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Surveying the Canadian State: Evolution of Canadian Political Science, Politics, and Government Since 1967

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 April 2017

Alex Marland  and
Jared J. Wesley
Alex Marland*
Affiliation:
Memorial University of Newfoundland
Jared J. Wesley*
Affiliation:
University of Alberta
*
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 230 Elizabeth Avenue, St. John's, Newfoundland A1B 3X9, email: amarland@mun.ca
Department of Political Science, 10-16 HM Tory Building, The University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2H4, email: Jwesley@ualberta.ca
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This review essay identifies major monographs about the study of government and political institutions in Canada published in English over the past 50 years. Our review is woven around a general argument that key books about Canadian political life have mirrored the evolution of the discipline in the country as a whole. For instance, important books on federalism were written at turning points in Canada's constitutional history, while the recent uptick in social diversity and political communication studies mirrors broader societal trends. Equally, greater diversity in hiring within the academy has contributed to a broadening of subject matter, perspectives, methodologies and authorship. Thus, we explore the intersection between scholarship and society, with political scientists and their books as much products of their time as they have been contributors to the evolution of the political world around them. The sources that we identify have given shape to the study and practice of Canadian domestic politics.

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Canadian Journal of Political Science/Revue canadienne de science politique , Volume 50 , Issue 1 , March 2017 , pp. 377 - 393
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Copyright © Canadian Political Science Association (l'Association canadienne de science politique) and/et la Société québécoise de science politique 2017 

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Footnotes

We would like to thank the following scholars for their helpful input and guidance with various aspects of this undertaking: Yasmeen Abu-Laban, Chris Alcantara, Michael Atkinson, Loleen Berdahl, Steven Bernstein, Antoine Bilodeau, Amanda Bittner, Kathy Brock, Ken Carty, John Courtney, Erin Crandall, David Docherty, Anna Esselment, Bryan Evans, Joanna Everitt, Patrick Fafard, Michael Howlett, Mark Jarvis, Mebs Kanji, Matthew Kerby, Larry LeDuc, Mario Levesque, Fiona MacDonald, Emmett Macfarlane, Jonathan Malloy, Scott Matthews, Michael Orsini, Dimitri Panagos, Evan Potter, Kim Puddister, Vincent Raynauld, Peter Russell, Donald Savoie, Mildred Schwartz, Grace Skogstad, Tamara A. Small, David E. Smith, Miriam Smith, Stuart Soroka, Laura Stephenson, Jill Vickers, Graham White, Nelson Wiseman, and Michael Zekulin. Acknowledging their assistance does not necessarily mean that they agree with our categories or selections.

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