Richard Simeon
Biographic Data
| ID | 294938 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Richard Simeon |
| GIVEN NAMES | Richard |
| FAMILY NAME | Simeon |
| SIGNATURE | SIMEON R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Queen's University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 31 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 441 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 28 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 3 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1974 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 9 |
Territorial Pluralism
Territorial pluralism is a form of political autonomy designed to accommodate national, ethnic, or linguistic differences within a state. It has the potential to provide for the peaceful, democratic, and just management of difference. But given traditional concerns about state sovereignty, nation-building, and unity, how realistic is it to expect that a state’s authorities will agree to recognize and empower distinct substate communities? Territo…
Imperfect Democracies
Canada and the United States are consistently ranked among the most democratic countries in the world, yet voices expressing concern about the quality of these democracies are becoming louder and more insistent. Critics maintain that the two countries suffer from a “democratic deficit,” a deficit that raises profound questions about the legitimacy and effectiveness of their democratic institutions. Imperfect Democracies brings together Canadian a…
Postscript
A few years ago, I contacted a second-hand book seller, inquiring as to his interest in buying some surplus books. “What discipline?”, he asked. “Political Science”, I replied. “Sorry”, he said, “n
Reflections on Comparing Federalisms
This article illustrates the challenges involved in preparing a systematic comparison of two federal countries. It examines questions as to what explains similarities and differences in federal systems. It rejects any single-variable approach to explaining federalism but gives primacy to ideas and to institutions. While there are fundamental differences in founding ideas and historical legacies, there are major similarities between these two fede…
Reforming Multi-level Government in South Africa
(2009). Reforming Multi-level Government in South Africa. Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines: Vol. 43, Ethnic Politics and the Making and Unmaking of Constitutions in Africa, pp. 536-571
Constitutional Design and Change in Federal Systems
This article reviews the literature on constitutional design and change, especially in territorially divided societies that have adopted or are considering the adoption of federal or federalist regimes. The study of these processes, it argues, must integrate normative and empirical analysis and must be highly sensitive to historical, cultural, economic and geo-political contexts. There are few sustainable generalizations in the field, and few pre…
Multi-Level Governance in South Africa
Introduction NEITHER the word ‘federal’ nor ‘federalism’ appears in the 1996 Constitution of South Africa. Yet Section 40 states that: cIn the Republic, government is constituted as national, provincial and local spheres of government which are distinctive, interdependent and interrelated.' Section 43 vests legislative authority in the national parliament, in the provincial legislatures, and in municipal councils. Under section 104 (3), ‘A provin…
Multi-Level Governance in South Africa
Intergovernmental Relations in Canada
Executive federalism” or “federal-provincial diplomacy” has long been considered the defining characteristic of Canadian federalism, which combines federalism and Westminster-style cabinet government. However, these processes have come under increasing stress in recent years from a number of forces that have affected the nature and conduct of federalism and intergovernmental relations in Canada. Executive federalism has not been displaced, but ha…
Multi-Sphere Governance in South Africa
After considerable debate about whether a democratic South Africa should be constituted on federal lines, the 1996 Constitution adopted three “distinctive, interdependent and interrelated” spheres of government. “Co-operative government” followed the German model, emphasizing concurrency, provincial delivery of national policies, and provincial representation at the center. Implementing this model, with new institutions, actors, and processes, ha…
Adaptability and change in federations
Like all other governing institutions, federal structures must be able to adapt and adjust to changing economic, political, and social circumstances. This article outlines the major drivers that call for change in the institutions and processes of federalism. These include changing citizen orientations and expectations, changing policy agendas arising from the environment, new patterns of governance and public administration, and the pressures of…
Recent trends in federalism and intergovernmental relations in Canada
Canadians believe that successful constitutional change is impossible in the near future. Attempts to meet continued demands for independence for Quebec with a form of distinctive status within the confederation reached an impasse early in the 1990s with the popular rejection of successive agreements on the principle reached at federal and provincial government level. Debate centres on whether a devolution-style solution for Quebec would lead to …
Degrees of Freedom
A comparative study of Canadian and American responses to the changing international economy and to changing patterns of social diversity in domestic society, Degrees of Freedom traces the impact of these pressures on the economic and social structure, culture, political institutions, and policy regimes of the two countries.
