Donald Anton DESSERUD desserud@unbsj.ca Urban and ...

Desserud 2PROFESSIONAL HISTORY:2010-presentDirector, Urban and Community Studies InstituteUniversity of New Brunswick, Saint John2007-2010 Associate Dean of Graduate StudiesUniversity of New Brunswick, Saint John2000-presentFull Professor, Political ScienceDepartment of History and PoliticsUniversity of New Brunswick, Saint John2007 (Winter term) Visiting Professor (sabbatical appointment)Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia2003-2006 Chair, Department of History and PoliticsUniversity of New Brunswick, Saint John2002 (Michaelmas term) Senior Academic Member (sabbatical appointment)Linacre College, Oxford University, Oxford, UK1992-2000 Associate Professor, Political ScienceDepartment of History and PoliticsUniversity of New Brunswick, Saint John1998-1999 Special Advisor to the PresidentUniversity of New Brunswick(“Revisioning the University”)1996 (January-July) Visiting Researcher (sabbatical appointment)Institut d’études politiquesUniversité de Bordeaux IV, France1995 (Fall term) Visiting Scholar (sabbatical appointment)Department of Political ScienceUniversity of Western OntarioLondon, Ontario1992-1994 Chair, Department of History and PoliticsUniversity of New Brunswick, Saint John1989-1992 Assistant Professor, Political ScienceSocial Science DivisionUniversity of New Brunswick, Saint John

Desserud 3RESEARCH AND ACADEMIC ACTIVITY:1) Recent Grants:The Separation of Powers and Responsible Government in the CanadianParliamentary System, Canadian Study of Parliament Group, James R. MalloryResearch Grant 2005-2006, value $10,000.00 (completed).Principal Investigator, Civic Engagement and Social Capital in New Brunswick, threeyear SSHRCC Research Grant (2003-2006), with Dr. Joanna Everitt (co-investigator)and Dr. Paul Howe (collaborator), value: $98,000.00 (completed).2) Published Academic Papers (* = refereed):Desserud 2009a. *“The Decision to Prorogue,” Canadian Political Science Review, 3:40-54.Desserud 2008. “The 2006 Provincial Election in New Brunswick,” Canadian PoliticalScience Review, 2:1, 1-13.Howe 2006. Paul Howe, Joanna Everitt and Don Desserud, *“Social and Civic Attitudesand Beliefs in New Brunswick (Canada)’s Linguistic Communities,” in Chedly Belkhodja,ed., Canadian Ethnic Studies, 38:3, pp. 37-57.Desserud 2006. *The Confidence Convention under the Canadian ParliamentarySystem, Parliamentary Perspectives, Occasional Paper Series No. 7, October.Desserud 2005. “Would Fixed-Date Elections be an Improvement or Create NewProblems?” Electoral Insight, Volume 7, No. 1, January, pp. 48-53.Desserud 1999a. *“Commerce and Political Participation in Montesquieu’s Letter toDomville,” History of European Ideas, Vol. 25, Issue 3, May, pp. 135-151.Desserud 1999b. *“An Outpost’s Response: The Language and Politics of Moderation inEighteenth-Century Nova Scotia,” American Review of Canadian Studies, Vol. 29, Issue3, Autumn, pp. 379-406.Desserud 1996a. *“The Exercise of Community Rights in the Liberal-Federal State:Language Rights and New Brunswick’s Bill 88,” International Journal of CanadianStudies, special issue on Citizenship and Rights, Vol. 14, Fall, pp. 215-236.Desserud 1991a. *“Virtue, Commerce and the ‘Tale of the Troglodytes’: Montesquieu’sPersian Letters,” History of Political Thought, Vol. 12, Issue 4, Winter, pp. 605-626.3) Forthcoming and In Progress:

