Canada and the United States
University of Toronto Press (Verlag)
978-1-4875-4422-5 (ISBN)
Canada and the United States explains, across fifteen diverse areas, why and how Canada and the United States are still so different. The book discusses whether or not these differences are growing, the key results of such differences, and the major challenges to be faced in each system.
Focusing on institutions, political cultures, and social values, the book shows how both federal systems are extremely complex and how our institutions, cultures, and historical experiences often lead to very different outcomes. The fifth edition discusses the emergence of vital new issues, including the pandemic and its effects, climate change, energy requirements, increasing international tensions, and new trade problems. This book also reviews massive budgetary changes, new forms of protest emerging in Canada, and an ongoing political crisis in the US instigated bya former president convincing millions that the 2020 election was a hoax. Written by leading scholars in their field, Canada and the United States reveals how the two countries compare when dealing with similar problems that often spill across the border.
David M. Thomas is the retired vice-president academic of Vancouver Island University. He was the editor and co-editor of the first four editions of Canada and the United States? and holds a PhD in political science from the University of Calgary. Christopher Sands is the director of the Canada Institute at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and director of the Hopkins Center for Canadian Studies at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies.
Introduction
David M. Thomas
Part 1: Populations, Impressions, and Values
1. North America’s New Demographic Destiny
Darryl Bricker and John Ibbitson
2. Imagining Each Other
Stephen Brooks
3. American Backlash, Canadian Compromise: 30 Years of Divergence
Michael Adams
4. Together and Apart: Canada and the United States and the World Beyond
Deanna Horton and Roy Norton
Part 2: Governance and Governing Mechanisms
5. Elections: Why Such Differences?
Michael Boda and Keith Archer
6. Past Futures: Federalism under Yet More Stress
David M. Thomas
7. Prime Ministers and Presidents: Institutional Differences and Political Convergence
Thomas Bateman
8. How Partisan Polarization Affects the Workings of the US Congress and the Canadian Parliament in the Twenty-first Century
Melissa Haussman and Lori Turnbull
9. Courts and the Law
Chios Carmody
Part 3: Economic Systems, Taxation, Safety Nets, and Democracy
10. The Complex World of Budgetary Policy: Made Even More Complex by COVID-19
Munir Sheikh
11. Healthcare in Canada and the United States
Antonia Maioni and Pierre Martin
12. Inequality: Choose Your Parents Wisely
John Harles
Part 4: Policy Differences, Policy Challenges, and Policy Change
13. Protests, Diversity, and Differences That Matter – For Some
Kathy Brock and Andrea Migone
14. Twin Crises – Twin Ambitions – Twin Vulnerabilities: Confronting Climate Change and Biodiversity Loss in Canada and the United States
Andrea Olive and Debora VanNijnatten
15. Energy Interdependence and the Future
Monica Gattinger and Julien Tohme
Conclusion
Christopher Sands
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 22.12.2022 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 33 b&w figures, 5 b&w tables |
| Verlagsort | Toronto |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 191 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 720 g |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4875-4422-7 / 1487544227 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4875-4422-5 / 9781487544225 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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