FederalismandDiversityinCanada(andBeyond)
POL428/2128
Wednesdays@12:00–14:00
Room:LA213
Instructor:RobertSchertzer/[email protected]
OfficeHours:Wed@11:00–12:00(SS3108)(orbyappointment)
CourseDescription/Objective
ThiscoursetreatsCanadaasakeycasewithinthecomparativestudyoffederations.The
particularfocusisonthemanagementofdiversityandconflict,analyzingthesociodemographicandinstitutionalaspectsofCanadathroughthelensofapplicablefederal
theory.ThegoalistounderstandCanadathroughthislens,butalsotoreflectbackon
thebroadertheoryandpracticesdiscussed.
Thecourseisdividedintotwosections.Thefirstintroducescoreelementsof
comparativefederalstudies,linkingthistothedifferentwayswecanunderstand
Canadaandthegeneraltheoryandpolicyrelatedtotheuseoffederalismtomanage
diversityandconflict.Thesecondsectionturnstoinvestigatethreekeyelementsof
managingdiversityviafederalisminCanada,andelsewhere.Thesethreeelementsare:
1)howpowerisdistributedinafederation;2)theroleofthefederalarbiterin
managingconflict;and,3)howminoritygroupsarerepresentedinfederalinstitutions.
Format
Thisisaseminar-stylecourse.Inthefirsthour,studentswillpresentonaquestion
relatedtotheweek’stopic,whileanotherstudentchairsquestionsanddiscussion.In
thesecondhour,Iwillleadastructureddiscussion.
Therearenoexamsortestsforthiscourse:itisfocusedonengagingdiscussion
stemmingfromthereadingsandstudentpresentations,aswellasdevelopingskills
relatedtohigh-caliber,succinct,analyticalwriting.
Evaluation
Assignment
DueDate
Weight
Participation
Ongoing
20%
Presentation
AsAssigned
20%
ResearchProject
Week6
15%
• Proposal
Week12
45%
• Paper
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Failuretopresentoractaschaironyourspecifiedday,withoutavalidreason(see
below)willresultinamarkofzero.Assignmentsaretobehandedinatthebeginningof
classontheidentifieddate.Lateassignmentswillreceivea5%penaltyperday,
includingweekends.Paperswillnotbeacceptedafter7days.Latepapersaretobe
emailedtomeandIwillprovideaconfirmationofreceiptviareturnemail.Pleasekeep
acopyofworkyouhavehandedinuntilyoureceiveyourmarkedcopy.
Extensionsontermworkwillonlybegrantedinexceptionalcircumstancesbeyondyour
control(e.g.documentedillness,injury,deathofafamilymember).Moreinformation
onextensions/missedexamsduetocircumstancesbeyondyourcontrolcanbefound
here:http://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/current/petitions/common
Participation
Participationinthisseminariscriticaltomakingitworthwhileforeveryone.Itwillbe
markedbasedonthreeequallyweightedfactors:
• constructivecontributiontodiscussion(asdemonstratedbyknowledgeof
readings,insightfulquestionsandcommentsduringclassandwillingnessto
engageindiscussion);
• performanceaschair(whereapplicable);and,
• attendance.
Presentation
Studentswillmakea(approximately)15-minutepresentationansweringoneofthe
questionsfortheweek(seeAnnex1:PresentationandChairAssignments).
Thepresentationshould:
• Summarizetherelevantaspectsoftheappropriatereadings;
• Provideanalysis/criticalcommentaryoftherelevantreadings(linkingthe
readingtothequestionandcoursethemes);
• Directlyanswerthequestion,makinganargumentwhereapplicable.
Ashort(e.g.2page)handoutsummarizingyourpresentationfortheclassisexpected.
NoPowerPointpresentations.Forguidelines:mostindividualsspeakatapproximately
100wordsperminute;so,a“script”fora15-minutepresentationshouldbeabout1500
words.
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ResearchProject
ResearchProposal
Studentswillcompleteabrief(approx.5page)researchproposal.Theproposalshould:
• Identifyaresearchquestionrelatedtoatopicintheclass(withastrong
preferencethatyoutakethequestionfromsectiontwo);
• Proposeanargumentthatdirectlyrespondstotheresearchquestion(a
thesisstatement);
• Provideanoutlineforthepaperthatidentifieshowyouwoulddefendthe
argument,includingidentifyingthemainpointsandprooftosupportthe
argument;
• Provideabriefabstractthatsummarizestheargumentandmainpointsin
200words;and,
• Provideanannotatedbibliography.Theannotationsforthebibliography
should,foreachsource,identifyitsmainargument/point,howitwillbeused
tosupporttheproposedpaper’sargumentandakeycriticalreflectiononthe
source.
o Itisexpectedthatundergraduatestudentproposalswouldhave
approx.6sources
o Itisexpectedthatgraduatestudentproposalswouldhaveapprox.10
sources.
