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A Short History of the State in Canada / E. A. Heaman.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Themes in Canadian HistoryPublisher: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Description: 1 online resource (296 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781442624528
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 320.0971 23
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. In the Absence of the State -- 2. The Ancien-Régime State -- 3. The Liberal State in the Nineteenth Century -- 4. The People’s State in the Twentieth Century -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Themes in Canadian History
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.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. In the Absence of the State -- 2. The Ancien-Régime State -- 3. The Liberal State in the Nineteenth Century -- 4. The People’s State in the Twentieth Century -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Themes in Canadian History

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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.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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