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Canadian Journal of Political Science/Revue canadienne de science politique, Volume 41 Issue 02

This journal provides original research articles, notes, commentaries, review articles, and book reviews in all areas of political science, including but not limited to: the history of political thought; contemporary political theory; international relations and foreign policy; governmental institutions and processes; political behaviour; public administration and public policy; and women and politics. In addition, the Canadian Journal of Political Science/Revue canadienne de science politique is the primary forum for innovative research on all facets of Canadian politics and government as well as the principal outlet for Canadian political science scholarship. Submissions are accepted in English and in French. Cette revue soumise à l'évaluation des pairs offre des articles de recherche originaux, des notes, des commentaires, des exposés de synthèse et des recensions dans tous les domaines de la science politique, notamment : l'histoire de la pensée politique, la théorie politique contemporaine, les relations internationales et la politique étrangère, les institutions publiques et les processus gouvernementaux, les comportements politiques, l'administration et la politique publiques, et les femmes et la politique. En outre, la Canadian Journal of Political Science/Revue canadienne de science politique est le forum de choix des spécialistes de tous les aspects de la vie politique et du gouvernement au Canada, ainsi que la principale tribune des chercheurs canadiens en science politique. Les articles peuvent être rédigés en anglais ou en français.

Empire's Law: Alexis de Tocqueville on Colonialism and the State of Exception

Research Articles
Margaret Kohn,
Canadian Journal of Political Science/Revue canadienne de science politique, Volume 41 Issue 02 , pp 255-278

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Abstract. In recent years there has been a debate about how to evaluate Alexis de Tocqueville's defense of colonialism. Some scholars have argued that there is a tension between the key doctrines of Tocqueville's political theory and his enthusiastic promotion of the French conquest and colonization of Algeria. Others have concluded that the apparent contradiction can be explained by paying careful attention to the nuances of his work or the logic of liberalism. This article advances this debate by reconstructing Tocqueville's theory of martial law, a dimension of his work that has been frequently overlooked. In a series of letters, notes and parliamentary reports on Algeria, Tocqueville criticized of the use of martial law in governing French citizens and defended its use against native Algerians. Tocqueville's writings on Algeria make it clear that he treated the rule of law not as a natural right held by all people but rather as a technique of government that was appropriate in communities already united by social ties.

Machiavelli's L'Asino: Troubled Centaur into Conscious Ass

Research Articles
Ed King,
Canadian Journal of Political Science/Revue canadienne de science politique, Volume 41 Issue 02 , pp 279-301

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Abstract. In this paper I examine some of the allegorical connections Machiavelli made in his unfinished poem L'Asino (The Ass) and make the case that they shed new light on the historical embeddedness of the more overtly political works, especially The Prince. When read alongside The Prince, L'Asino indicates what led Machiavelli to involve himself in politics in the first place, what he hoped to gain by his role as advisor and, afterwards, what his reaction was to his apparent failure to make his case effectively. It also offers us clues as to how Machiavelli conceived of his role as advisor to the Medici and highlights the anger he felt at having allowed himself to believe that his suggestions would be accepted without question and acted upon in the spirit in which they were intended. Some of the most important aspects of the poem I deal with focus on political metamorphoses, especially the prince's apotheosis into a successful Icarus and Machiavelli's less successful transition into Chiron the centaur. I also examine the allegorical significance of Diana and Circe, the message of the Abbot of Gaeta, and the implications of the Dantean allusions in the poem and perhaps most importantly the historical implications of the opening passage for Machiavelli's early entry into the political life of his patria.

Terms of Entitlement: Is there a Distinctly Canadian “Rights Talk”?

Research Articles
Emmett Macfarlane,
Canadian Journal of Political Science/Revue canadienne de science politique, Volume 41 Issue 02 , pp 303-328

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Abstract. One of the most frequently mentioned, yet seriously understudied, changes brought to Canadian society by the Charter of Rights and Freedoms is its influence on political debate and how citizens understand and treat rights. This empirical lacuna is significant because several scholars of Canadian politics have suggested that can have negative implications for political discourse, given that rights are too often presented in absolute, uncompromising terms. This article represents a first attempt to investigate this phenomenon. It presents a content analysis of the media's presentation of rights issues, and evaluates how rights are portrayed during coverage of Supreme Court Charter decisions.

