Political Science 2230E Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Distinct Society, Nationstates, Agnosticism

• School: Western University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: Political Science 2230E
• Professor: Cristine De Clercy

Document Summary

The origins, maintenance and demise of federal states: one about 24 of the 193 member states of the un have a federal state. It is possible to identify a general condition present at the birth of all federal states. Confederation and during first half of 20th century: ottawa reacting to politics that challenged its own priorities and, three variants of contract theory jurisdiction, restrict the right to veto to the original signatories (ns, nb, quebec, Ontario: extend right to veto to all provinces, u(cid:374)a(cid:374)i(cid:373)ous (cid:272)o(cid:374)se(cid:374)t of the p(cid:396)o(cid:448)i(cid:374)(cid:272)es is (cid:374)ot (cid:396)e(cid:395)ui(cid:396)ed, (cid:271)ut that (cid:858)su(cid:271)sta(cid:374)tial p(cid:396)o(cid:448)i(cid:374)(cid:272)ial ag(cid:396)ee(cid:373)e(cid:374)t(cid:859) is (cid:374)e(cid:272)essa(cid:396)(cid:455) Impact of judicial decisions: court rulings seldom put an end to conflicts. Evolving federalism: typically become part of the bargaining process between govts, judicial decisions decentralized canadian federalism in a way that the fathers had not planned, three main tensions in canadian history: quebec, centre-periphery.