Theemphasisinputtingtogethertheresearchproposalshouldbetodemonstratehow
theargumentwouldbedefended.
ResearchPaper
Studentswillcompletearesearchpaper.Itmusthaveaclearargument(athesis
statement)thatdirectlyrespondstothechosenquestion.Itisexpectedthatyouwilldo
yourresearchpaperandproposalonthesametopic;if,however,youwishtochange
topics,pleasediscussthiswithmeassoonaspossible.Note,though,thatyour
presentationandyourpaper/proposalmustbeontopicsfromdifferentweeks(i.e.be
ondifferenttopics).
Theresearchpapershouldprovideonlyverybriefcontext,withthefocussquarelyon
presentinganargument,defendingthatargumentandanalyzing/refutingcounterarguments.Intermsofformat:
• Undergraduatestudentpapersshouldbenomorethan5,000words(including
notesandbibliography).
• Graduatestudentpapersshouldbenomorethan7,000words(includingnotes
andbibliography).
• Provideacoverpagewiththequestion,yourname,andthewordcount;
• Use11-or12-pointfont,DOUBLESPACED,withnormalmargins;
• Complete,properandconsistentcitationpracticesarerequired,usingoneofthe
mainapproaches(APA/MLA/ChicagoStyle),formoreinfosee:
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/2/
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Plagiarism
Plagiarism–therepresentationoftheworkofsomeoneelseasone’sown–isaserious
academicoffence.Studentsshouldfamiliarizethemselveswiththedefinitionand
explanationofoffences,penaltiesandproceduresrelatedtoplagiarismasoutlinedin
theUniversity’sCodeofBehaviouronAcademicMatters
(http://www.governingcouncil.utoronto.ca/policies/behaveac.htm).
AccommodationandAccessibility
TheUniversitywillmakeeveryattempttoprovidereasonableandappropriate
accommodationstopersonswhohavedisabilities.Ifyourequireaccommodation,
pleasespeaktoAccessibilityServices(http://discover.utoronto.ca/students-with-adisability)and/ormyselfassoonaspossible.
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COURSEOUTLINE/READINGS/QUESTIONS
Afewnotesonthereadinglist:
• Ihavetriedtocompilearathercomprehensivelistofsourcesforeachtopicto
facilitateusefuldiscussion,whileprovidingasolidjumpingoffpointforyour
presentationandresearchproject.
• Readingsareeitheravailableviatheweboraresetasideasacoursereserveat
theRobartsLibrary(asidentifiedonthesyllabus).
• Iexpectundergraduatestudentstodo2readingsfromthelistforeachweek,
preferablythoseontherequiredlist.
• Iexpectgraduatestudentstodo3readingsfromthelist,preferablythoseonthe
requiredlist.
SectionOne:Understandingcomparativefederaltheory,
andCanada’spositioninthefield
WeekOne:Logisticsandapproach|Keyconceptsofcomparativefederalstudies[Sept14]
Wewilldiscusstheapproachofthecoursethisweek,expectationsandgeneralconcepts.
Wewillalsoworktoestablishwhenindividualswillpresentandchairdiscussion.
Whilenotrequired,thefollowingreadingsmayhelpstudentsgainknowledgeofthekey
conceptsofcomparativefederalstudies.
Watts,R.(1998)“Federalism,FederalPoliticalSystemsandFederations”Annual
ReviewofPoliticalScience1998:1
• BlackboardviaLink
Watts,R.(2008)ComparingFederalSystems(3rd)(Kingston:McGill-Queen's
UniversityPress)
• Chapter1&selectcasesyouareinterestedinfromChapter2.
• CourseReserve
Bednar,J.(2011)“ThePoliticalScienceofFederalism”AnnualReviewofLawand
Society7:269-288
• BlackboardviaLink
Erk,J.&Swenden,W.(2010)“TheNewWaveofFederalismStudies”inErk,J.&
Swenden,W.(eds.)NewDirectionsinFederalismStudies(Routledge)
• BlackboardviaLink(Ebook)
Erk,J.(2007)“ComparativeFederalismasaGrowthIndustry”Publius37(2)
• BlackboardviaLink
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LeRoy,K.&Saunders,C.(eds.)(2006)Legislative,Executive,andJudicial
GovernanceinFederalCountries(McGill-Queen’sUniversityPress)
• Particularlytheintroductionandcomparativeconclusion(byCheryl
Saunders)
• CourseReserve
King,P.(1982)FederalismandFederation(Baltimore:TheJohnsHopkins
UniversityPress)
• Chapters1,2and6
• CourseReserve
Elazar,D.(1987)ExploringFederalism(UniversityofAlabamaPress)
• CourseReserve
WeekTwo:Thefoundationalelementsofafederation–socialorinstitutional?[Sept21]
approach[Jan8]
Pointstostructurediscussion/presentations
A. Dosocio-demographicfactorsdriveinstitutionaldesign?
B. Whatdoesaninstitutionalistapproachtothestudyoffederationstellusabout
howthisformofgovernmentfunctions?
