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category: Political Science
published: Jun 2015
ISBN:9780774828642
publisher: UBC Press

Patriation and Its Consequences

Constitution Making in Canada

edited by Lois Harder & Steve Patten

tagged: constitutions, canadian, constitutional
Description

Few moments in Canadian history are as intriguing as the political battle between Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and the “Gang of Eight” provincial premiers who opposed his plans to “patriate” Canada’s constitution from Britain. Patriation and Its Consequences revisits these constitutional negotiations, including the personalities, visions, and political struggles that shaped the resulting constitutional agreement. Focusing on the players behind the process, as well as First Nations and feminist activists, this volume explores the long shadow of patriation: the alienation of Quebec, the character of Canadian federalism, Aboriginal treaty rights, and the struggle to ensure gender equality.

About the Authors
Lois Harder is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Alberta. She researches and teaches Canadian political economy, social policy, feminism and globalization.

Steve Patten is Dean of Arts and a professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Alberta.
Contributor Notes

Lois Harder is a professor of political science at the University of Alberta. Her current research focuses on the law and politics of Canadian citizenship. She is the co-editor (with Steve Patten) of The Chrétien Legacy: Politics and Public Policy in Canada (McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2006). In 2008, she held a Fulbright Visiting Professorship at the University of Hawai'i; and in September 2014, she was the Eccles Centre Visiting Canadian Fellow in North American Studies at the British Library. She is currently writing a book on the birthright citizenship claims of the “Lost Canadians.”

 

Steve Patten is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Alberta. His recent publications include “The Triumph of Neoliberalism within Partisan Conservatism in Canada” in Conservatism in Canada (University of Toronto Press, 2013) and “The Politics of Alberta’s One-Party State” in Transforming Provincial Politics: The Political Economy of Canada’s Provinces and Territories in a Neoliberal Era (University of Toronto Press, forthcoming). With Lois Harder, he edited The Chrétien Legacy: Politics and Public Policy in Canada (McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2006). Dr. Patten serves on the editorial board of the Review of Constitutional Studies.

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