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Includes bibliographical references.

Preface -- Contributors -- General Introduction -- Unit 1 Global Challenges. Introduction -- Strong States and Weak States. The State as Place amid Shifting Spaces / David R. Cameron and Janice Gross Stein -- Globalization and Democracy. Can Democracy Survive Globalization in an Age of Terrorism? / Benjamin R. Barber -- Globalization and Governance. Governing Globalization - A World State, a Great-Power Concert, or a Renewed United Nations? / Joseph Masciulli -- Terrorism and Civil Liberties. Political Ethics in an Age of Terror / Michael Ignatieff -- Canada and the World. Making Canada Matter / John Ibbitson -- Canada and the United States. Canadian Foreign Policy After September 11, 2001: Following the Wrong Path / Shaun Narine -- Unit 2 Ideas and Ideologies. Introduction -- Liberalism. Classical Liberalism and Civil Society / Loren E. Lomasky -- Conservatism. The Universal Child-Care Benefit: A Turning Point for Social Conservatives? / Richard Myers -- Feminism. The Politics of Feminism: an Introduction / Linda Trimble -- Nationalism. In Defence of Nationalism / John O'Sullivan -- Social Democracy. Social Democracy in Theory and Practice - The Way Ahead / Edward Broadbent -- Unit 3 Citizenship and Democracy. Introduction -- Social Capital and Civic Engagement. Civic Disengagement in Contemporary America / Robert D. Putnam -- Deliberative Democracy. Republic.com / Cass Sunstein -- New Forms of Democratic Citizenship. Value Change and the Rise of New Politics / Neil Nevitte -- Media. May the Weak Force Be with You: The Power of Mass Media in Modern Politics / Kenneth Newton -- The Decline of Democratic Citizenship. The Flight from Politics / Reg Whitaker -- Unit 4 Contemporary Politics at Home. Introduction -- Electoral Systems and Electoral Reform. Is the Impossible Possible? Electoral Reform and Canada's Provinces / Harold J. Jansen -- Federalism. What is Asymmetrical Federalism and Why Should Canadians Care? / Gerald Baier and Katherine Boothe -- Courts, Law and the Canadian Charter. Just What the Doctor Ordered: Private Health Insurance and the Charter / Thomas M.J. Bateman -- Public Policy and the Environment. Climate Change Policy: Why Hasn't Canada Walked Its Kyoto Talk? / Ian Urquhart -- Parliamentary Government. The Canadian Prime Minister: Revisiting Primus in Canadian Politics / Donald J. Savoie -- Political Parties. Are Canadian Political Parties Empty Vessels: Membership, Engagement and Policy Capacity / William Cross and Lisa Young -- Unit 5 Contemporary Politics Abroad. Introduction -- Africa. Understanding African Poverty: Beyond the Washington Consensus to the Millenium Development Goals Approach / Gordon McCord, Jeffrey D. Sachs, and Wing Thye Woo -- The Post-Communist World. Ukraine's Orange Revolution: Great Promise, Untimely Demise / Mikhail A. Molchanov -- The Middle East. Iraq and Democracy: The Lessons Learned / Larry Diamond -- China. China's Quest for Modernization / Wenran Jiang -- Latin America. Latin America's Left Turn / Jorge G. Castaneda.