A Short History of the State in Canada /

A Short History of the State in Canada /

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Author / Creator:	Heaman, E. A. (Elsbeth A.), 1964- author.
Imprint:	Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2015] ©2015
Description:	xii, 279 pages ; 22 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Themes in Canadian history ; 11 Themes in Canadian history ; 11.
Subject:	Political culture -- Canada -- Historiography. Political culture -- Historiography. Politics and government -- Historiography. Social history -- Historiography. Canada -- Politics and government -- Historiography. Canada -- Social conditions -- Historiography. Canada.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10386285

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ISBN:	9781442637078 1442637072 9781442628687 1442628685
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-265) and index.
Summary:	A concise, elegant survey of a complex aspect of Canadian history, A Short History of the State in Canada examines the theory and reality of governance within Canada's distinctive political heritage: a combination of Indigenous, French, and British traditions, American statism and anti-statism, and diverse, practical experiments and experiences. E.A. Heaman takes the reader through the development of the state in both principle and practice, examining Indigenous forms of government before European contact; the interplay of French and British colonial institutions before and after the Conquest of New France; the creation of the nineteenth-century liberal state; and, finally, the rise and reconstitution of the modern social welfare state. Moving beyond the history of institutions to include the development of political cultures and social politics, A Short History of the State in Canada is a valuable introduction to the topic for political scientists, historians, and anyone interested in Canada's past and present.

Table of Contents:

In the Absence of the State
The Ancien-Régime State
The Liberal State in the Nineteenth Century
The People's State in the Twentieth Century.