Desserud 4Desserud & Hyson 2010. Don Desserud and Stewart Hyson, “Bringing New Brunswick’sstLegislative Assembly into the 21 Century,” Canadian Study of Parliament OccasionalPaper Series (publication delayed pending outcome of NB provincial election, 2010).Desserud 2011a. “The Political Economy of New Brunswick,” chapter for The End ofExpansion? The political economy of Canadian Provinces and Territories in aneo-liberal era, eds Bryan Evans and Charles Smith, University of Toronto Press,forthcoming.Desserud 2011b. “The 2010 Provincial Election in New Brunswick,” Canadian PoliticalScience Review, forthcoming.4) Book Chapters and Published Conference Proceedings (* = refereed):Desserud 2009b. ““Whither 91.1? The Constitutionality of Bill C-19: An Act to LimitSenate Tenure,” chapter 7 in Jennifer Smith, ed., The Democratic Dilemma: Reformingthe Canadian Senate, McGill-Queen’s University Press, pp. 63-80.Desserud 2007. *“Fixed-Date Elections under the Canadian Parliamentary System,”chapter 10 in William Cross, ed., Electoral Reform in New Brunswick, CanadianScholarly Press, pp. 204-220.Desserud 2001. *“Reading Montesquieu’s Voyage d’Italie as Travel Literature,” Vol. IIIof the Eighteenth-Century French World, Servanne Woodward ed., London, ON:Mestengo Press, pp. 1-39.Desserud 1999c. “Regionalisation of the Canadian Political Party System: the Impact ofthe Canadian Electoral System as Seen Through the Results of the 1997 CanadianGeneral Election,” The Canadian Vision / La Vision Canadienne, a cura di AllessandroAnastasi, Giovanni Bonanno e Rosalba Rizzo, Centro Studi Canadesi, Università diMessina (Sicily, Italy), Edizioni Officinas Grafica, pp. 23-38.Desserud 1996b. *“Waiting for the Third Wave: Women in New Brunswick Politics,”chapter 11 of In the Presence of Women, Jane Arscott and Linda Trimble, eds, Toronto:Harcourt Brace Canada, pp. 254-277.Desserud 1996c. “Moderation and Eighteenth-Century Nova Scotia Politics: AMontesquieuan Moment,” Colonial Perspectives, Georges Lamoine, ed., Toulouse:Presses Universitaires du Mirail, pp. 27-49.Desserud 1991b. *“Nova Scotia and the American Revolution,” Making Adjustments:Change and Continuity in Planter Nova Scotia, 1759 - 1800, Margaret Conrad, ed.,Fredericton: Acadiensis Press, pp. 89-112.

Desserud 55) Selected Conference Papers and Talks:Don Desserud, “The Silence of the Governor General,” paper presented at the annualconference of the Atlantic Provinces Political Studies Association Meeting, Saint FrancisXavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia (September 2005).Don Desserud, Joanna Everitt and Paul Howe, “Social and Civic Attitudes and Beliefs inNew Brunswick (Canada)’s Linguistic Communities: A Preliminary Report,” paperpresented to the annual meeting of the Northeastern American Political ScienceAssociation, Boston (November 2004).Paul Howe, Joanna Everitt, and Don Desserud, “Social Capital and Ethnic Harmony:Evidence from the New Brunswick Case,” presented at the annual conference of theAmerican Political Science Association, Chicago (3 September 2004).Paul Howe, Joanna Everitt, and Don Desserud, “Social Capital and EconomicProsperity: An Alternative Account,” presented at the annual conference of the CanadianPolitical Science Association, Winnipeg (4 June 2004).Don Desserud, Joanna Everitt, and Paul Howe, “New Identities and (In)dependencies inNew Brunswick Political Culture: Preliminary Analysis of the ‘Civic Engagement Auditof New Brunswick Survey,’” presented at the Ninth Nordic Conference for EnglishStudies, Nordic Association for English Studies, Department of English, University ofAarhus, Denmark (28 May 2004).Joanna Everitt, Paul Howe, Don Desserud, “Formal versus Informal Social Networks:Constructing Social Capital in New Brunswick,” presented at the Colloque de la Sociétéquébécoise de science politique, Montréal (27 May 2004).“Social Capital and New Brunswick,” talk delivered to the Centre for Canadian andAnglo-American Cultures, ‘Borderlands-Grenzräume: New Brunswick und dasSaarland,’ Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbruken, Germany (10 June 2003).“Waking up with the elephant: Canadian-US relations the morning after the nightbefore,” talk delivered to Bayerisch-Amerikanisches Zentrum, Amerika Haus München,Munich, Germany (2 July 2003).“Swinging Left and Right: New Fickle Voters in New Brunswick Provincial Politics,”paper presented to the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Political Science Association,Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (31 May 2003).“Leadership and ideology in disarray: problems at the top of Canada’s federal politicalparties,” Associazione Italiana di Studi Canadesi (Italian Association for CanadianStudies) conference, ‘The Great Mosaic / La Grande Mosaïque: New Perspectives /Nouvelles Perspectives,’ Milazzo, Sicily (Italy) (October 2001).

