Migdal goes Canadian: deconstructing the 'executive' in the study of Canadian federalism

Abstract: Over the 20th century the field of comparative politics was subject to a debate about the proper way of theorizing the state. Society-centric scholars initially put the state in the background, while later state-centric authors brought the state back in, making it the focal point of their analysis. Dissatisfied with both, Joel S Migdal published State in Society (2001), which advocated for a rethinking of the study of the state. Migdal argued that the state must be considered as a fragmented actor among many others in society. This theory of fragmentation of the state would seem to be naturally applicable to the study of federalism. Yet this has not been the case. This paper argues that Migdal’s approach would be a useful addition to the study of federalism and intergovernmental relations, using Canada as a test case. A brief review of some key literature first places Migdal’s approach in terms of the broader debate between ‘societalists’ and ‘statists’. Migdal’s approach is then a

Standort
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Umfang
Online-Ressource
Sprache
Englisch
Anmerkungen
Veröffentlichungsversion
begutachtet (peer reviewed)
In: Federal Governance ; 9 (2012) 1 ; 1-8

Klassifikation
Politik

Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wo)
Mannheim
(wann)
2012
Urheber
Collins, Emmet

URN
urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-342356
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Open Access unbekannt; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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Beteiligte

  • Collins, Emmet

Entstanden

  • 2012

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