Required:
Erk,J.(2008)ExplainingFederalism:State,societyandcongruenceinAustria,
Belgium,Canada,GermanyandSwitzerland(Routledge)
• Chapters1and4
• BlackboardviaLink(Ebook)
Livingston,W.(1952)“ANoteontheNatureofFederations”PoliticalScience
Quarterly67(1)81-95
• BlackboardviaLink
Wheare,K.(1963)FederalGovernment(4thed.)(OxfordUniversityPress)
• CourseReserve
• Chapters1to3.
OtherReadings
Lecours,A.(eds)(2005)NewInstitutionalism:theoryandanalysis(Universityof
TorontoPress)
• Chapters1and2
• BlackboardviaLink(Ebook)
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ErikWibbels(2006)“MadisoninBaghdad?DecentralizationandFederalismin
ComparativePolitics”AnnualReviewofPoliticalScience2006:9
• BlackboardviaLink
WeekThree:Ethno-nationalidentityandFederalism[Sept28]
Questionstostructurediscussion/presentations
A. Howdoesfederalismapproachthe“problemoffit”betweennationsandstates?
B. Isnationalidentitymalleableorrigid?
Required:
Woods,E.,Schertzer,R.andKaufmann,E.(2011)‘Ethno-NationalConflictandits
Management’CommonwealthandComparativePolitics49(2):153-161
• BlackboardviaLink
Wolff,S.(2011)‘ManagingEthno-NationalConflict:TowardsanAnalytical
Framework’CommonwealthandComparativePolitics49(2):162-195.
• BlackboardviaLink
Horowitz,D.(2007)“TheManyUsesofFederalism”DrakeLawReview55(4)
• BlackboardviaLink
O’Leary,B.(2001)“AnIronLawofNationalismandFederation?A(neo-Diceyian)
theoryofthenecessityofafederalStaatsvolkandofconsociationalrescue”
NationsandNationalism7(3)273-296.
• BlackboardviaLink
OtherReadings
Gellner,E.(2006)NationsandNationalism(2nded.)(Blackwell)
• IntroductionandChapter1
• CourseReserve
Lecours,A.&Nootens,G.(2009)“Introduction:NationalismandIdentityin
ContemporaryPolitics.IssuesofDemocraticSharedandSelf-rule”inLecours,A.
&Nootens,G.(eds.)DominantNationalism,DominantEthnicity:Identity,
FederalismandDemocracy(P.I.E.PeterLang)
• CourseReserve
Norman,W.(2006)NegotiatingNationalism:Nation-building,federalism,and
secessioninthemultinationalstate(OxfordUniversityPress)
• BlackboardviaLink:(EBook)
Horowitz,D.(2000)EthnicGroupsinConflict(UniversityofCaliforniaPress)
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ParticularlyPg.601to680.
CourseReserve
Cordell,K.&Wolff,S.(eds.)(2010)RoutledgeHandbookofEthnicConflict
(Routledge)
• Chapter20byJohnMcGarryandBrendanO’Leary
• Also,selectedreadingsasappropriatefromPartOne
• BlackboardviaLink(EBook)
McGarryJ.andO’Leary,B.(1993)‘Introduction:TheMacro-PoliticalRegulation
ofEthnicConflict’inMcGarry,J.andO’Leary,B.(eds.)ThePoliticsofEthnic
ConflictRegulation(Routledge)
• CourseReserve
Lijphart,A.(2008)‘ConstitutionalDesignforDividedSocieties’inLijphart,A.(ed.)
ThinkingAboutDemocracy:PowerSharingandMajorityRuleinTheoryand
Practice(Routledge)
• BlackboardviaLink(EBook)
WeekFour:CanadaasaContestedFederation–thecompetingperspectivesonthe
socio-demographicbasisandtheinstitutionalstructures[Oct5]
Questionstostructurediscussion/presentations
A. WhatarethemainfeaturesofthecompetingfederalvisionsinCanada–and
whatsocio-demographicandinstitutionalfeaturesofCanadasupportthese
views?
