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David McGrane is an associate professor of Political Studies at St. Thomas More College, University of Saskatchewan. John Whyte taught law and served as Dean of Law at Queen's University. He served as Saskatchewan's Director of Constitutional Law during Canada's constitutional patriation process and later served as Saskatchewan's Deputy Attorney General and Deputy Minister of Justice. Roy Romanow served as Premier of Saskatchewan from 1991 to 2001. He is currently Chancellor of University of Saskatchewan. Russell Isinger is the registrar at the University of Saskatchewan and a professional affiliate with the Department of Political Studies, University of Saskatchewan.

"I can think of no other biographical work in this country that is so competent in its multi-faceted approach to its subject." -- David Edward Smith, author of The Constitution in a Hall of Mirrors: Canada at 150

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction: Looking Back to Allan Blakeney for the Sake of Democracy’s FutureDavid McGrane, John D. Whyte, Roy Romanow, and Russell Isinger Part 1STATESMAN, PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR, AND SOCIAL DEMOCRATChapter 1: Principled Pragmatism: Allan Blakeney and Saskatchewan’s “Resource Wars”Roy Romanow Chapter 2: Pursuing Equality: The Political Thought of Allan Blakeney?David McGrane Chapter 3: The Blakeney Style of Cabinet Government: Lessons for the Twenty-First Century??Gregory P. Marchildon Chapter 4: Experts, Politicians, and Public Opinion: Allan Blakeney and Unpacking Democratic AccountabilitySimone Chambers Part 2BLAKENEY’S CONSTITUTIONAL LEGACYChapter 5: Allan Blakeney and the Dignity of Democratic Debate on RightsDwight Newman Chapter 6: Allan Blakeney and Keeping Democracy’s PromiseJohn D. Whyte Part 3MEETING THE CHALLENGES TO THE DEMOCRATIC STATE IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURYChapter 7: Is Democracy Compatible with Good Government?Michael M. AtkinsonChapter 8: Trust, Taxes, and Democracy in Canada?Alex Himelfarb Chapter 9: Social Democracy and the Canadian Welfare StateNelson Wiseman Chapter 10: Because It’s 2019: Gender, Canadian Politics, and the Democratic Deficit?Melanee ThomasChapter 11: The Duty to Consult: Creating Political Space for First Nations??Katherine WalkerChapter 12: Troubled Marriage: Liberal Pluralist Democracies and Religion?Reg WhitakerChapter 13: Federal Electoral Boundary Commissions: What’s Right, What’s Wrong, and What Can Be Done about It??John C. Courtney Chapter 14: Money Matters: A Democratic Assessment of Canada’s Political Finance System?David Coletto Conclusion: Blakeney’s Relevance to the Road AheadEndnotesReferences About the ContributorsIndex