Meech Lake and Shifting Conceptions of Canadian Federalism
Richard Simeon, Meech Lake and Shifting Conceptions of Canadian Federalism, Canadian Public Policy / Analyse de Politiques, Vol. 14, Supplement: The Meech Lake Accord / L'Accord du lac Meech (Sep., 1988), pp. S7-S24
Inside the Macdonald Commission
How is it, asks Daniel Drache, that the Macdonald Royal Commission, specifically created to lay the groundwork for a new social consensus on economic policy, has come up with solutions crudely biased in favour of corporate Canada? Drache, reflecting many other left critics, summarizes the internal evidence in the Report, notably its pervasive preference for market forces and limited government intervention in the economy, which ties together its …
Federalism and the Economic Union in Canada
Redesigning the State
Redesigning the State
Considerations on centralization and decentralization
Centralization and decentralization are enduring themes in Canadian political life. But measurement, explanation, prediction and especially assessment of these terms are all deeply problematic. Various modernization theorists once confidently predicted increasing centralization. The confounding of these predictions in Canada in the 1960s and 1970s forces us to consider the sources of Canadian “exceptionalism” and to see modernization as embracing…
And No One Cheered
Journal Article Keith Banting and Richard Simeon: And No One Cheered: Federalism, Democracy and the Constitution Act Get access And No One Cheered: Federalism, Democracy and the Constitution Act. Edited by KeithBanting and RichardSimeon. Toronto: Methuen Publications, 1983. Pp. xii. 376. Patrick J. Monahan Patrick J. Monahan *Assistant Professor of Law, Osgoode Hall Law School, Toronto, Canada. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Aca…
Small worlds
Natural Resource Revenues and Canadian Federalism
Richard Simeon, Natural Resource Revenues and Canadian Federalism: A Survey of the Issues, Canadian Public Policy / Analyse de Politiques, Vol. 6, Supplement: The Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund: An Overview of the Issues / Un aperçu global des sujets traités (Feb., 1980), pp. 182-191
Intergovernmental relations and the challenges to Canadian federalism
The crisis of Canadian federalism is above all a crisis in the relations between governments ‐ and our chief task is to find ways to restructure the relationships between them. On one hand we see the growth of regionalism, provincialism and Quebec nationalism, pushing toward decentralization and increasing interregional and federal‐provincial competition in managing development; on the other we see increasing interdependence, a sharing of respons…
A Cause in Search of Its Effect, or What Does Political Culture Explain
Must Canada Fail
Can Canadians resolve the crisis in Confederation brought on by the election of the Parti Quebecois in Quebec within the context of a revised federation? What are the options for constitutional change? Will Quebec seek independence and if so, how it come about? What be the future relationship between an independent Quebec and the rest of Canada? Must Canada Fail? is a collection of essays by a group of distinguished scholars, based for the most p…
Small worlds
A Cause in Search of Its Effect, or What Does Political Culture Explain
Intergovernmental Relations in Canada
Executive federalism” or “federal-provincial diplomacy” has long been considered the defining characteristic of Canadian federalism, which combines federalism and Westminster-style cabinet government. However, these processes have come under increasing stress in recent years from a number of forces that have affected the nature and conduct of federalism and intergovernmental relations in Canada. Executive federalism has not been displaced, but ha…
Studying Public Policy
L'auteur évalue et critique les approches les plus récentes utilisées dans l'étude des politiques publiques et formule un cadre de référence pour la conduite future d'une telle étude. Après avoir démontré les limites inhérentes aux études de cas ainsi qu'aux approches fondées sur la prise de décision, lesquelles sont surtout axées sur des préoccupations propres soit à l'administration publique, soit à l'analyse des politiques (« policy analysis »…
Regional Political Cultures in Canada
Les cultures politiques régionales au CanadaDans le contexte canadien, le concept de « régionalisme » s'entend de bien des façons. La présente étude explore des dimensions peu connues de ce phénomène. Des données tirées de sondages effectués en 1965 et 1968 par John Meisel, il ressort d'importantes différences entre les électorats provinciaux concernant la participation, l'efficacité et la confiance politiques. Ces données, une fois transposées s…
Degrees of Freedom
A comparative study of Canadian and American responses to the changing international economy and to changing patterns of social diversity in domestic society, Degrees of Freedom traces the impact of these pressures on the economic and social structure, culture, political institutions, and policy regimes of the two countries.