B. Iscongruencebetweenonevisionofthesocio-demographicnatureofCanada
anditsfederalinstitutionspossibleand/orpreferable?
Required:
Rocher,F.andSmith,M.(2003)‘TheFourDimensionsofCanadianFederalism’in
Rocher,F.andSmith,M.(eds.)NewTrendsinCanadianFederalism(2nded.)
(Peterborough:Broadview)
• CourseReserve/ChapteravailableonBlackboardviaPDF
McRoberts,K.(2001)‘CanadaandtheMultinationalState’CanadianJournalof
PoliticalScience34(4):683-713
• BlackboardviaLink
Keating,M.(2002)‘PlurinationalDemocracyinaPost-SovereignOrder’Northern
IrelandLegalQuarterly53:351-365
• BlackboardviaLink
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OtherReadings
Russell,P.(2004)ConstitutionalOdyssey:CanCanadiansBecomeaSovereign
People?(Toronto:UniversityofTorontoPress)
• CourseReserve
Mallory,J.(1977)‘FiveFacesofFederalism’inMeekison,P.(ed.)Canadian
Federalism:MythorReality?(Toronto:Methuen)
• CourseReserve
Black,E.(1975)DividedLoyalties:CanadianConceptsofFederalismMontreal:
McGill-Queen’sPress)
• CourseReserve
Rocher,F.(2009)“TheQuebec-CanadaDynamicortheNegationoftheIdealof
Federalism”inGagnon,A.(ed.)ContemporaryCanadianFederalism(Toronto:
UniversityofTorontoPress)
• CourseReserve
Romney,P.(1999)‘ProvincialEquality,SpecialStatusandtheCompactTheoryof
CanadianConfederation’CanadianJournalofPoliticalScience32:1
• Pages21to39
• BlackboardviaLink
SectionTwo:ThreeKeyElementsofManagingDiversityViaFederation
inCanada,andElsewhere
WeekFive:Thedistributionofpowersinadiversefederation–asymmetryvs.
symmetryandcentralizationvs.decentralization[Oct12]
Questionstostructurediscussion/presentations
A. Doesterritoriallyconcentratedethno-nationaldiversitynecessitateameasureof
asymmetryinpower&resourcedistribution?
B. Whatistheperceivedvalueofcentralizingordecentralizingpowerinastateto
prevent/manageconflict?
Required:
McGarry,J.(2007)“AsymmetryinFederations,FederaciesandUnitaryStates”
Ethnopolitics6(1)105–116.
• BlackboardviaLink
• Youshouldalsoreadthethreeshortcommentarypiecesfollowingthe
article
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Erk,J.&Koning,E.(2010)“NewStructuralismandInstitutionalChange:
FederalismBetweenCentralizationandDecentralization”ComparativePolitical
Studies43(3)353–378.
• BlackboardviaLink
Roeder,P.(2009)“EthnofederalismandtheMismanagementofConflicting
Nationalisms”RegionalandFederalStudies19(2)203–219.
• BlackboardviaLink
OtherReadings
Tarlton,C.(1965)“SymmetryandAsymmetryasElementsofFederalism:A
TheoreticalSpeculation”JournalofPolitics27(4)861–874.
• BlackboardviaLink
Erk,J.&Lawrence,A.“TheParadoxofFederalism:DoesSelf-RuleAccommodate
orExacerbateEthnicDivisions?”RegionalandFederalStudies19(2)191–202.
• BlackboardviaLink
Kymlicka,W.(2001)PoliticsintheVernacular(OxfordUniversityPress)
• Chapter5.
• BlackboardviaLink(EBook)
Hale,H.(2004)“DividedWeStand:InstitutionalSourcesofEthnofederalState
SurvivalandCollapse”WorldPolitics56(2)165–193.
• BlackboardviaLink
Requejo,F.(2005)MultinationalFederalismandValuePluralism(Routledge)
• Chapters3&4.
• BlackboardviaLink(EBook)
Chhibber,P.&Kollman,K.(2005)TheFormationofNationalPartySystems:
FederalismandPartyCompetitioninCanada,GreatBritain,IndiaandtheUnited
States(PrincetonUniversityPress)
• ChapterFive.
• CourseReserve
Lijpjart,A.(2012)PatternsofDemocracy:GovernmentFormsandPerformancein
Thirty-SixCountries(2nd)(YaleUniversityPress)
• Chapter10,DivisionofPower:theFederal-UnitaryandCentralizedDecentralizedContrasts
• BlackboardviaLink(EBook)
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WeekSix:ThecaseforandagainstasymmetricalfederalisminCanada[Oct19]
*******************ResearchProposalsDueToday**************************
Questionstostructurediscussion/presentations
• IsCanadaamultinationalstate–whataretheimplicationsofyourviewforhow
thefederationoughttobeorganized?
