2002.
Warner, Tom. Never going back : a history of queer activism in Canada /
Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2002.
C. Politics
Abelson, Donald. The myth of the sacred : the Charter, the courts and the
politics of the constitution in Canada / Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's
University Press, c2002.
Boothe, Paul Michael, 1954- Finding a balance : renewing Canadian fiscal
federalism / Toronto : C.D. Howe Institute, 1998.
Breton, Raymond. Why Meech failed : lessons for Canadian constitutionmaking
Toronto : C.D. Howe Institute, c1992.
Caccia, Fulvio, 1952- Republic denied : the loss of Canada / Toronto : Guernica,
2002.
Cairns, Alan. Disruptions : constitutional struggles, from the Charter to Meech
Lake / Toronto : McClelland & Stewart, c1991.
Clarkson, Stephen. Uncle Sam and us : globalization, neoconservatism, and the
Canadian state / Toronto ; Washington : University of Toronto Press and Woodrow
Wilson Center Press, 2002.
Cornellier, Manon. The Bloc / Toronto : J. Lorimer, 1995.
Gibbins, Roger, 1947- Conflict & unity : an introduction to Canadian political life
Scarborough, Ont. : Nelson Canada, 1994.
Grafftey, Heward, 1928- Democracy challenged : how to end one-party rule in
Canada / Montréal : Véhicule Press, c2002
Grubel, Herbert G. A professor in parliament : experiencing a turbulent
parliament and Reform Party caucus, 1993-97 / Vancouver, [B.C. : H.G. Grubel]
Seattle, WA : Distributed by Gordon Soules Book Publishers, 2000.
Jackson, Robert J., 1936- Canadian government in transition / Toronto : Prentice
Hall, c2002.
LaSelva, Samuel V. (Samuel Victor), 1952- The moral foundations of Canadian
federalism : paradoxes, achievements, and tragedies of nationhood / Montreal
Buffalo : McGill-Queen's University Press, c1996.
MacDonald, L. Ian. From Bourassa to Bourassa : wilderness to restoration /
Montréal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2002.
Monahan, Patrick. Meech Lake : the inside story / Toronto ; Buffalo : University of
Toronto Press, c1991
Monahan, Partick. The Charlottetown Accord, the referendum, and the future of
Canada / Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, c1993
Montgomery, Byron, 1963- "The common (non)sense revolution : the decline of
progress and democracy in Ontario" / Creemore, ON : Mad River Publishing,
c2002.
Nossal, Kim Richard. The politics of Canadian foreign policy / Scarborough, Ont. :
Prentice Hall Canada, c1997.
Resnick, Philip. The politics of resentment : British Columbia regionalism and
Canadian unity / Vancouver : UBC Press, c2000.
Romney, Paul, 1945- Getting it wrong : how Canadians forgot their past and
imperilled Confederation / Toronto ; Buffalo, NY : University of Toronto Press,
1999.
Savoie, Donald J. Governing from the centre : the concentration of power in
Canadian politics / Toronto ; Buffalo University of Toronto Press, 1999.
Saywell, John T., 1929- The lawmakers : judicial power and the shaping of
Canadian federalism / Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, c2002.
Schnurmacher, Thomas. Canada is not a real country / Toronto : ECW Press, 1996.
Stewart, David Kenney, 1962- Quasi-democracy? : parties and leadership
selection in Alberta / Vancouver : UBC Press, c2000.
Smith, David E., 1936- The republican option in Canada, past and present /
Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, 1999.
Taucar, Christopher Edward, 1968- Canadian federalism and Quebec sovereignty
New York : P. Lang, c2000.
Vaughan, Frederick. The Canadian federalist experiment : from defiant
monarchy to reluctant republic / Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press,
c2003.
Vickers, Jill, 1942- The politics of race : Canada, Australia, the United States /
Ottawa, Canada : Golden Dog Press, 2002.
Whitaker, Reginald, 1943- A sovereign idea : essays on Canada as a democratic
community / Montreal ; Buffalo : McGill-Queen's University Press, c1992.