“Peeling the Onion: Justice Madam Moreau-Berubé and the Multi-layers of NewBrunswick Language Politics,” Associazione Italiana di Studi Canadesi (ItalianAssociation for Canadian Studies) conference, “The Future of Memory: CanadianIdentity and Cultural Globalization,” Milazzo, Sicily (Italy) (October 1999).Desserud 6“Civic Participation and Internet Technology in New Brunswick: a Research Proposal,”Préférences Politiques et Références Culturelles au Canada, CRECQSS, Université deMontesquieu, Université du Bordeaux IV (February 1999).“An Outpost’s Response: The Language and Politics of Moderation in Eighteenth-Century Nova Scotia,” Association for Canadian Studies in the United States, annualmeeting, Halifax, Nova Scotia (August 1998).“The Regionalisation of Canada’s Political Parties in the Aftermath of the 1997 GeneralElection,” presented at the Associazione Italiana di Studi Canadesi (Italian Associationfor Canadian Studies) conference, “Canada and Canadians: Crossing Cultures, OneHistory,” Milazzo, Sicily (Italy) (October 1997).“New Brunswick in post-referendum Canada,” presented at the Associazione Italiana diStudi Canadesi meeting, Università degli Studi di Messina, Sicily (Italy) (May 1996).“‘Fixing a computer with a chisel’: political strategies in Canada in the wake of theQuebec referendum,” presented to the Spanish Association of Canadian Studies, on theopening of the Centre for Canadian Studies, Universidad de Barcelona, Barcelona,Spain (May 1996).“The (post) Nation State in (post) Modern Canada,” presented to the IV AnnualSeminar on Canadian Studies, Universidad de Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain(January 1996).“A Montesquieuan Moment in Eighteenth-Century New Scotland: The Assemblymen’sProposal,” revised version presented to the Eighteenth Century Scottish StudiesAssociation, Université de Stendhal, Grenoble, France (July 1996).“Montesquieu’s ‘Letter to Domville’: Virtue, Commerce and Participation in the EnglishConstitution,” chair, Dr. David Carrithers, presented to the South Eastern PoliticalScience Association, Atlanta, Georgia (October, 1996).“Moderation and Eighteenth-Century Nova Scotia Politics: A Montesquieuan Moment,”presented at the Anglo-Irish-French Conference for Eighteenth Century Studies,Bordeaux, France (September 1994).“Two Solitudes: French and English Communities in New Brunswick in the Wake of Bill88,” paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of Canadain the United States (ASCUS), New Orleans (November 1993). Revised versionpresented at the annual meeting of the British Association for Canadian Studies, York,England (April 1994).

