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Political Science General

The Case for Decentralized Federalism

edited by Ruth Hubbard & Gilles Paquet

Publisher
University of Ottawa Press
Initial publish date
Jan 2011
Category
General, Public Affairs & Administration
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    ISBN
    9780776618166
    Publish Date
    Jan 2011
    List Price
    $9.99
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    ISBN
    9780776607450
    Publish Date
    Jun 2010
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    $19.95

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The Case for Decentralized Federalism and its sister volume The Case for Centralized Federalism are the outcome of the Federalism Redux Project, created to stimulate a serious and useful conversation on federalism in Canada. They provide the vocabulary and arguments needed to articulate the case for a centralized or a decentralized Canadian federalism.

The Case for Decentralized Federalism brings together experts who believe decentralized federalism is the optimal arrangement for governing the contextual diversity and cultural pluralism in Canada. Using different approaches, they argue that by dividing the work of public governance among different levels of government, it is easier to address the needs and aspirations of the diverse groups that make up Canada.

About the authors

Ruth Hubbard is a senior fellow at the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs and the Centre on Governance at the University of Ottawa, and a senior partner of INVENIRE. She is the author of Profession: Public servant (INVENIRE Press, 2009) and co-author of Gomery's Blinders and Canadian Federalism (University of Ottawa Press, 2007).

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Gilles Paquet is professor emeritus at the Telfer School of Management and senior research fellow at the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa. He has authored or edited over 35 books and published a large number of papers on economics, public management and governance.

Gilles Paquet's profile page

Editorial Reviews

The editors bring together expertise that covers the history, theory, policy analysis, legal, and empirical approaches that comprehensively review the major issues and arguments for centralized and decentralized federalism in Canada. This two-volume work (The Case for Decentralized Federalism and The Case for Centralized Federalism) is an outstanding collection of essays of great interest and importance to federalism scholars. - Michael W. Hail, Publius (Winter 2013) 43(1)

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