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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460324103321

Titolo

The political process in Canada : essays in honour of R. MacGregor Dawson / / edited by J. H. Aitchison

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Toronto, Ontario] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1963

©1963

ISBN

1-4426-1508-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (205 p.)

Collana

Heritage

Disciplina

320.971

Soggetti

POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Canadian

Electronic books.

Canada Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Contributors -- The Press and the Patronage: An Exploratory Operation -- The Ballot in the British North American Colonies -- The Democratic Process at Work in Canadian Federal Elections -- Group Interests in Canadian Politics -- Early Socialism in Canada -- The Political Ideas of J. W. Dafoe -- The Paradox of Power in the Saskatchewan C.C.F., 1944-1961 -- The Evolution of Territorial Government in Canada -- Interprovincial Co-operation in Canada -- Legislative Power to Implement Treaty Obligations in Canada -- Political Retrospect

Sommario/riassunto

The influence of the late R. MacGregor Dawson on political thought in Canada is still with us and will, indeed, be with us for a long time to come. It is fitting therefore that a book should be conceived in his honour and that this book should reflect the high qualities of analysis and writing that he inspired in his many students. All the contributors to this volume, except Professor Clokie, who is Dawson’s generation, were his students in Saskatchewan or Toronto; all provide articles of interest and importance for a most useful volume on the political process in Canada. There are eleven essays, covering many aspects of Canadian political life. From a historical study of the federal government’s relations with the press, we move to consideration of the



early ballot and the “swings” in federal elections. The next four essays are devoted to various topics connected with the general theme of political parties, and the next three to some problems of federation, including an account of the federal government’s administration of the North. Professor Clokie’s contribution, “Political Retrospect,” provides a suitable closing chapter.