The Politics of Compromise: Canadian Federal Politics of the Early to Mid-Twentieth Century

2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K20937
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Politics; Area studies
• Research Institution: Kyoritsu Women's University (2016-2021); The University of Tokyo (2015)
• Principal Investigator: Takano Maiko 共立女子大学, 国際学部, 准教授 (10745673)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2022-03-31
• Keywords: 妥協 / 多数決型民主主義 / カナダ連邦政治 / 少数派政権 / 包摂 / 国家統合

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research has investigated how the Canadian form of democracy which is classified as majoritarian in executives-parties dimension fits with the society embracing highly diversified regional and ethnic interests. This study focuses on the federal politics of the early to mid-twentieth century when the political regionalisms became apparent in the Western and the Atlantic provinces. It demonstrates an accumulation of political compromise in the policy making process and concludes that the compromise contributed to the Canadian national unity.

Free Research Field

カナダ地域研究、比較政治学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究は、政府・政党次元で多数決型の民主主義として特徴づけられるカナダが、地域的・民族的に高度に多元的な利益をいかに調整してきたのかを明らかにした。それは、カナダ連邦政治を動かしてきた根本原理の解明のみならず、民主主義理論と多元的な社会の安定的な統治との関係について新たな見解を示した点で、比較政治学研究にも意義のある成果を生み出すことができたと考える。