• ShouldQuebecbegrantedmore/differentpowersthanotherprovinces,andifso
whichpowers?Whataretheimplicationsofyourrecommendation?
Required:
Resnick,P.(2012)“Canada:ATerritorialoraMultinationalFederation?”in
Requejo,F.&Caminal,M.(eds.)Federalism,PlurinationalityandDemocratic
Constitutionalism(Routledge)
• ThisisChapter7inthevolume(butotherreadingsmaybeofinterest)
• BlackboardviaLink(EBook)
Gagnon,A.(2010)TheCaseforMultinationalFederalism(Routledge)
• Chapters3&4(thoughothersmaybeofinterest)
• BlackboardviaLink(EBook)
Schertzer,R.&Woods,E.(2011)“BeyondMultinationalCanada”Commonwealth
&ComparativePolitics49(2)196–222.
• BlackboardviaLink
Trudeau,P.(1996)AgainsttheCurrent:SelectedWritings1939–1996.Pelletier,
G.(ed.)(McClelland&Stewart)
• SelectedReadings:
o “Federalism,NationalismandReason”(Pg.182–208)
o “QuebecandtheConstitutionalProblem”(Pg.219-228)
o “TheMeechLakeAccord1,2&3”(Pg.229–245).
• CourseReserve
OtherReadings
Kymlikca,W.(1998)FindingOurWay:RethinkingEthnoculturalRelationsin
Canada(OxfordUniversityPress)
• Chapters9&10
• CourseReserve
Choudhry,S.(2007)“DoestheWorldNeedMoreCanada?ThePoliticsofthe
CanadianModelinConstitutionalPoliticsandPoliticalTheory”International
JournalofConstitutionalLaw5(4)
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•
BlackboardviaLink
Woods,E.(2012)“BeyondMultinationFederalism:ReflectionsonNationsand
NationalisminCanada”Ethnicities12(3)
• BlackboardviaLink
ResnickP.(1994)ThinkingEnglishCanada(StoddartPublishing)
• CourseReserve
TaylorC(1993)ReconcilingtheSolitudes:EssaysonCanadianFederalismand
Nationalism(McGill–Queen’sUniversityPress)
• BlackboardviaLink(EBook)
WeekSeven:ThecaseforcentralizationanddecentralizationinCanada[Oct26]
Thisweekbuildsonthelastandwillmainlyconsistofadebateontheactualandideal
distributionofpowerintheCanadianFederation.Itwillstartwithtwopresentations–as
otherweeksdo–onthefollowingquestions,whichwillthenbefollowedbydebate.
A. Defendthisstatement:responsibility,resourcesandpowerinCanadashouldbe
decentralizedtotheprovincestotheextentpossible.
B. Defendthisstatement:responsibility,resourcesandpowerinCanadashouldbe
centralizedinthefederalgovernmenttotheextentpossible.
Required:Selectanappropriatenumberofreadingsfromthoseidentifiedbelow.
Hubbard,R.&Paquet,G.(eds.)(2010)TheCaseforDecentralizedFederalism
(UniversityofOttawaPress)
• Introduction(byRuthHubbardandGillesPaquet)
• ChapterOne–Federalism,DecentralizationandCanadianNationBuilding
(byThomasJ.Courchene).
• ChapterFive–Re-FederalizingCanada:RefocusingtheDebateon
Decentralization(byFrancoisRocherandMarie-ChristineGilbert)
• BlackboardviaLink(EBook)
DiGiacomo,G.&Flumian,M.(eds.)(2010)TheCaseforCentralizedFederalism
(UniversityofOttawaPress)
• IntroductionandConclusion(byGordonDiGiacomo)
• ChapterOne–Ottawa’sDeferentialApproachtoIntergovernmental
Relations(byGordonDiGiacomo)
• ChapterFive–ThePractitioner’sPerspective(byMaryantonettFlumian)
• BlackboardviaLink(EBook)
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WeekEight:Thejudiciaryandthemanagementofconflictindiversefederations
[Nov2]
Questionstostructurediscussion/presentations:
A. Whatarethedifferentformsofarbitrationinfederations?Assesstheirstrengths
andweaknesses.
B. Whatistheidealroleofthefederalarbiterinadiversefederation–whatshould
itsobjectivebe?