Economic Voting, Multilevel Governance and Information in Canada

Research Articles
Cameron D. Anderson,
Canadian Journal of Political Science/Revue canadienne de science politique, Volume 41 Issue 02 , pp 329-354

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Abstract. While an important component of incumbent support, the effect of economic conditions on vote choice (economic voting) can be undermined by the presence of multilevel institutions; voters are faced with the prospect of evaluating economic conditions and governments at different levels simultaneously. This paper tests the applicability of a model which seeks to account for how and how well voters cope with the complexity of multilevel governance. The accountability-centred model suggests that federal and provincial governments should only be evaluated for those actions and outcomes that they can reasonably be seen to have influence over. Additionally, it is asked whether high information respondents are better able to navigate some of the complexities of Canada's multilevel system. Analyses are conducted using data from the 1993 and 1997 Canadian Election Studies.

Media, Public Opinion and Health Care in Canada: How the Media Affect “The Way Things Are”

Research Articles
Kelly Blidook,
Canadian Journal of Political Science/Revue canadienne de science politique, Volume 41 Issue 02 , pp 355-374

Abstract
Abstract. Health care has arguably been the most important issue in Canadian politics in the past decade. This paper focuses on the extent to which the media affect public perceptions of in the Canadian health care system. Individual perceptions of the state of health care are analyzed as being a function of personal experience with the system, loyalty or pre-formed opinions and the information that the individual receives through the media. Results indicate that media use has a significant effect on the likelihood of negative perceptions regarding the state of health care.

Lobbying et patronage : modes de médiation en contexte démocratique*

Research Articles
Raymond Hudon, Stéphanie Yates,
Canadian Journal of Political Science/Revue canadienne de science politique, Volume 41 Issue 02 , pp 375-409

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R . L'impr e dans les discours sur les pratiques du patronage et du lobbying, respectivement, tient en tr un flou conceptuel auquel cet article propose pr ment de rem de ces deux formes de m t renci sentons d'abord en parall s. Les dynamiques que traduisent les ur d'une relation patron-client, dans le cas du patronage, et d'une relation lobby-titulaire de charge publique, dans le cas du lobbying, ont pour effet de transformer les rapports de force qui structurent les relations du patron et du lobby avec leurs rivaux-concurrents. Par ailleurs, suppos pandus qui associent ces pratiques rents du d t v quats sur la vie d dont certains dysfonctionnements ne peuvent s qu'au moyen d'interventions appropri es.

Strategic Debt

Research Articles
Carla Norrlöf,
Canadian Journal of Political Science/Revue canadienne de science politique, Volume 41 Issue 02 , pp 411-435

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Abstract. Accumulating debt is usually harmful for states, but a cyclical deficit policy and large-scale borrowing have been beneficial for the United States. While structural changes in the international political economy may cap America's future ability to process debt, an empirical analysis of the economic dimensions of hegemony over the last quarter century shows unambiguously that the hegemon reaps disproportionate gains in the area of trade and investment. This finding provides new insight on whether it is advantageous to be a hegemon.

Life Cycle, Generational and Period Effects on Protest Potential in Yeltsin's Russia

Research Articles
Olena Nikolayenko,
Canadian Journal of Political Science/Revue canadienne de science politique, Volume 41 Issue 02 , pp 437-460

Abstract
Abstract. Regime change in Eastern Europe affords an excellent opportunity for investigating linkages between age and politics in times of social turmoil. Using data from three waves of the World Values Survey, this paper explores life cycle, generational and period effects on protest potential in Yeltsin's Russia. The study finds that an individual's position in the life cycle is the strongest predictor of protest potential in the post-communist state. Furthermore, the analysis suggests that citizens socialized during periods of relative socioeconomic stability exhibit the highest protest potential under conditions of uncertainty characteristic of the transition period.