“Canada’s Referendum Experience: Or, How I learned to stop worrying and loveCanadian Politics,” paper presented at the IV Annual Canadian Studies Conference,Spanish Association for Canadian Studies, Pamplona, Spain (November 1992).Desserud 76) Years’ Work in Modern Language Studies (French Eighteenth Century):This project involved collecting bibliographic information, analysing, reviewing andcommenting upon such information, and reporting on the results in an annualpublication. The YWMLS is the definitive published annotated bibliography in ModernLanguage Studies (UK).Don Desserud, Russell Goulbourne, Robin Howells, Heather Lloyd and KateTunstall, “French Studies: The Eighteenth Century,” The Year’s Work in ModernLanguage Studies 2000, v. 62 (2001).Don Desserud, “Montesquieu: French Studies: The Eighteenth Century,” TheYear’s Work in Modern Language Studies 1999, v. 61 (2000).Don Desserud, “Montesquieu: French Studies: The Eighteenth Century,” TheYear’s Work in Modern Language Studies 1998, v. 60 (1999).Don Desserud and James Fowler, “French Studies: The Eighteenth Century,” TheYear’s Work in Modern Language Studies 1997, v. 59 (1998).Don Desserud and James Fowler, “French Studies: The Eighteenth Century,” TheYear’s Work in Modern Language Studies 1996, v. 58 (1997).Simon Harvey and Don Desserud, “French Studies: The Eighteenth Century,” TheYear’s Work in Modern Language Studies 1995, v. 57 (1996).Simon Harvey and Don Desserud, “French Studies: The Eighteenth Century,” TheYear's Work in Modern Language Studies 1994, v. 56 (1995).7) Newspaper Columns:Weekly column on politics, Saint John Times and Globe (1997-2001); FrederictonGleaner (1998-2001).Weekly column on politics, New Brunswick Telegraph Journal (1991-1995).8) Broadcast Media projects and performances:“The 2010 New Brunswick Provincial Election,” CBC TV. Panellist/Analyst. Septemberth,27 2010 (forthcoming).th“The 1999 New Brunswick Provincial Election,” CBC Radio, June 7 , 1999, MichaelCamp, producer. Panellist/Analyst.“The 1997 PC Leadership Convention,” CBC TV (NB Now), October 18 , Mark Peterson,thproducer. Panellist/Analyst.

Desserud 8“Election Diary: the 1997 Federal Election, a personal view” written and presented byDon Desserud, Elaine Bateman, producer, CBC Radio (Information Morning).Recorded in CBC studios, Saint John, broadcast by CBC Saint John, CBC Moncton, CBCFredericton.“The 1995 PC Leadership Convention,” CBC TV (NB Now), Mark Peterson, producer.Floor correspondent and analyst.“The 1994 Confederation of Regions Leadership Convention,” CBC TV (NB Now), MarkPeterson, producer. Panellist/Analyst (with Dalton Camp).“The 1993 PC Leadership Convention,” CBC TV (NB Now), Mark Peterson, producer.Panellist/Analyst (with Dalton Camp).“The 1991 NB Election,” CBC TV (NB Now), Mark Peterson, producer. Panellist/Analyst(with Dalton Camp).“The 1991 Leaders’ Debate,” CBC TV (NB Now), Mark Peterson, producer.Panellist/Analyst (with Dalton Camp).Numerous CBC National and Regional commentaries and appearances on CBC NationalTV (Midday, Newsworld, Morningside, As It Happens, etc.)9) Creative Writing (published or performed):“Nutmeg Harmony,” directed by Robert Moore, Lorenzo Society (UNBSJ), one act playNovember 18, 19, 20, 2004.“The Work of the Right Hand,” in Winners’ Circle Ten, Nancy Del Col, ed., Toronto:Canadian Authors’ Association, v. 10 (2003), pp. 47-55.“Three poems,” Amethyst Review, Fall 2/8 (2000), pp. 52-53.“El Sereno,” The Gaspereau Review, Summer 12 (2000), pp. 55-65.rd“The man who came out of the sea,” The New Brunswick Reader, January 3 , 1998, pp.7-11.10) Editorial and Bibliographical Work:Editorial Board, Canadian Political Science ReviewJurist, C.B. MacPherson Award for best book in Political Philosophy, Canadian PoliticalScience Association (2004).Occasional manuscript referee for University of Toronto Press.