Constitutional Design and Change in Federal Systems
This article reviews the literature on constitutional design and change, especially in territorially divided societies that have adopted or are considering the adoption of federal or federalist regimes. The study of these processes, it argues, must integrate normative and empirical analysis and must be highly sensitive to historical, cultural, economic and geo-political contexts. There are few sustainable generalizations in the field, and few pre…
Intergovernmental relations and the challenges to Canadian federalism
The crisis of Canadian federalism is above all a crisis in the relations between governments ‐ and our chief task is to find ways to restructure the relationships between them. On one hand we see the growth of regionalism, provincialism and Quebec nationalism, pushing toward decentralization and increasing interregional and federal‐provincial competition in managing development; on the other we see increasing interdependence, a sharing of respons…
Meech Lake and Shifting Conceptions of Canadian Federalism
Richard Simeon, Meech Lake and Shifting Conceptions of Canadian Federalism, Canadian Public Policy / Analyse de Politiques, Vol. 14, Supplement: The Meech Lake Accord / L'Accord du lac Meech (Sep., 1988), pp. S7-S24
Inside the Macdonald Commission
How is it, asks Daniel Drache, that the Macdonald Royal Commission, specifically created to lay the groundwork for a new social consensus on economic policy, has come up with solutions crudely biased in favour of corporate Canada? Drache, reflecting many other left critics, summarizes the internal evidence in the Report, notably its pervasive preference for market forces and limited government intervention in the economy, which ties together its …
Reflections on Comparing Federalisms
This article illustrates the challenges involved in preparing a systematic comparison of two federal countries. It examines questions as to what explains similarities and differences in federal systems. It rejects any single-variable approach to explaining federalism but gives primacy to ideas and to institutions. While there are fundamental differences in founding ideas and historical legacies, there are major similarities between these two fede…
Multi-Sphere Governance in South Africa
After considerable debate about whether a democratic South Africa should be constituted on federal lines, the 1996 Constitution adopted three “distinctive, interdependent and interrelated” spheres of government. “Co-operative government” followed the German model, emphasizing concurrency, provincial delivery of national policies, and provincial representation at the center. Implementing this model, with new institutions, actors, and processes, ha…
Recent trends in federalism and intergovernmental relations in Canada
Canadians believe that successful constitutional change is impossible in the near future. Attempts to meet continued demands for independence for Quebec with a form of distinctive status within the confederation reached an impasse early in the 1990s with the popular rejection of successive agreements on the principle reached at federal and provincial government level. Debate centres on whether a devolution-style solution for Quebec would lead to …
Considerations on centralization and decentralization
Centralization and decentralization are enduring themes in Canadian political life. But measurement, explanation, prediction and especially assessment of these terms are all deeply problematic. Various modernization theorists once confidently predicted increasing centralization. The confounding of these predictions in Canada in the 1960s and 1970s forces us to consider the sources of Canadian “exceptionalism” and to see modernization as embracing…
Natural Resource Revenues and Canadian Federalism
Richard Simeon, Natural Resource Revenues and Canadian Federalism: A Survey of the Issues, Canadian Public Policy / Analyse de Politiques, Vol. 6, Supplement: The Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund: An Overview of the Issues / Un aperçu global des sujets traités (Feb., 1980), pp. 182-191
Adaptability and change in federations
Like all other governing institutions, federal structures must be able to adapt and adjust to changing economic, political, and social circumstances. This article outlines the major drivers that call for change in the institutions and processes of federalism. These include changing citizen orientations and expectations, changing policy agendas arising from the environment, new patterns of governance and public administration, and the pressures of…
Postscript
A few years ago, I contacted a second-hand book seller, inquiring as to his interest in buying some surplus books. “What discipline?”, he asked. “Political Science”, I replied. “Sorry”, he said, “n
Redesigning the State
Robert Presthus, Elite Accommodation in Canadian Politics. Toronto
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Regional Political Cultures in Canada
Les cultures politiques régionales au CanadaDans le contexte canadien, le concept de « régionalisme » s'entend de bien des façons. La présente étude explore des dimensions peu connues de ce phénomène. Des données tirées de sondages effectués en 1965 et 1968 par John Meisel, il ressort d'importantes différences entre les électorats provinciaux concernant la participation, l'efficacité et la confiance politiques. Ces données, une fois transposées s…
The 'Overload Thesis' and Canadian Government
Can governments govern any more? Can they make and implement policies to deal with the complex demands and the multiple social conflicts of advanced industrial society? Increasingly commentators and government leaders themselves answer no. Samuel Huntingdon sees a sharp decline in the 'governability' of modern societies. Even more important than the question 'who governs?', he suggests, is the question 'does anybody govern?' (Huntingdon, I975:23)…
The Prime Minister's mailbag
This study is based on examination of a randomly selected sample of 2,150 letters representing all the mail received by Prime Minister Trudeau between February 1969 and June 1972. The object of the study was to ascertain the characteristics of the letter‐writers and the nature of their concerns, arguments and strategies. Through interviews with the staff of the Correspondence Section of the Prime Minister's Office we were also able to discover ho…
Echange Exchange
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Studying Public Policy