How Ideology Divides Generations: The 2002 and 2004 South Korean Elections

Research Articles
Won-Taek Kang,
Canadian Journal of Political Science/Revue canadienne de science politique, Volume 41 Issue 02 , pp 461-480

Abstract
Abstract. An interesting phenomenon in recent South Korean electoral politics is the generation gap. In the 2002 presidential and the 2004 National Assembly elections, voting behaviour was sharply split between different age groups. A main question of this article is to figure out the underlying characteristics of the generational differences in the two elections and of the ideological division in the South Korean context. Findings show that the generation gap reflects different assessments of the authoritarian period and its inheritance. Young voters took a libertarian view and a negative assessment of the authoritarian era, while older voters, especially in their fifties and older, had a positive attitude toward the authoritarian legacies. Roh Moo-hyun's victory was largely attributed to his successful mobilization of young voters' generational rebellion.

The Liberal Project and the Transformation of Democracy: The Case of East Central Europe , Sabrina P. Ramet, College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press, 2007, pp. x, 178.

Book Reviews
Alex Danilovich,
Canadian Journal of Political Science/Revue canadienne de science politique, Volume 41 Issue 02 , pp 483-484

Abstract

The Politics of the Nazi Past in Germany and Austria , David Art, Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2006, pp. xvii. 231, appendices and index.

Book Reviews
Barbara Falk,
Canadian Journal of Political Science/Revue canadienne de science politique, Volume 41 Issue 02 , pp 484-486

Abstract

Marianne et les colonies. Une introduction à l'histoire coloniale de la France , Gilles Manceron, Ligue des droits de l'Homme, Coll. La Découverte Poche, 2003, 318 pages.

Book Reviews
Jean Eugène Havel,
Canadian Journal of Political Science/Revue canadienne de science politique, Volume 41 Issue 02 , pp 486-488

Abstract

The Atlantic Alliance under Stress: US–European Relations after Iraq , David M. Andrews, ed., Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005, pp. x, 293.

Book Reviews
Charles C. Pentland,
Canadian Journal of Political Science/Revue canadienne de science politique, Volume 41 Issue 02 , pp 488-489

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Le BAPE devant les citoyens. Pour une évaluation environnementale au service du développement durable , Jean Baril, Les Presses de l'Université Laval, 2006, 192 pages.

Book Reviews
Louis Simard,
Canadian Journal of Political Science/Revue canadienne de science politique, Volume 41 Issue 02 , pp 489-492

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Equality , Stuart White, Cambridge: Polity Press, 2006, pp. 197.

Book Reviews
Cristian Pérez Muñoz,
Canadian Journal of Political Science/Revue canadienne de science politique, Volume 41 Issue 02 , pp 492-494

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Branching Out, Digging In: Environmental Advocacy and Agenda Setting , Sarah B. Pralle, Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2006, pp. xii, 279.

Book Reviews
David Aubin,
Canadian Journal of Political Science/Revue canadienne de science politique, Volume 41 Issue 02 , pp 494-495

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Development after Globalization: Theory and Practice for the Embattled South in a New Imperial Age , John S. Saul, New York: Zed Books Ltd., 2006, pp. 135.

Book Reviews
Dmitri Mitin,
Canadian Journal of Political Science/Revue canadienne de science politique, Volume 41 Issue 02 , pp 495-497

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Bringing Religion into International Relations , Jonathan Fox and Shmuel Sandler, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004, pp. 224.

Book Reviews
Ali G. Dizboni,
Canadian Journal of Political Science/Revue canadienne de science politique, Volume 41 Issue 02 , pp 497-498

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La dénationalisation tranquille. Mémoire, identité et multiculturalisme dans le Québec postréférendaire , Mathieu Bock-Côté, Boréal, 2007, 211 pages.

Book Reviews
Benoît Dubreuil,
Canadian Journal of Political Science/Revue canadienne de science politique, Volume 41 Issue 02 , pp 498-500

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The Logic of Violence in Civil War , Stathis N. Kalyvas, Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006, pp. xvii, 485.

Book Reviews
Jill Vickers,
Canadian Journal of Political Science/Revue canadienne de science politique, Volume 41 Issue 02 , pp 501-502

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Race, Racialization, and Antiracism in Canada and Beyond , Genevieve Fuji Johnson and Randy Enomoto, eds., Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2007, pp. 252.

