POLI 371 Study Guide - Final Guide: Canadian Federalism, Victoria Charter, Party System
19 Jan 2016
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The government and societies of canadian federalism by alan c. cairns. Our capacity to make wise choices for the future of canadian federalism is seriously curtailed by our limited understanding of the very same system. W. s livingston: federalism is a function not of constitutions, but of societies. (1956) The dynamic of the federal system is not found in the government or features of the constitution, but rather in society sociological perspective regarding federalism. The centralization predicted in the thirties seemed firmly in place in the forties, as well as much of the fifties. The growth of giant corporations, national trade associations, and national trade unions created a nationalizing sentiment among elites who backed the central gov"t and thus contributed to the centralization of authority in ottawa. John porter: the class cleavage, based on the economic system, was the true, natural, and dynamic cleavage, while regional cleavages stimulated and fostered by the political system were fundamentally artificial and meaningless.
