The Strategic Constitution: Understanding Canadian Power in the World (Law and Society) - Softcover

Studin, Irvin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0774827157 ISBN 13: 9780774827157

Publisher: UBC Press, 2014

Synopsis

Historically, Canada’s Constitution has been principally viewed as a federal framework or a rights bulwark. This book offers a new interpretation. The “Strategic Constitution,” as proposed by Irvin Studin, is a framework for understanding the capacity of Canada to project strategic power in the world. First, Studin provides a wide-ranging audit of the Constitution in terms of its treatment of factors of strategic power. He then applies the Strategic Constitution framework to four policy case studies. Provocative and well-argued, this book makes the case for the Constitution being a flexible national framework that quietly harbours seeds of national strategic potency.

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Review:

In this important book, Irvin Studin looks at Canada's constitutional framework through an entirely different lens, namely, how the Constitution informs Canada’s conduct on the international stage. The new insights offered here will add brand new dimensions to constitutional, federalism, and international affairs scholarship, both in Canada and internationally. Author: Patrick Monahan

From the Author:

Irvin Studin is MPP program director and an assistant professor in the School of Public Policy and Governance at the University of Toronto. He worked for a number of years in the Privy Council Office in Ottawa, as well as in the Australian Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet in Canberra. He is also editor-in-chief and publisher of Global Brief magazine.

About this edition

• Publisher: UBC Press
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0774827157
• ISBN 13: 9780774827157
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 284