Book Reviews
Kirsten J. Fisher,
Canadian Journal of Political Science/Revue canadienne de science politique, Volume 41 Issue 02 , pp 502-503

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Stephen Harper. De l'École de Calgary au Parti Conservateur. Les nouveaux visages du conservatisme canadien , Frédéric Boily (dir.), Les Presses de l'université Laval, Coll. Prisme, 2007, 162 pages.

Book Reviews
Philippe Cousineau Morin,
Canadian Journal of Political Science/Revue canadienne de science politique, Volume 41 Issue 02 , pp 503-507

Abstract

Governing with the Charter: Legislative and Judicial Activism and Framers' Intent , James B. Kelly, Vancouver: UBC Press, 2005, pp. xii, 323.

Book Reviews
Mark Tushnet,
Canadian Journal of Political Science/Revue canadienne de science politique, Volume 41 Issue 02 , pp 507-508

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The Primacy of Politics: Social Democracy and the Making of Europe's Twentieth Century , Sheri Berman, New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006, pp. 228.

Book Reviews
Miriam Carey,
Canadian Journal of Political Science/Revue canadienne de science politique, Volume 41 Issue 02 , pp 508-510

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La répression des homosexuels au Québec et en France. Du bûcher à la mairie , Patrice Corriveau, Éditions Septentrion, 2006, 240 pages.

Book Reviews
Bertrand Kabongo Lukunda,
Canadian Journal of Political Science/Revue canadienne de science politique, Volume 41 Issue 02 , pp 510-512

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Democracy and the Culture of Skepticism: Political Trust in Argentina and Mexico. , Matthew R. Cleary and Susan C. Stokes, Russell Sage Foundation Series on Trust, vol. 9; New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2006, pp. 244, appendices.

Book Reviews
Neil Thomlinson,
Canadian Journal of Political Science/Revue canadienne de science politique, Volume 41 Issue 02 , pp 512-514

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Oser choisir maintenant : Des pistes de solution pour protéger les services publics et assurer l'équité entre les générations , L. Godbout, P. Fortin, M. Arseneau et S. St-Cerny, Les Presses de l'Université Laval, Québec, 2007, 140 pages.

Book Reviews
Pierre-André Hudon,
Canadian Journal of Political Science/Revue canadienne de science politique, Volume 41 Issue 02 , pp 514-516

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Ethnicity and Electoral Politics , Jóhanna Kristín Birnir, New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007, pp. xv, 279.

Book Reviews
null Pushkar,
Canadian Journal of Political Science/Revue canadienne de science politique, Volume 41 Issue 02 , pp 516-517

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Crise d'identité professionnelle et professionnalisme , Georges A. Legault, dir., Les Presses de l'Université Laval, Collection Éthique, 2003, 226 pages.

Book Reviews
Nathalie Houlfort,
Canadian Journal of Political Science/Revue canadienne de science politique, Volume 41 Issue 02 , pp 517-519

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The Bottom Billion , Paul Collier, New York: Oxford University Press, 2007, pp. 224.

Book Reviews
Rafał Riedel,
Canadian Journal of Political Science/Revue canadienne de science politique, Volume 41 Issue 02 , pp 519-520

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L'invention de l'Amérique. Recherche au sujet de la structure du Nouveau monde et du sens de son devenir , Edmundo O'Gorman, traduit de l'espagnol par Francine Bertrand Gonzàlez, Les Presses de l'Université Laval, Éditions de l'IQRC, 2007, 186 pages.

Book Reviews
Dalie Giroux,
Canadian Journal of Political Science/Revue canadienne de science politique, Volume 41 Issue 02 , pp 520-521

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Governing with the Charter: Legislative and Judicial Activism and Framers' Intent , James B. Kelly, Vancouver and Toronto: UBC Press, 2005, pp. xii, 336.

Book Reviews
Simon Evans,
Canadian Journal of Political Science/Revue canadienne de science politique, Volume 41 Issue 02 , pp 521-523

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