Desserud 9Occasional manuscript referee for SSHRCC Aid to Publications Programme.SSHRCC Research Grant Reviewer (2002-2003).Contributing editor of “French Studies: The Eighteenth Century,” a section of The Year’sWork in Modern Language Studies. (1994-2001).Occasional referee for History of Political Thought (5), Égalité (2), Dianoia: A LiberalArts Interdisciplinary Journal (1), the Canadian Journal for Studies in Nationalism(2), the Canadian Journal of Political Science (2), the London Journal of CanadianStudies (1) and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (1). [parenthesesindicates number of manuscripts refereed].11) Encyclopedia Publications:“Shawn Graham, Premier of New Brunswick,” Canadian Encyclopedia, 2007.“Bernard Lord, Premier of New Brunswick,” Canadian Encyclopedia, 2003.“Artois, Count of” (pp. 8-9, 250 wds); “Comte, Auguste” (pp. 75-6, 1000 wds);“Proudhon, Pierre Joseph” (pp. 292-3, 1000 wds); “Saint-Simon, Claude Henri Countde” (pp. 312-3, 500 wds); “Sorel, Georges” (p. 331, 250 wds); “Tocqueville, Alexis de”(pp. 352-354, 1500 wds), in Industrialization and Imperialism, 1800-1914, ed. JeffreyA. Bell, Greenwood Publishing, 2002.12) Book Reviews:“Montesquieu’s Science of Politics,” The History of Political Thought, Summer 2002,XXII:3, p. 361.“The Cousins’ Wars by Kevin Phillips,” The Eighteenth Century: A CurrentBibliography, (1999 n.s. 25) [published 2003], (New York: AMS Press, 2003), pp. 223-224.“Reid and his French disciples by James Manns,” The Eighteenth Century: A CurrentBibliography, (1999 n.s. 25) [published 2003] (New York: AMS Press, 2003).“Tout était dans Montesquieu by Gérard Bergeron,” Politique et Sociétés, Vol. 16, no. 2,1997.“Critique of Modernity by Alain Touraine,” Canadian Journal of Political Science,December 1995, XXVIII:4.“The Traitor and the Jew by Esther Delisle,” Canadian Journal of Political Science,December 1993, XXVI:4, p. 808.

“Thomas Hobbes: The Unity of Scientific and Moral Wisdom by Gary B. Herbert,”Canadian Journal of Political Science, March 1990 (XXIII:1), pp. 177 - 178.13) Consultancy Work (commissioned papers and briefs):Desserud 10“Having fixing election dates in New Brunswick helped or hurt?” online essay forCBC NB’s New Brunswick Votes www.cbc.ca/canada/nbvotes2010).“Fixed-Date Elections: what is the problem for which this is the solution?” briefprepared for the Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs, reviewing Bill C-18, an act to fix election dates (14 February 2007).“Fixed-Date Elections under a parliamentary system,’ for the LegislativeDemocracy Commission of New Brunswick, 2004-2005.“Participatory Democracy, Internet Communities and Electronic Democracy, andtheir application to New Brunswick” (research paper, Delta Project, Centre for PropertyStudies, UNB), March, 2000.“The State and Maritime Economic Underdevelopment” (policy paper), October,1993.“New Brunswick and Constitutional Reform” (policy paper) tabled House ofCommons, February, 1992.“Principles of Electoral Representation in New Brunswick” (background paper)Representation and Electoral District Boundaries Commission of New Brunswick,submitted May 15, 1992.“New Brunswick’s Stake in the New Constitution” (policy paper), submitted June30th, 1992.

Desserud 11PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:Canadian Association of Graduate StudiesCanadian Association of University Business OfficersInstitute of Parliamentary and Political LawInstitute of Public Administration in CanadaCanadian Study of Parliament GroupNortheast Political Science AssociationAtlantic Provinces Political Studies Association(past president 1993, president 1992, conference convenor 1991, 2001).Canadian Political Science Association.Conference for the Study of Social and Political Thought(Atlantic Coordinator, 2000-2002).CONFERENCE AND SEMINAR ORGANIZATION:Programme Committee Member, “Turnarounds: IPAC conference, Fredericton, NB,August 23-26, 2009.Co-convenor, “Going Down The Road: 2001, A Saint John Odyssey,” APPSA ‘01(Atlantic Provinces Political Studies Association) Saint John, NB, October 25th - 27th,2001.South Central Society for Eighteenth Century Studies Annual meeting, March 9-12,2000, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (USA): organizing panel titled: “Will that be Canoe orSedan-Chair? Frontier Exploration, Grand Tours, and the Modalities of HighlyConceptualized or Purposive Travel in the long 18th century.”Canadian Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Learneds 1997), MemorialUniversity, Saint John's, Newfoundland, Political Theory Section Head.Convenor, “Maritime Union Revisited,” APPSA ‘91 (Atlantic Provinces Political StudiesAssociation) Saint John, NB, October 25th - 27th, 1991.

