This is part of the Cando Guidebook Series relating to the competencies of the Cando Certification Process. Valuable tools to help Aboriginal Economic Development Officers in their day-to-day work!
Other guidebooks in the series include:
- Nature, Structure & Functioning of Economies
- Community Economic Development Philosophy & Theory
- Community Economic Development Practice
- Community & Political Processes
- Contemporary Approaches and Issues
- Community Impact Analysis and Assessment
- New Venture Development
- Community Based Research
- Aboriginal Business Law & Policies
- Community Planning
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Table of Contents:
| Section One | Introduction to Community and Political Processes |
| Module 1 | Processes |
| Section Two | Basic Concepts of Government: Society, Power, Legitimacy, State |
| Module 2 | Government |
| Development Tool | Government Review |
| Module 3 | Ideology |
| Development Tool | Ideologies |
| Section Three | Forms of Government (Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal) |
| Module 4 | Pre-European Aboriginal Forms of Government |
| Module 5 | Other Forms of Government |
| Module 6 | Interest Groups: Types and Examples |
| Module 7 | Political Parties |
| Module 8 | Elections and the Electoral System |
| Development Tool | Elections in Your Community |
| Section Four | Characteristics of Governments |
| Module 9 | Consensus Government |
| Development Tool | Consensus in the Past – Still Relevant Today? |
| Module 10 | Municipal Government |
| Module 11 | Characteristics of Aboriginal Governments: Band Councils, Métis Settlements, and Public Government |
| Development Tool | History of Aboriginal Government Characteristics |
| Section Five | How Canada is Governed |
| Module 12 | Parliament |
| Module 13 | How the Federal Government is Formed |
| Module 14 | Public Administration: Development, Public Versus Private |
| Module 15 | Aboriginal Self-Government |
| Development Tool | Does Your Community Self-Govern? |
