Comparing Canada: Methods and Perspectives on Canadian Politics - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 077482784X ISBN 13: 9780774827843

Publisher: UBC Press, 2014

Synopsis

Debating how Canada compares – both regionally and in relation to other countries – is a national pastime. This book examines how political scientists use comparison as a tool to better understand Canadian political life. Using a variety of methods, the contributors explore topics as diverse as Indigenous rights, voting behaviour, and climate policy. While their theoretical perspectives and the kinds of questions they explore vary greatly, as a whole they demonstrate how the “art of comparing” is an important strategy for understanding Canadian identity politics, political mobilization, political institutions, and public policy.

About this title

About the Author

Luc Turgeon and Jennifer Wallner are assistant professors in the School of Political Studies at the University of Ottawa. Martin Papillon is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at the Université de Montréal. Stephen White is a Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Political Science at Concordia University.

Edition details

• Publisher: UBC Press
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 077482784X
• ISBN 13: 9780774827843
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 356
• Editor: Turgeon Luc