Canadian Public Policy The Causes of Canadian Confederation by Ged Martin Review by: Frederick Vaughan Canadian Public Policy / Analyse de Politiques, Vol. 16, No. 4 (Dec., 1990), p. 456 Published by: University of Toronto Press on behalf of Canadian Public Policy Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3550864 . Accessed: 14/06/2014 12:30 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact
[email protected]. . University of Toronto Press and Canadian Public Policy are collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Canadian Public Policy / Analyse de Politiques. http://www.jstor.org This content downloaded from 62.122.77.83 on Sat, 14 Jun 2014 12:30:35 PM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublisher?publisherCode=utp http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublisher?publisherCode=cpp http://www.jstor.org/stable/3550864?origin=JSTOR-pdf http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp 'first wave' countries have classic parlia- mentary systems. He probably would have been on firmer ground if he had devoted more attention to the explanatory power of a variable which he merely mentioned in passing - 'fashions and fads'. In sum, this is a reasonably good first ef- fort in a very amorphous field, but it will be a disappointment if this group does not fol- low up this rather modest effort with a se- rious attempt to evaluate evaluation and provide some advice on which forms of it work better than others. DAVID SIEGEL, Department of Politics, Brock Uni- versity The Causes of Canadian Confederation edited by Ged Martin. Fredericton, New Brunswick, Acadiensis Press, 1990. Pp.172. This book is the product of a seminar on confederation sponsored by the Centre of Canadian Studies at Edinburgh University in May, 1988. The editor, Ged Martin, has been director of that program for several years. This little volume of seven essays purports to be 'provocative and revisionist,' a challenge to 'the prevailing orthodoxies about the causes of Confederation and the role played by the Maritimes in the Confed- eration era'. There are ten scholars in- volved in this project - five are political scientists (four of whom have collaborated on one essay) and five historians. The essays are titled: 'The Case Against Canadian Confederation 1864-1867,' by Ged Martin; 'Canadian Confederation as a Case Study in Community Formation,' by Ralph C. Nelson, Walter C. Soderlund, Ronald H. Wagenberg and E. Donald Briggs; 'The Maritimes and Confederation: A Reassessment,' by Phillip A. Bruckner; 'The Opposition to Confederation in Nova Scotia, 1964-68,' by James L. Sturgis; 'Economic Nationalism, Confederation and Nova Scotia,' by Brian D. Tennyson; 'The Antis Gain the Day: Newfoundland and 'first wave' countries have classic parlia- mentary systems. He probably would have been on firmer ground if he had devoted more attention to the explanatory power of a variable which he merely mentioned in passing - 'fashions and fads'. In sum, this is a reasonably good first ef- fort in a very amorphous field, but it will be a disappointment if this group does not fol- low up this rather modest effort with a se- rious attempt to evaluate evaluation and provide some advice on which forms of it work better than others. DAVID SIEGEL, Department of Politics, Brock Uni- versity The Causes of Canadian Confederation edited by Ged Martin. Fredericton, New Brunswick, Acadiensis Press, 1990. Pp.172. This book is the product of a seminar on confederation sponsored by the Centre of Canadian Studies at Edinburgh University in May, 1988. The editor, Ged Martin, has been director of that program for several years. This little volume of seven essays purports to be 'provocative and revisionist,' a challenge to 'the prevailing orthodoxies about the causes of Confederation and the role played by the Maritimes in the Confed- eration era'. There are ten scholars in- volved in this project - five are political scientists (four of whom have collaborated on one essay) and five historians. The essays are titled: 'The Case Against Canadian Confederation 1864-1867,' by Ged Martin; 'Canadian Confederation as a Case Study in Community Formation,' by Ralph C. Nelson, Walter C. Soderlund, Ronald H. Wagenberg and E. Donald Briggs; 'The Maritimes and Confederation: A Reassessment,' by