Canadian Government In Transition - Softcover

Robert J. Jackson; Doreen Jackson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0131975293 ISBN 13: 9780131975293

Publisher: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2006

Synopsis

Appropriate for one-semester Canadian Government or Politics courses in colleges and universities.

 

This fourth edition of Canadian Government in Transition continues to provide a concise analysis of the most important Canadian political institutions, processes, and trends. It systematically describes and dissects federal institutions, providing enough history to place them in context.

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This fourth edition of Canadian Government in Transition continues to provide a concise analysis of the most important Canadian political institutions, processes, and trends. It systematically describes and dissects federal institutions, providing enough history to place them in context.

 

 

This book was clearly written and provides a useful introductory understanding of Canadian Government.

Sheila Dhillon, Simon Fraser University/

Kwantlen University College, Department of Political Science

  

Canadian Government in Transition is a relatively concise introduction to the emerging political, economic and social processes as Canada moves towards its 150th anniversary of Confederation.

Chaldeans Mensah, Grant MacEwan College,

Anthropology, Economics and Political Science

 

 

Key Features:

• Up-to-date, including 2004 election coverage, sponsorship scandal, realities of operating under a minority government, etc. 
• Enhanced visual appeal through the inclusion of cartoons. 
• Coverage of contemporary topics: declining voter turnout rates; rising tuition costs for students; healthcare reform; same-sex marriage; effects of 9/11/2001.

Robert Jackson, is a professor at University of Redlands, California, and Carleton University, Ottawa

Doreen Jackson, is a professor at University of Redlands, California, and Carleton University, Ottawa

 

 

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ISBN: 0-13-197529-3

About the Author

Dr Robert Jackson is the Fletcher Jones Professor of Government at the University of Redlands, California. He is a Senior Associate at St Antony's College and Visiting Fellow at the Changing Character of War Programme at the University of Oxford. He also holds the positions of Distinguished Research Professor of Political Science at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, and Life Member/Visiting Fellow at Clare Hall and the Centre of International Studies, University of Cambridge. He has recently been appointed as an Associate Fellow in International Security at Chatham House (Royal Institute of International Affairs), London.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pearson Prentice Hall
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0131975293
• ISBN 13: 9780131975293
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 324