Province-Building vs. a Rentier Society

McMillan, Melville; Norrie, Kenneth

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“…Mis de l'avant dans les années 1960, le concept de construction provinciale a été ensuite utilisé de multiples façons (entre autres auteurs : Elkins et Simeon, 1980 ;McMillan et Norrie, 1980 ;Chorney et Hansen, 1985 ;Tomblin, 1990 ;Cairns, 1992 ;Marland, 2010). L'expression perd toutefois de sa popularité suivant la publication, en 1984, de l'article « The Concept of Provincebuilding : A Critique ».…”

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La construction provinciale comme mécanisme : le cas de l’immigration au Manitoba

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2015

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Dans le cadre d’une analyse de la croissance des activités en immigration et en intégration de tous les gouvernements provinciaux depuis le début des années 1990, cet article propose une revitalisation de la notion de « construction provinciale ». En prenant comme point de départ les critiques de Robert A. Young, Philippe Faucher et André Blais (1984), il y est suggéré de repositionner la construction provinciale en tant que mécanisme social. Par le biais de cette approche mécanistique et suivant l’observation du mécanisme dans dix cas, il est avancé que le mécanisme de construction provinciale opère par le biais de trois composantes à l’échelle d’une province – l’activation, la consensualisation et l’institutionnalisation – et produit des effets variables, en fonction du contexte dans lequel il est enclenché. Le potentiel heuristique de cette approche est illustré en retraçant comment un mécanisme de construction provinciale centré sur l’immigration s’est mis en mouvement au Manitoba à partir des années 1990.As part of an analysis of the growth of the activities of the ten provincial governments in the domains of immigration and integration since the 1990s, this paper proposes a revitalization of the concept of “province building.” Taking as its starting point the criticisms of Robert A. Young, Philippe Faucher, and André Blais (1984), it is suggested to reposition province building as a social mechanism. Through this mechanistic approach and building on ten case studies, it proposes that the mechanism of province building operates via three components: activation, consensus building, and institutionalization. Despite these similarities in operation, the mechanism of province building produces variegated effects, depending on the context in which it is engaged. The heuristic potential of this approach is illustrated by tracing how a mechanism of province building centered on immigration has operated in Manitoba since the 1990s

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La construction provinciale comme mécanisme : le cas de l’immigration au Manitoba

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2015

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“…In most cases, proponents eschewed notions of the relative optimality of either centralization or decentralization in their assessments of such processes. When they did not, analysts tended to argue that the harmful dynamics of competitive federalism invited or necessitated the introduction of institutional means of reconciliation precisely to offset the increased capacity of provinces to go it alone (Cairns, 1979;McMillan and Norrie, 1980;Simeon and Conway, 2001;Tupper, 1982).…”

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“…Tupper (1982), for example, argued "self-defeating" interprovincial rivalries to secure what was assumed to be scarce capital placed significant strains on poorer provinces, strengthening the position of corporations while substantially increasing the cost paid by society for investment. McMillan and Norrie (1980) were similarly disparaging of the dynamics of competitive federalism, arguing against a particular and hyperactive approach to economic governance that had become increasingly viable as a result of the 1970s resource boom.…”

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Bringing the provinces back in: Re-evaluating the relevance of province-building to theories of Canadian federalism and multi-level governance

Wilder,

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2015

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Three decades have passed since Canadian political scientists last seriously engaged with the concept of province-building. Popular in the 1970s as a means for explaining patterns of policy-making and constitutional politics in Canada, the currency of province-building met an abrupt end after its analytical use was questioned by Young, Faucher and Blais in 1984. Thirty years on, this discussion piece revisits their critique and, far from finding the idea void of empirical validity or theoretical utility, suggests that province-building continues to best capture the general structure of policy formulation and implementation in Canada and provides lessons for how to examine matters of authority and decision-making in multi-level settings.

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“…Province building was first developed to explain the resilience of provinces and the growth of provincial states, despite the modernization of the Canadian state (Black and Cairns 1966). As a central “image” for Canadian political scientists (Young et al, 1984: 783–84), province building has been used to discuss federalism as well as provincial public policies and public administrations (see Cairns, 1992; Chorney and Hansen, 1985; McMillan and Norrie, 1980; Tomblin, 1990). Starting from the theoretical and analytical criticisms of Young and colleagues (1984), province building is defined here as a social mechanism which takes the form of an elite mobilization focused on the establishment of strategies to develop provincial societies (state, public administration, economy and population).…”

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The Federalization of Immigration and Integration in Canada

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2014

Can J Pol Sci

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Between 1990 and 2010, a gradual process of institutional change has affected Canada's immigration and integration governance regime. The central characteristic of this process is the emergence of a new legitimate institutional group of actors: Canadian provinces. This change corresponds to a federalization of Canada's immigration and integration governance regime. It is a break from the previous pattern of federal dominance and provincial avoidance. It is not the result of diminished federal intervention in immigration and cannot be explained by exogenous shocks. Current explanations of this evolution focus on federal decisions and have trouble explaining provincial mobilization. Using a mechanistic approach to the analysis of social processes and insights on gradual institutional changes, this article demonstrates that provinces have been the central agents bringing about the federalization of Canada's immigration and integration governance regime between 1990 and 2010. Via a mechanism of province building centred on immigration, provinces have triggered and maintained in movement a decentralizing mechanism. The interactions of these two mechanisms, over time, gave rise to the federalization of immigration and integration in Canada.

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Province-Building vs. a Rentier Society

Cited by 5 publications

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La construction provinciale comme mécanisme : le cas de l’immigration au Manitoba

La construction provinciale comme mécanisme : le cas de l’immigration au Manitoba

Bringing the provinces back in: Re-evaluating the relevance of province-building to theories of Canadian federalism and multi-level governance

The Federalization of Immigration and Integration in Canada

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