Phillip A. Bruckner; 'The Opposition to Confederation in Nova Scotia, 1964-68,' by James L. Sturgis; 'Economic Nationalism, Confederation and Nova Scotia,' by Brian D. Tennyson; 'The Antis Gain the Day: Newfoundland and 'first wave' countries have classic parlia- mentary systems. He probably would have been on firmer ground if he had devoted more attention to the explanatory power of a variable which he merely mentioned in passing - 'fashions and fads'. In sum, this is a reasonably good first ef- fort in a very amorphous field, but it will be a disappointment if this group does not fol- low up this rather modest effort with a se- rious attempt to evaluate evaluation and provide some advice on which forms of it work better than others. DAVID SIEGEL, Department of Politics, Brock Uni- versity The Causes of Canadian Confederation edited by Ged Martin. Fredericton, New Brunswick, Acadiensis Press, 1990. Pp.172. This book is the product of a seminar on confederation sponsored by the Centre of Canadian Studies at Edinburgh University in May, 1988. The editor, Ged Martin, has been director of that program for several years. This little volume of seven essays purports to be 'provocative and revisionist,' a challenge to 'the prevailing orthodoxies about the causes of Confederation and the role played by the Maritimes in the Confed- eration era'. There are ten scholars in- volved in this project - five are political scientists (four of whom have collaborated on one essay) and five historians. The essays are titled: 'The Case Against Canadian Confederation 1864-1867,' by Ged Martin; 'Canadian Confederation as a Case Study in Community Formation,' by Ralph C. Nelson, Walter C. Soderlund, Ronald H. Wagenberg and E. Donald Briggs; 'The Maritimes and Confederation: A Reassessment,' by Phillip A. Bruckner; 'The Opposition to Confederation in Nova Scotia, 1964-68,' by James L. Sturgis; 'Economic Nationalism, Confederation and Nova Scotia,' by Brian D. Tennyson; 'The Antis Gain the Day: Newfoundland and Confederation, 1864-1869,' by Frederick Jones; and 'The Dream of Political Union: Loyalism, Toryism and the Federal Idea in Pre-Confederation Canada,' by Peter J. Smith. As one can see, the major focus of these essays is the case against the confederation movement. This theme has been largely neglected in the standard accounts of Canadian confederation and for this reason alone the book is a welcome addition to the literature. Indeed, I would go so far as to say that it is a minor event in confederation studies and ought to be read by every seri- ous student of Canadian politics and his- tory. We are left, however, at the end of the book with a mountain of challenging infor- mation and a thorough canvas of the authorities but with no feel for the actual final product itself, i.e. the Constitution Act of 1867 as an achievement in statecraft. Perhaps the next volume from the Cana- dian Studies Centre in Edinburgh will focus on this, the crowning result of the process so irreverently explored here in this vol- ume. FREDERICK VAUGHAN, Department of Political Studies, University of Guelph Le monopole public de 1'education: L'economie politique de la mediocrite par Jean-Luc Migue et Richard Marceau. Sillery, Quebec, Presse de l'Universite du Quebec, 1989. Pp.ix,195. At last education in Canada is attracting the kind of attention that $25 billion dollars a year merits. Le monopole public de 'education marks the first in-depth look at current Canadian elementary and second- ary education from the point of view of the theory of clubs and the theory of rent seek- ing. The authors begin with a utopian look at what an education should be, and follow with the observation that the costs and ap- Confederation, 1864-1869,' by Frederick Jones; and 'The Dream of Political Union: Loyalism, Toryism and the Federal Idea in Pre-Confederation Canada,' by Peter J. Smith. As one can see, the major focus of these essays is the case against the confederation movement. This theme has been largely neglected in the standard accounts of Canadian confederation and for this reason alone the book is a welcome addition to the literature. Indeed, I would go so far as to say that it is a minor event in confederation studies and ought to be read by every seri- ous student of Canadian politics and his- tory. We are