Studying Federations and Intergovernmental Relations in Canada and Europe

Abstract

This panel will explore the study of federalism and intergovernmental relations in Canada and in Europe. It will seek to compare and contrast a) the working of federal states and intergovernmental relations in both regions; and b) how political scientists in both regions have studied those questions. The issue of intergovernmental relations will not be limited to the study of federal states, but will also more broadly include the process of continental integration. This panel is part of a growing trend of comparing the experience of Canada and different federal states in Europe. On the one hand, Canadian political scientists, it has been said, have increasingly used the comparative method to study the Canadian case, including the working of the Canadian federation (White et al., 2008; Skogstad, 2013; Turgeon et al. 2014). On the other hand, comparative federalism has been a burgeoning field of study (Burgess, 2006; Erk and Swenden, 2010). There is also now a number of detailed study comparing the working of the Canadian federations to other European federal states (McEwen, 2006l Bolleyer 2009, Reuchamp, 2015). This panel will specifically explore the use of different theoretical approaches to the study of intergovernmental relations, the role that deliberation plays in federal system in Canada and Europe and finally the politics of market building in Canada and Europe.

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