Required:
Schertzer,R.(2016)TheJudicialRoleinaDiverseFederation:Lessonsfromthe
SupremeCourtofCanada(UniversityofTorontoPress)
• ChapterTwo:TheRoleoftheFederalArbiterinaDiverseFederation
• BlackboardviaPDF(Scan)
• CourseReserve
Halberstam,D.(2008)“ComparativeFederalismandtheRoleoftheJudiciary”in
Calderia,G.,Kelemen,R.&Whittington,K.(eds)TheOxfordHandbookofLaw
andPolitics(OxfordUniversityPress)
• BlackboardviaLink(EBook)
• AvailableonBlackboardviaPDF
Hueglin,T.&Fenna,A.(2006)ComparativeFederalism:ASystematicInquiry
(BroadviewPress)
• ChapterTen:JudicialReview
• CourseReserve
Bzdera,A.(1993)“ComparativeAnalysisofFederalHighCourts:APolitical
TheoryofJudicialReview”CanadianJournalofPoliticalScience26(01)
• BlackboardviaLink
OtherReadings
Tierney,S.(2009)“CrystallizingDominance.MajorityNationalism,
ConstitutionalismandtheCourts”inLecours,A.&Nootens,G.(eds.)Dominant
Nationalism,DominantEthnicity:Identity,FederalismandDemocracy(P.I.E.
PeterLang)
• CourseReserve
McCrudden,C.&O’Leary,B.(2013)CourtsandConsociations:HumanRights
versusPower-Sharing(OxfordUniversityPress)
• ParticularlyChapterOneandThree
• BlackboardviaLink(Ebook)
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Hirschl,R.(2013)“TheConstitutionalJurisprudenceofFederalismandthe
TheocraticChallenge.”InSkogstad,et.al(eds.)TheGlobalPromiseofFederalism
(UniversityofTorontoPress)
• CourseReserve
Hirschl,R.(2008)“TheJudicializationofMega-PoliticsandtheRiseofPolitical
Courts”AnnualReviewofPoliticalScience11:93–118
• BlackboardviaLink
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Wheare,K.(1963)FederalGovernment(4 ed.)(OxfordUniversityPress)
• ChapterFour
• CourseReserve
Lijpjart,A.(2012)PatternsofDemocracy:GovernmentFormsandPerformancein
Thirty-SixCountries(2nd)(YaleUniversityPress)
• Chapter12,Constitutions:AmendmentProceduresandJudicialReview
• BlackboardviaLink(EBook)
Shapiro,M.(1981)Courts:AComparativeandPoliticalAnalysis(Universityof
ChicagoPress)
• ChapterOne
• CourseReserve
Vaubel,R.(2009)“ConstitutionalCourtsasPromotersofPoliticalCentralization:
LessonsfortheEuropeanCourtofJustice.”EuropeanJournalofLawand
Economics28(3)
• BlackboardviaLink
WeekNine:TheSupremeCourtofCanada(SCC)andfederalism[Nov9]
Questionstostructurediscussion/presentations:
A. HastheSCCbeenaneutralumpire?
B. WhatistheidealroleoftheSCCinCanadaasitsfederalarbiter?
Required:
Baier,G.(2006)CourtsandFederalism:JudicialDoctrineintheUnitedStates,
Australia,andCanada(UBCPress)
• Chapter1&5.
• CourseReserve
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Schertzer,R.(2008)‘RecognitionorImposition?Federalism,NationalMinorities,
andtheSupremeCourtofCanada’NationsandNationalism14:1
• BlackboardviaLink
Greschner, D (2000) “The Supreme Court, Federalism, and Metaphors of
Moderation”CanadianBarReview79(2)
• BlackboardviaLink
OtherReadings
Radmilovic,V.(2010)“StrategicLegitimacyCultivationattheSupremeCourtof
Canada:QuebecSecessionReferenceandBeyond”CanadianJournalofPolitical
Science43(4)
• BlackboardviaLink
Brouillet,E.&Tanguay,Y.(2012)“TheLegitimacyoftheConstitutional
ArbitrationProcessinaMultinationalFederativeRegime:TheCaseofthe
SupremeCourtofCanada”UBCLawReview45(1)
• BlackboardviaLink
Kelly,J.&Murphy,M.(2005)“ShapingtheConstitutionalDialogueon
Federalism:Canada’sSupremeCourtasMeta-PoliticalActor”Publius35(2)
• BlackboardviaLink
Choudhry,S.&Gaudreault-DesBiens,J.(2007)“FrankIacobucciasConstitution
Maker:FromtheQuebecVetoReferencetotheMeechLakeAccordandthe
QuebecSecessionReference”UniversityofTorontoLawJournal57(2)
• BlackboardviaLink Leclair,J.(2003)“TheSupremeCourtofCanada’sUnderstandingofFederalism:
EfficiencyattheExpenseofDiversity”Queen’sLawJournal28:2
• Pages411to453
• BlackboardviaLink
Swinton,K.(1992)“FederalismunderFire:TheRoleoftheSupremeCourtof
Canada”LawandContemporaryProblems55(1)
• BlackboardviaLink
Monahan,P.(1984)“AtDoctrine’sTwighlight:TheStructureofCanadian
Federalism”UniversityofTorontoLawJournal34(1)
• BlackboardviaLink
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WeekTen:ConsideringtheSecessionReferenceandtheRoleoftheSCC[Nov16]
Questionstostructurediscussion/presentations:
WhatdoestheSecessionReference(andotherlandmarkcases)tellusabouthowthe
SupremeCourtofCanada…
a. …understandsthefederation?