left, however, at the end of the book with a mountain of challenging infor- mation and a thorough canvas of the authorities but with no feel for the actual final product itself, i.e. the Constitution Act of 1867 as an achievement in statecraft. Perhaps the next volume from the Cana- dian Studies Centre in Edinburgh will focus on this, the crowning result of the process so irreverently explored here in this vol- ume. FREDERICK VAUGHAN, Department of Political Studies, University of Guelph Le monopole public de 1'education: L'economie politique de la mediocrite par Jean-Luc Migue et Richard Marceau. Sillery, Quebec, Presse de l'Universite du Quebec, 1989. Pp.ix,195. At last education in Canada is attracting the kind of attention that $25 billion dollars a year merits. Le monopole public de 'education marks the first in-depth look at current Canadian elementary and second- ary education from the point of view of the theory of clubs and the theory of rent seek- ing. The authors begin with a utopian look at what an education should be, and follow with the observation that the costs and ap- Confederation, 1864-1869,' by Frederick Jones; and 'The Dream of Political Union: Loyalism, Toryism and the Federal Idea in Pre-Confederation Canada,' by Peter J. Smith. As one can see, the major focus of these essays is the case against the confederation movement. This theme has been largely neglected in the standard accounts of Canadian confederation and for this reason alone the book is a welcome addition to the literature. Indeed, I would go so far as to say that it is a minor event in confederation studies and ought to be read by every seri- ous student of Canadian politics and his- tory. We are left, however, at the end of the book with a mountain of challenging infor- mation and a thorough canvas of the authorities but with no feel for the actual final product itself, i.e. the Constitution Act of 1867 as an achievement in statecraft. Perhaps the next volume from the Cana- dian Studies Centre in Edinburgh will focus on this, the crowning result of the process so irreverently explored here in this vol- ume. FREDERICK VAUGHAN, Department of Political Studies, University of Guelph Le monopole public de 1'education: L'economie politique de la mediocrite par Jean-Luc Migue et Richard Marceau. Sillery, Quebec, Presse de l'Universite du Quebec, 1989. Pp.ix,195. At last education in Canada is attracting the kind of attention that $25 billion dollars a year merits. Le monopole public de 'education marks the first in-depth look at current Canadian elementary and second- ary education from the point of view of the theory of clubs and the theory of rent seek- ing. The authors begin with a utopian look at what an education should be, and follow with the observation that the costs and ap- 456 Reviews/Comptes rendus 456 Reviews/Comptes rendus 456 Reviews/Comptes rendus This content downloaded from 62.122.77.83 on Sat, 14 Jun 2014 12:30:35 PM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp Article Contents p. 456 Issue Table of Contents Canadian Public Policy / Analyse de Politiques, Vol. 16, No. 4 (Dec., 1990), pp. i-ii+359-476 Volume Information [pp. 472 - 475] Front Matter [pp. i - 451] On the Incidence of the Manufacturers' Sales Tax and the Goods and Services Tax [pp. 359 - 373] L'évolution du prix réel de l'assurance automobile au Québec depuis la réforme de 1978 [pp. 374 - 386] Population, Pyramids and Promotional Prospects [pp. 387 - 398] Landlords as Economic Prisoners of War [pp. 399 - 417] Land Degradation Issues in Canadian Agriculture [pp. 418 - 431] An Assessment of Ontario's Health Strategy [pp. 432 - 444] Review Article Misplaced Priorities: A Review of "Demolinguistic Trends and the Evolution of Canadian Institutions" [pp. 445 - 450] Reviews / Comptes rendus untitled [p. 452] untitled [pp. 452 - 453] untitled [pp. 453 - 454] untitled [pp. 454 - 455] untitled [pp. 455 - 456] untitled [p. 456] untitled [pp. 456 - 457] untitled [pp. 457 - 458] untitled [pp. 458 - 459] untitled [pp. 459 - 460] untitled [pp. 460 - 461] untitled [pp. 461 - 462] untitled [pp. 462 - 464] untitled [pp. 464 - 465] untitled [p. 465] untitled [pp. 465 - 466] untitled [pp. 466 - 467] untitled [pp. 467 - 468] untitled [pp. 468 - 469] untitled [pp. 469 - 470] untitled [pp. 470 - 471] Back Matter [pp. 476 - 476]