L'auteur évalue et critique les approches les plus récentes utilisées dans l'étude des politiques publiques et formule un cadre de référence pour la conduite future d'une telle étude. Après avoir démontré les limites inhérentes aux études de cas ainsi qu'aux approches fondées sur la prise de décision, lesquelles sont surtout axées sur des préoccupations propres soit à l'administration publique, soit à l'analyse des politiques (« policy analysis »…
Must Canada Fail
Can Canadians resolve the crisis in Confederation brought on by the election of the Parti Quebecois in Quebec within the context of a revised federation? What are the options for constitutional change? Will Quebec seek independence and if so, how it come about? What be the future relationship between an independent Quebec and the rest of Canada? Must Canada Fail? is a collection of essays by a group of distinguished scholars, based for the most p…
A Cause in Search of Its Effect, or What Does Political Culture Explain
Small worlds
Natural Resource Revenues and Canadian Federalism
Richard Simeon, Natural Resource Revenues and Canadian Federalism: A Survey of the Issues, Canadian Public Policy / Analyse de Politiques, Vol. 6, Supplement: The Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund: An Overview of the Issues / Un aperçu global des sujets traités (Feb., 1980), pp. 182-191
Intergovernmental relations and the challenges to Canadian federalism
The crisis of Canadian federalism is above all a crisis in the relations between governments ‐ and our chief task is to find ways to restructure the relationships between them. On one hand we see the growth of regionalism, provincialism and Quebec nationalism, pushing toward decentralization and increasing interregional and federal‐provincial competition in managing development; on the other we see increasing interdependence, a sharing of respons…
And No One Cheered
Journal Article Keith Banting and Richard Simeon: And No One Cheered: Federalism, Democracy and the Constitution Act Get access And No One Cheered: Federalism, Democracy and the Constitution Act. Edited by KeithBanting and RichardSimeon. Toronto: Methuen Publications, 1983. Pp. xii. 376. Patrick J. Monahan Patrick J. Monahan *Assistant Professor of Law, Osgoode Hall Law School, Toronto, Canada. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Aca…
Redesigning the State
Redesigning the State
Considerations on centralization and decentralization
Centralization and decentralization are enduring themes in Canadian political life. But measurement, explanation, prediction and especially assessment of these terms are all deeply problematic. Various modernization theorists once confidently predicted increasing centralization. The confounding of these predictions in Canada in the 1960s and 1970s forces us to consider the sources of Canadian “exceptionalism” and to see modernization as embracing…
Inside the Macdonald Commission
How is it, asks Daniel Drache, that the Macdonald Royal Commission, specifically created to lay the groundwork for a new social consensus on economic policy, has come up with solutions crudely biased in favour of corporate Canada? Drache, reflecting many other left critics, summarizes the internal evidence in the Report, notably its pervasive preference for market forces and limited government intervention in the economy, which ties together its …
Federalism and the Economic Union in Canada
Meech Lake and Shifting Conceptions of Canadian Federalism
Richard Simeon, Meech Lake and Shifting Conceptions of Canadian Federalism, Canadian Public Policy / Analyse de Politiques, Vol. 14, Supplement: The Meech Lake Accord / L'Accord du lac Meech (Sep., 1988), pp. S7-S24
Degrees of Freedom
A comparative study of Canadian and American responses to the changing international economy and to changing patterns of social diversity in domestic society, Degrees of Freedom traces the impact of these pressures on the economic and social structure, culture, political institutions, and policy regimes of the two countries.
Recent trends in federalism and intergovernmental relations in Canada
Canadians believe that successful constitutional change is impossible in the near future. Attempts to meet continued demands for independence for Quebec with a form of distinctive status within the confederation reached an impasse early in the 1990s with the popular rejection of successive agreements on the principle reached at federal and provincial government level. Debate centres on whether a devolution-style solution for Quebec would lead to …
Multi-Sphere Governance in South Africa
After considerable debate about whether a democratic South Africa should be constituted on federal lines, the 1996 Constitution adopted three “distinctive, interdependent and interrelated” spheres of government. “Co-operative government” followed the German model, emphasizing concurrency, provincial delivery of national policies, and provincial representation at the center. Implementing this model, with new institutions, actors, and processes, ha…
Adaptability and change in federations
Like all other governing institutions, federal structures must be able to adapt and adjust to changing economic, political, and social circumstances. This article outlines the major drivers that call for change in the institutions and processes of federalism. These include changing citizen orientations and expectations, changing policy agendas arising from the environment, new patterns of governance and public administration, and the pressures of…
Intergovernmental Relations in Canada
Executive federalism” or “federal-provincial diplomacy” has long been considered the defining characteristic of Canadian federalism, which combines federalism and Westminster-style cabinet government. However, these processes have come under increasing stress in recent years from a number of forces that have affected the nature and conduct of federalism and intergovernmental relations in Canada. Executive federalism has not been displaced, but ha…
Multi-Level Governance in South Africa
Introduction NEITHER the word ‘federal’ nor ‘federalism’ appears in the 1996 Constitution of South Africa. Yet Section 40 states that: cIn the Republic, government is constituted as national, provincial and local spheres of government which are distinctive, interdependent and interrelated.' Section 43 vests legislative authority in the national parliament, in the provincial legislatures, and in municipal councils. Under section 104 (3), ‘A provin…
Multi-Level Governance in South Africa
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