b. …understandsitsownroleinthefederation?
Required:
ReferencereSecessionofQuebec[1998]2S.C.R.217
• BlackboardviaLink(fullversion)
OtherReadings
Schertzer,R.(2016)TheJudicialRoleinaDiverseFederation:Lessonsfromthe
SupremeCourtofCanada(UniversityofTorontoPress)
• ChapterFour:TheExemplaroftheSecessionReference
• CourseReserve
Re:ResolutiontoAmendtheConstitution[1981]1S.C.R.753
• BlackboardviaLink
ReferencereSupremeCourtAct,ss.5and6[2014]SCC21
• BlackboardviaLink
Referencere:SenateReform[2014]SCC32
• BlackboardviaLink
WeekEleven:Representationofminoritygroupsincentralinstitutions[Nov23]
Questionstostructurediscussion/presentations:
A. Whatarethemainwaystheoryandpolicyhavetriedtorepresentethno-national
diversityandminoritiesincentral/federalgovernmentinstitutions?
B. Aretheapproachesofgrantingminoritiesterritorialautonomyandrepresenting
themincentralinstitutionscontraryorcomplementary?
Required:
Olson,D.&Franks,C.E.S(1993)“RepresentationandthePolicyProcessin
FederalSystems:Introduction”inOlson,D.&Franks,C.E.S(eds.)Representation
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andPolicyFormationinFederalSystems(InstituteofGovernmentalStudies
Press,UniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley/InstituteofIntergovernmental
Relations,QueensUniversity)
• CourseReserve
• BlackboardviaLink(Ebook)here:
http://www.queensu.ca/iigr/pub/archive/books.html
Wolff,S.(2009)‘ComplexPowerSharingandtheCentralityofTerritorialSelfgovernanceinContemporaryConflictSettlements’Ethnopolitics8(1):27-45
• BlackboardviaLink
Lijphart,A.(2012)PatternsofDemocracy:GovernmentFormsandPerformance
inThirty-SixCountries(2nd)(YaleUniversityPress)
• Chapter15&16
• BlackboardviaLink
• Forareminderonconsociationaltheory,reviewChapterFive
OtherReadings
Watts,R.(2008)“FederalSecondChambersCompared”WorkingPaper2008-02
(InstituteofIntergovernmentalRelations)
• BlackboardviaLink
Kincaid,J.(1999)“ConfederalFederalismandCitizenRepresentationinthe
EuropeanUnion”WestEuropeanPolitics22(2)
• BlackboardviaLink
Bird,K.(2014)“EthnicQuotasandEthnicRepresentationWorldwide”
InternationalPoliticalScienceReview35(1)
• BlackboardviaLink
Htun,M.(2004)“IsGenderlikeEthnicity?ThePoliticalRepresentationofIdentity
Groups”PerspectivesonPolitics2(3)
• BlackboardviaLink
Thorlakson,L.(2003)“ComparingFederalInstitutions:Powerand
RepresentationinSixFederations”WestEuropeanPolitics26(2)
• BlackboardviaLink
• Ofparticularinterestisthediscussionfrompages16to20.
Swenden,W.(2004)FederalismandSecondChambers:regionalrepresentation
inparliamentaryfederations–theAustralianSenateandGermanBundesrat
compared(P.E.I.PeterLang)
• CourseReserve
BritoVieira,M.&Runciman,D(2008)Representation(PolityPress)
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ChapterFour(RepresentingGroups)
CourseReserve
Banducci,S.,Donovan,T.&Karp,J.(2004)“MinorityRepresentation,
Empowerment,andParticipation”JournalofPolitics66(2)
• BlackboardviaLink
WeekTwelve:Minority/regionalrepresentationinCanadianfederalinstitutions
[Nov30]
**************************ResearchPapersDue****************************
Questionstostructurediscussion/presentations:
A. DoesthesenateinCanadarepresentandprotectnationalminoritygroupsand
regions?Could/shoulditdothisbetter?