Desserud 12Research StatementAttempts to legislate fixed-date elections, votes of non-confidence that fail to force anelection, opposition motions designed to force policy on a government; all of these arerecent examples of challenges facing the Canadian parliamentary system, and all are thefocus of my research. In general, my research involves constitutionalism (that is, the useof constitutional structures to limit powers or prevent their abuse) as its operates underthe Westminster model. I am investigating its origins in eighteenth-century Britain, andI am applying constitutionalism to certain issues (such as confidence votes) that affectthe Canadian parliamentary system today. I have pursued this interest along threeresearch paths, some of which cross over.Montesquieu studies:One of my current projects is titled Montesquieu in the Age of Walpole. In this work, Iam examining Montesquieu’s analysis of the English constitution in the context ofWalpolian politics in the eighteenth century (the “Robinocracy”). Simply put, I arguethat Montesquieu understood and was better exposed to the politics of mid-eighteenthcentury England than has been previously supposed, and considered Walpole’s positionas prime minister (as he was in every respect but name) as a temporary but nonethelessdespotic corruption of what should be a liberal constitution. Montesquieu is not only thesubject of my doctoral dissertation (UWO, 1989), but also of several of my publications(Desserud 2001, 1999a, 1991a).Canadian constitutionalism:I also write on Canadian constitutional and parliamentary questions. I have publishedon the constitutional protection of language rights in New Brunswick (Desserud 1996a).Further, I have applied Montesquieu’s theories of separation of powers to (very) early

Desserud 13examples of British North American constitutionalism, specifically in Nova Scotia at thetime of the American Revolution (Desserud 1999b, 1996c, 1991b). My current researchnow focuses on the workings of the Westminster model as it applies to Canada(Desserud 2009a; 2009b; 2007; 2006). My work in this area was recently recognizedwhen I was asked to appear before the Senate Legal and Constitutional AffairsCommittee (14 February 2007) which was reviewing federal legislation (Bill C-16) to ‘fix’elections dates.New Brunswick Politics and Culture:The third area of my research is New Brunswick politics. This has included languagepolitics (Desserud 1996a), as well as general overviews (Desserud and Hyson 2010,Desserud 2008). It has also involved applying the theory of ‘social capital’ to NewBrunswick political culture. In 2003, together with two colleagues (Drs Joanna Everittand Paul Howe), I was awarded a Standard Research Grant from SSHRCC for a ‘socialcapital’ survey of New Brunswick. Our purpose was to test the social capital thesis, thatstrong social connections of trust and reciprocity led to robust economies and innovativegovernments. If true, New Brunswick should be a prosperous province, given that NewBrunswickers, anecdotally anyway, trust and know their neighbours well, maintain closeties with their families and friends, and are still politically engaged. Our survey did showthat all this was true, although not surprisingly a French-English language dividemitigated some of this. We also found that much of what has been assumed about NBvoting behaviour had little basis (or no longer did so). For example, New Brunswickersdo not vote according to their ethnic identity, nor are they reluctant to switch theirvotes. Over all, however, our conclusions were that the social capital theory, althoughuseful, did not provide a sufficient explanation for New Brunswick’s chronic economic

Desserud 14problems. Our team has now presented several papers on our survey results (see thevarious entries by Desserud, Everitt and Howe under ‘conference presentations’ in mycurriculum vitae).

Desserud 15REFERENCES:Dr. Daniel SaléePrincipal of the School of Community and Public AffairsConcordia University (S-CI Building)1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. WestMontreal, QuebecH3G 1M8514 848-2424 ext 2578salee@alcor.concordia.caDr. Robert MacKinnonVice PresidentUniversity of New BrunswickPO Box 5050Saint John, New Brunswick,E2L 4L5506 648 5696rmackinn@unb.caDr. Donald SavoieCanada Research Chair in Public Administration and GovernanceUniversité de MonctonTaillon BuildingMoncton, New BrunswickE1A 3E9506 858-4666donald.savoie@umoncton.caDr. Jennifer SmithDepartment of Political ScienceDalhousie UniversityHalifax, Nova ScotiaB3H 4H6902 494 6606Jennifer.Smith@dal.caDr. Ed. BidenDean of Graduate StudiesSchool of Graduate StudiesUniversity of New BrunswickPO Box 4400Fredericton, NB CanadaE3B 5A3506 458 7154biden@unb.ca