Format:
1 online resource (417 pages)
Edition:
5th ed.
ISBN:
9781487544201
Content:
This book investigates why and how Canada and the United States - while so close and seemingly so similar - remain different in many significant ways.
Content:
Cover -- Half-Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: No Longer Plus ça change? -- Part One: Populations, Impressions, and Values -- 1. North America's New Demographic Destiny -- 2. Imagining Each Other -- 3. American Backlash, Canadian Compromise: 30 Years of Divergence -- 4. Together and Apart: Canada and the United States and the World Beyond -- Data Sources for Future Research: Perceptions, Impressions, Values, and Culture -- Part Two: Governance and Governing Mechanisms -- 5. Elections: Why Such Differences? -- 6. Past Futures: Federalism under yet More Stress -- 7. Prime Ministers and Presidents: Institutional Differences and Political Convergence -- 8. How Partisan Polarization Affects the Workings of the US Congress and the Canadian Parliament in the Twenty-First Century -- 9. Courts and the Law -- Data Sources for Future Research: Governance and Governing Mechanisms -- Part Three: Economic Systems, Taxation, Safety Nets, and Democracy -- 10. The Complex World of Budgetary Policy: Made Even More Complex by COVID-19 -- 11. Health Care in Canada and the United States -- 12. Choose Your Parents Wisely: Economic Inequality and Mobility in Canada and the United States -- Data Sources for Future Research: Economic Systems, Taxation, Safety Nets, and Democracy -- Part Four: Policy Differences, Policy Challenges, and Policy Change -- 13. Protests, Diversity, and Differences That Matter … for Some -- 14. Twin Crises, Twin Ambitions, Twin Vulnerabilities: Confronting Climate Change and Biodiversity Loss in Canada and the United States -- 15. Canada-US Energy Futures in an Age of Climate Change: Balancing Market, Environment, and Security Imperatives in Uncertain, Disruptive Times.
Content:
"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, vastly increasing international tensions, and new trade problems. This up-to-date edition discusses massive budgetary changes, an ongoing political crisis in the US with a former president convincing millions of his followers that the election was a hoax, and new forms of protest emerging in Canada. It includes discussion questions, data sources, and detailed endnotes for further reading. Written by leading scholars in their field, Canada and the United States reveals how two countries compare when dealing with similar problems that often spill across the border."--
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781487544225
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781487544225
Language:
English
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