Part I. Canadian Politics: Origins and Foundations
1. Understanding Canada’s Origins: Federalism, Multiculturalism, and the Will to Live Together
Samuel V. LaSelva
2. The Canadian Political Regime from a Québec Perspective
Guy Laforest and Alain-G. Gagnon
Part II. Government, Parliament, and the Courts
3. The Centre Rules: Executive Dominance
Donald J. Savoie
4. The House of Commons and Responsible Government
Lori Turnbull
5. The Senate: A Late Blooming Chameleon
Andrew Heard
6. The Civil Service
Amanda Clarke
7. Interest Groups in Canada and in the United States: Evidence of Convergence
Éric Montpetit and Graham Wilson
Part III. Federalism and the Charter
8. Practices of Federalism in Canada
Jennifer Wallner
9. Politics and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Raymond Bazowski
10. Five Faces of Quebec: Shifting Small Worlds and Evolving Political Dynamics
Alain-G. Gagnon
11. The Two Faces of Treaty Federalism
Martin Papillon
Part IV. Electoral Politics and Political Communication
12. Public Opinion and Political Cleavages in Canada
Allison Harell, Laura Stephenson, and Lyne Deschatelêts
13. Parties and Elections: An End to Canadian Exceptionalism
James Bickerton
14. Democratic Reform and the Vagaries of Partisan Politics in Canada
Brian Tanguay
15. Media and Strategic Communication in Canadian Politics
Alex Marland
Part V. Citizenship and Diversity
16. Citizenship, Communities, and Identity in Canada
Will Kymlicka
17. Diversity in Canadian Politics
Yasmeen Abu-Laban
18. Of Pots and Pans and Radical Handmaids: Social Movements and Civil Society
Michael Orsini
19. Acting In and On History: The Canadian Women’s Movement
Jacquetta Newman
Part VI. Contemporary Issues
20. The Relationship between Canada and Indigenous Peoples: Where Are We?
Naiomi Walqwam Metallic
21. Immigration in Canada: From Low to High Politics
Mireille Paquet
22. Canada and the Climate Policy Dilemma
Debora VanNijnatten and Douglas Macdonald
23. Canada in the World
Mark R. Brawley