B. Whatinstitutionsotherthanthesenateplayacriticalroleinrepresenting
nationalminorityandregionalinterests?
• Aretheycurrentlydesignedandfunctioningeffectively?
• Whatchangescould–andshould–bemade,ifany?
Required:
Schertzer,R.(2016)‘QuebecJusticesasQuebecRepresentatives:National
MinorityRepresentationandtheSupremeCourtofCanada’sFederalism
Jurisprudence’Publius:JournalofFederalism.
• BlackboardviaLink
Smith,D.(2003)TheCanadianSenateinBicameralPerspective(Universityof
TorontoPress)
• ChaptersFour(Representation)&Five(Federalism)
• BlackboardviaLink(EBook):
Watts,R.(1993)“RepresentationinNorthAmericanFederations:AComparative
Perspective”inOlson,D.&Franks,C.E.S(eds.)RepresentationandPolicy
FormationinFederalSystems(InstituteofGovernmentalStudiesPress,
UniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley/InstituteofIntergovernmentalRelations,
QueensUniversity)
• CourseReserve
• BlackboardviaLink(Ebook)here:
http://www.queensu.ca/iigr/pub/archive/books.html
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OtherReadings
Sossin,L.(2013)“ShouldCanadaHaveaRepresentativeSupremeCourt?”in
Verrelli,N.(ed)TheDemocraticDilemma:ReformingCanada’sSupremeCourt
(InstituteofIntergovernmentalRelations,Queen’sUniversity)
• CourseReserve
• Initialworkingpapersarealsoavailablehere:
http://www.queensu.ca/iigr/pub/archive/DemocraticDilemma/Reformin
gTheSCC/SCCpapers.html
Bakvis,H.&TanguayB.(2012)“Federalism,PoliticalPartiesandtheBurdenof
NationalUnity:StillMakingFederalismDotheHeavyLifting?”inBakvisand
Skogstad(eds)CanadianFederalism:Performance,EffectivenessandLegitimacy,
(OxfordUniversityPress)
• CourseReserve
Baier,G.&Bakvis,H.(2007)“FederalismandtheReformofCentralInstitutions:
DealingwithAsymmetryandtheDemocraticDeficit”inPeach,I(ed)
ConstructingTomorrow’sFederalism:NewPerspectivesonCanadianGovernance
(UniversityofManitobaPress.)
• BlackboardviaLink(Ebook)
Cairns,A.(1979)“FromInterstatetoIntrastateFederalisminCanada”(Institute
ofIntergovernmentalRelations,DiscussionPaper)
• BlackboardviaLink,here:
http://www.queensu.ca/iigr/pub/archive/DiscussionPapers.html
Stewart,I.(1993)“NoQuickFixes:TheCanadianCentralGovernmentandthe
ProblemsofRepresentation”inOlson,D.&Franks,C.E.S(eds.)Representation
andPolicyFormationinFederalSystems(InstituteofGovernmentalStudies
Press,UniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley/InstituteofIntergovernmental
Relations,QueensUniversity)
• CourseReserve
• BlackboardviaLink(Ebook)here:
http://www.queensu.ca/iigr/pub/archive/books.html
Smiley,D.AndWatts,R.(1985)IntrastateFederalisminCanada(Toronto:
UniversityofTorontoPress)
• CourseReserve
Carty,R.&Wolinetz,S.(2002)“PoliticalPartiesandtheCanadianFederation’s
CoalitionPolitics”inMeekison,P.etal.(eds.)Canada:TheStateofthe
Federation2002:ReconsideringtheInstitutionsofCanadianFederalism
(Montreal:McGill-Queen’sUniversityPress)
• BlackboardviaLink(EBook)
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Smith,J.(ed)(2009)TheDemocraticDilemma:ReformingtheCanadianSenate
(InstituteofIntergovernmentalRelations,Queen’sUniversity)
• CourseReserve
• Variouschapterswouldbeofinterest
Crandall,E.(2013)“IntergovernmentalRelationsandtheSupremeCourtof
Canada:TheChangingPlaceoftheProvincesinJudicialSelectionReform”in
Verrelli,N.(ed)TheDemocraticDilemma:ReformingCanada’sSupremeCourt
(InstituteofIntergovernmentalRelations,Queen’sUniversity)
• CourseReserve
• Initialworkingpapersarealsoavailablehere:
http://www.queensu.ca/iigr/pub/archive/DemocraticDilemma/Reformin
gTheSCC/SCCpapers.html
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