Across Boundaries : Essays in Honour of Robert A. Young.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (273 pages)
Cover -- ACROSS BOUNDARIES -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Tables, Figures, and Equations -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction: The Work of Robert A. Young -- PART ONE | MULTILEVEL GOVERNANCE -- 2 Bob Young, Big Projects, and the Study of Local and Urban Politics in Canada -- 3 Exchange Rates, Energy Royalties, Carbon Pricing, Fiscal Federalism: An Integrative Framework for Equity and Competitiveness -- 4 Do Ideas Matter? Competing Models of Municipal Public Administration and Their Influence on Policy and Implementation of a Toronto Social Program -- PART TWO | SECESSION POLITICS -- 5 Democracy Against Unilateral Secession -- 6 Has the Economic Risk Associated with Quebec's Independence Increased? -- 7 How Do Secessions Not Happen? The Cases of Scotland and Catalonia -- 8 The Self-Determination Conundrum: Wrong Answers or Wrong Question? -- PART THREE | POLITICAL ECONOMY -- 9 The Left and the Fiscal Deficit: A Beautiful Hypothesis Slain by an Ugly Fact -- 10 Gandhi's Satyagraha: An Economic Interpretation -- 11 On Blessing and Cursing Matters: Some Political Economy -- 12 In Defense of Majoritarianism -- Appendix: Publications of Robert A. Young -- Contributors -- Index.
Robert (Bob) Andrew Young (1950-2017) was Canada Research Chair in Multilevel Governance at the University of Western Ontario and one of Canada's most distinguished political scientists. In Across Boundaries Young's former colleagues and students bring together contributions from his extensive network. These essays speak to Young's legacy while providing new insight into research in multilevel governance, secession, and political economy.