Garth Stevenson

Professor specializing in Canadian Politics (Quebec politics, federalism) and Comparative Politics (nationalism,ethnic politics)

Phone: 905-688-5550 ext. 3892
E-mail: gstevenson@brocku.ca
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Education

B.A., M.A. (McGill); Ph.D. (Princeton)

Research Interests:

My most recent book Parallel Paths: The Development of Nationalism in Ireland and Quebec was published in 2006. It uses the concepts of path dependence, timing and sequence to explain why nationalism in Ireland and Quebec led to different outcomes, despite the many interesting parallels between the two societies, parallels which are extensively discussed in the book. The book was awarded the Donald Smiley prize for the best book on Canadian politics published in 2006. In my next book, which will also be published by McGill-Queens University Press, I am using a similar approach to explain and compare the ways in which Canada and the United States have dealt with ethnic and religious diversity from colonial times to the present. I believe that the traditional stereotypes of mosaic versus melting pot have some basis in historical reality, which I will explore, but have been greatly exaggerated, especially in Canada since 1971. The manuscript should be finished by December 2012.  I also have two forthcoming book chapters, one dealing with the regionalism in Canada and the other with ethnic minorities in Quebec.

Selected Publications:

* Unfulfilled Union: Canadian Federalism and National Unity (5th edition, Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queens University Press 2009)
* “Canadian Federalism and the Search for Accomodation of Quebec Nationalism" in Stéphan Gervais et all, Quebec Questions (toronto: Oxford University Press 2011)
* Community Besieged: The Anglophone Minority and the Politics of Quebec (Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press 1999)
* Ex Uno Plures: Federal-Provincial Relations in Canada 1867-1896 (Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press 1993)
* Federalism in Canada: Selected Readings (Toronto: McClelland and Stewart 1989)
* Rail Transport and Australian Federalism (Canberra: Australian National University 1987)
* The Politics of Canada’s Airlines: From Diefenbaker to Mulroney(Toronto: University of Toronto Press 1987)