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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454007903321

Autore

Stevenson Garth <1943->

Titolo

Unfulfilled union [[electronic resource] ] : Canadian federalism and national unity / / Garth Stevenson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Montreal, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2004

ISBN

1-282-86601-X

9786612866012

1-282-86198-0

9786612861987

0-7735-7208-2

Edizione

[4th ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (333 p.)

Disciplina

320.471

Soggetti

Federal government - Canada

Fédéralisme - Canada

Relations fédérales-provinciales (Canada)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The meaning of federalism -- Origins and objectives of Canadian confederation -- Judicial interpretation of the constitution -- The political economy of decentralization -- A province unlike the others -- Fiscal federalism : the search for balance -- Conditional grants and shared-cost programs -- Federalism and economic policy -- Federal-provincial conflict and its resolution -- Federalism and constitutional change -- Federalism in the twenty-first century -- Appendices. Constitution Act, 1867, Part VI ; Constitution Act, 1982 ; 1987 Constitutional Accord.