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Stephen Brooks

Canadian Democracy: An Introduction, Fifth Edition
ISBN 13: 9780195423235

About the Book

This best-selling introduction to Canadian politics examines the characteristics, complexities, and controversies associated with the subject in a way that is comprehensive yet comprehensible. Introducing basic ideas, institutions, ideologies, and processes, author Stephen Brooks asks important, thought-provoking questions about the nature of Canadian democracy and focuses on issues of individual, group, and regional equalities and freedoms. The fifth edition has been thoroughly updated and includes a new chapter on aboriginal politics (including the Caledonia situation), expanded coverage of regionalism, and the results of the most recent federal election.

  • Clear, concise coverage of fundamental processes and institutions provides students with essential grounding in key topics
  • Comprehensive coverage of nuts-and-bolts structures of Canadian government (e.g., the constitution, federalism, parties and elections, governmental 'machinery') and key features of the political process (e.g., interest groups, the media, diversity, language politics) supplies students with the knowledge base essential to genuine understanding of Canadian government
  • Extensive instructor and student support package, including companion website, instructor's manual, test bank, an d special video supplement
  • New Core Concepts video supplement packaged with each text includes video segments showing various experts being interviewed about core concepts covered in the text
  • New chapter on aboriginal politics examines this area of growing importance and covers recent events such as the Caledonia land-claim situation
  • Expanded coverage of regionalism expands on the popular new chapter first introduced in the fourth edition
  • All figures, tables, and statistical data have been thoroughly updated
  • New selections of editorial cartoons add immediacy and interest

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