The Canadian Kingdom (eBook)

150 Years of Constitutional Monarchy

D. Michael Jackson (Herausgeber)

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2018
248 Seiten
Dundurn (Verlag)
978-1-4597-4120-1 (ISBN)

Infos

An integral part of Canada’s political culture, constitutional monarchy has evolved since Confederation to become a uniquely Canadian institution. How has it shaped twenty-first-century Canada? How have views on the monarchy changed? Eleven experts on the history of Canada’s Crown take up these questions from diverse perspectives.

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An integral part of Canada's political culture, the constitutional monarchy has evolved over the 150 years since Confederation to become a uniquely Canadian institution.Canada inherited the constitutional monarchy from Britain even before Confederation in 1867. In the 150 years since then, the Crown has shaped, and been shaped by, Canada s achievement of independence, its robust federalism, the unique identity of Quebec, and its relationship with Indigenous peoples. What has this Canadian Crown contributed to the Canada of the twenty-first century? How is this historic yet resilient institution perceived today? The essays in this book respond to these questions from a variety of perspectives, encompassing the arts, the role of the vice-regal representatives, the Indigenous peoples, and the contemporary position of the monarch. In discussing whether there is a distinctly Canadian monarchy, the authors look beyond Canada s borders, too, and explore how Canada s development has influenced other Commonwealth realms.

Autor

D. Michael Jackson was chief of protocol for the Government of Saskatchewan from 1980 to 2005. He is the president of the Institute for the Study of the Crown in Canada and was appointed Commander of the Royal Victorian Order by Queen Elizabeth II in 2005. He lives in Regina.

Inhalt

John Fraser and D. Michael Jackson: Preface
D. Michael Jackson: Introduction: The Canadian Crown at 150 Years
Part 1: The Crown in Canadian History
Barbara J. Messamore: Confederation, Continuity, and the Crown: Some Reflections on Canada 150
Carolyn Harris: Royalty and the Arts in Canada
Robert E. Hawkins: Vimy and the Role of Canada’s Monarchy
Part 2: The Crown and Indigenous Peoples
Steven Point: The Crown and First Nations in British Columbia: A Personal View
Nathan Tidridge: Decolonizing the Crown in Canada: Restoring the Queen at the Council Fire
Part 3: The Crown and Indigenous Peoples
Andrew Heard: The Crown in Canada: Is There a Canadian Monarchy?
Serge Joyal: The Oath of Allegiance: A New Perspective
Christopher McCreery: The Vulnerability of Vice-Regal Offices in Canada
Part 4: The Crown and the Realms
Peter Boyce: Australian Perspectives on a Shared Monarchy
Sean Palmer: The Path to Nationalization: How the Realms Have Made the Monarchy Their Own
John Fraser: A Tale of Two Sovereigns; or, How the Queen of Canada Helps the Queen of the United Kingdom
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Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.4.2018
• Zusatzinfo: notes
• Verlagsort: Toronto
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Politik / Gesellschaft
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: Australia • canadian government • Commonwealth • Confederation • Constitutional Monarchy • crown • Federalism • First Nations • Governor General • Indigenous peoples • Lieutenant Governor • Queen Elizabeth II • Queen of Canada • Queen Victoria • Royal Family • royal prerogative • succession • Throne • Treaties • United Kingdom
• ISBN-10: 1-4597-4120-X / 145974120X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4597-4120-1 / 9781459741201