Across Boundaries: Essays in Honour of Robert A. Young

273 Pages·2021·1.093 MB·English

by  André Blais, Cristine de Clercy, Anna Lennox Esselment, and Ronald Wintrobe

across boundaries

Across
Boundaries
Essays in Honour of Robert A. Young
edited by
André Blais
Cristine de Clercy
Anna Lennox Esselment
Ronald Wintrobe
McGill- Queen’s University Press
Montreal & Kingston • London • Chicago
© McGill- Queen’s University Press 2021
ISBN 978-0-2280-0607-7 (cloth)
ISBN 978-0-2280-0608-4 (paper)
ISBN 978-0-2280-0709-8 (ePdf)
ISBN 978-0-2280-0710-4 (ePUB)
Legal deposit second quarter 2021
Bibliothèque nationale du Québec
Printed in Canada on acid-free paper that is 100% ancient forest free
(100% post-consumer recycled), processed chlorine free
Funding has been received from the J.B. Smallman Publication Fund,
Faculty of Social Science, University of Western Ontario.
We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts.
Nous remercions le Conseil des arts du Canada de son soutien.
Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication
Title: Across boundaries : essays in honour of Robert A. Young / edited by André
Blais, Cristine de Clercy, Anna Lennox Esselment, Ronald Wintrobe.
Other titles: Across boundaries (2021)
Names: Blais, André, 1947– editor. | De Clercy, Cristine, editor. |
Esselment, Anna Lennox, editor. | Wintrobe, Ronald, editor. |
Young, Robert Andrew, honouree.
Description: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: Canadiana (print) 20210144491 | Canadiana (ebook) 20210144637 |
ISBN 9780228006084 (softcover) | ISBN 9780228006077 (hardcover) | ISBN
9780228007098 (PDF) | ISBN 9780228007104 (ePUB)
Subjects: lcsh: Political science. | lcsh: Federal government. | lcsh: Central-local
government relations. | lcsh: Secession. | lcsh: Economics.
Classification: lccja66 .a27 2021 | ddc 320—dc23
This book was typeset in 10.5/13 Sabon.
Contents
Tables, Figures, and Equations vii
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Acknowledgments ix
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1 Introduction: The Work of Robert A. Young 3
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André Blais, Cristine de Clercy, Anna Lennox Esselment,
and Ronald Wintrobe
part one | multilevel governance
2 Bob Young, Big Projects, and the Study of Local and Urban
Politics in Canada 15
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Martin Horak, Andy Sancton, and Allison Bramwell
3 Exchange Rates, Energy Royalties, Carbon Pricing,
Fiscal Federalism: An Integrative Framework for Equity
and Competitiveness 33
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Thomas J. Courchene
4 Do Ideas Matter? Competing Models of Municipal Public
Administration and Their Influence on Policy and
Implementation of a Toronto Social Program 47
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Carol Agocs
vi Contents

part two | secession politics
5 Democracy Against Unilateral Secession 83
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Stéphane Dion
6 Has the Economic Risk Associated with Quebec’s
Independence Increased? 113
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Philippe Faucher
7 How Do Secessions Not Happen?
The Cases of Scotland and Catalonia 128
•
François Rocher and Nadia Verrelli
8 The Self-Determination Conundrum:
Wrong Answers or Wrong Question? 148
•
Michael Keating
part three | political economy
9 The Left and the Fiscal Deficit:
A Beautiful Hypothesis Slain by an Ugly Fact 165
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Louis M. Imbeau and Jérôme Couture
10 Gandhi’s Satyagraha: An Economic Interpretation 185
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Ronald Wintrobe
11 On Blessing and Cursing Matters:
Some Political Economy 199
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Mario Ferrero
12 In Defense of Majoritarianism 214
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Stanley L. Winer
Appendix: Publications of Robert A. Young 231
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Contributors 245
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Index 251
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Tables, Figures, and Equations
tables
3.1 The anatomy of provincial finances, 2012–13
($ per capita) 37
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6.1 Interprovincial and international trade, Quebec,
1990 and 2016 (percentage of provincial gdp) 120
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figures
9.1 Voters on the spending dimension 171
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9.2 A two-dimensional fiscal policy space 172
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9.3 The bottom-up budget 173
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9.4 The top-down budget 175
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9.5a A more fiscally conservative top-down budget 176
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9.5b A less fiscally conservative top-down budget 176
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9.6 Ideological zones regarding fiscal policy 178
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12.1 Loosemore-Hanby and Gallager Indexes, Elections
19–42 (1940–2015) 224
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viii Tables, Figures, and Equations
equations
12.1 Gallagher index of proportionality 223
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12.2 Loosemore-Hanby index of proportionality 223
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Acknowledgments
This volume was produced with the help and support of many peo-
ple. As one might expect, compiling a manuscript featuring the work
of eighteen authors and supervised by four co-editors presented some
significant logistical challenges. Moreover, much of the production
preparation was accomplished in the summer and fall of 2020 as the
Covid-19 pandemic disrupted work and tangled communications.
Nevertheless, the patience and commitment of everyone involved in
this project secured its completion.
We thank McGill-Queen’s University Press for agreeing to pursue
this project after an initial meeting with the then chair of Western
Political Science, Don Abelson, in November of 2017. Among
the press’s personnel we especially appreciate the help of Philip
Cercone, Jacqueline Davis, Filomena Falocco, Kathleen Fraser, Elena
Goranescu, Jacqueline Mason, Joanne Pisano, and Grace Seybold.
We also thank Virgil Duff at University of Toronto Press.
We appreciate the useful comments and suggestions of two anon-
ymous external reviewers concerning the original manuscript. The
professional editing and proofreading services of Dawn Oosterhoff
were invaluable in turning the rough draft into a coherent manuscript.
At the University of Western Ontario, several people made large
contributions to the project. In particular the chair of the Department
of Political Science, Matt Lebo, supplied advice concerning internal
funding. The office of Dean Joan Finegan and the associate dean of
Research, Ken McRae, provided valuable support. The editors grate-
fully acknowledge the assistance of the J.B. Smallman Publication
Fund and the Faculty of Social Science, the University of Western
Ontario. The editors also gratefully acknowledge the assistance of