Alberta Politics Uncovered

Author : Mark Lisac
Publisher : Newest Press
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 189630091X

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Alberta Politics Uncovered by Mark Lisac Pdf

In Alberta Politics Uncovered Mark Lisac delivers a clear message that Albertans must stop believing in money and the myth of western alienation and start believing in balanced leadership. In this concise and highly readable explanation of Alberta’s government policies, Lisac examines the "balanced budget," and other current issues, and reminds Alberta voters that we all have the responsibility to hold our government accountable.

Author : Allan Tupper,Roger Gibbins
Publisher : University of Alberta
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : History
ISBN : 0888642431

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Government and Politics in Alberta by Allan Tupper,Roger Gibbins Pdf

Alberta's politics are changing in response to powerful economic, social and political forces. The contributors focus on developments since the election of the Progressive Conservatives in 1971.

Author : David K. Stewart,Keith Archer
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2001-02-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780774850773

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Quasi-Democracy? by David K. Stewart,Keith Archer Pdf

Many Canadian parties are shifting their process for selecting leaders from delegate conventions to methods that -- at least in theory -- allow all members to vote for the leader. In the leadership selections of the 1990s, Alberta's governing Conservatives used a primary balloting system, the opposition Liberal Party allowed members to vote by phone, and the NDP held a traditional leadership convention. In Quasi-Democracy? David Stewart and Keith Archer examine political parties and leadership selection in Alberta using mail-back surveys administered to voters who participated in the Conservative, Liberal, and NDP leadership conventions elections of the 1990s. Leadership selection events, they contend, provide rare opportunities for observing the internal workings of the parties and people who "stand between the politicians and the electorate." Using participant accounts and material from the press media, the authors analyze the factors that influence leadership selection in each party, develop attitudinal profiles of the supporters of the parties, and examine the party activists with respect to their backgrounds in provincial and federal politics. Quasi-Democracy? will be invaluable reading for students and scholars of party democracy and representation, and for those interested in the intricate machinations of the political process in Alberta.

Author : Mark Lisac
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1926455517

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Where the Bodies Lie by Mark Lisac Pdf

"Sins don't destroy people here. Dreams do." Enter the premier's old friend Harry Asher--lawyer, former hockey star, self-styled intellectual, and recent divorc�--who is hired to dig into the incident. And it isn't long before Asher's investigation threatens to expose a chain of corruption that implicates many of the province's most powerful citizens--including the province's legendary now-senile ex-premier--as well as its most cherished founding myths. In Where the Bodies Lie, Mark Lisac (author of Alberta Politics Uncovered and The Klein Revolution) draws upon his decades of experience as a reporter at Alberta's provincial legislature to craft an absorbing debut novel--part political thriller, part fable--that opens up timeless themes of friendship, love, the inescapability of grief, the weight of history, and the nature of truth.

Author : Howard Leeson
Publisher : University of Alberta
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2016-01-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781772121285

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Grant Notley by Howard Leeson Pdf

This book is a biography of my dad’s political life. However, it is also a primer for would-be politicians. Its most salient message? Political victory worth having rarely comes easy. – Rachel Notley, from the Foreword Grant Notley, leader of Alberta’s New Democratic Party from 1968 to 1984, stood out in Alberta politics. His goals, his personal integrity, his obvious dedication to social change, and his “practical idealism” made him the social conscience of Alberta. He bridged the old and the new; he provided the necessary hard work to ensure the continuation of a social democratic party in Alberta. Albertans felt intuitively that he represented a part of their collective being, and his untimely death in 1984 touched them deeply. Leeson’s new introduction recognizes Grant Notley’s significant contribution to the continuity and health of his party while acknowledging the important work of his daughter, Rachel Notley, who led the Alberta NDP to electoral victory in 2015. Readers of politics, biography, and social history will appreciate this new edition of an important book.

Author : Don Braid
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2017-10-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1525262920

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Notley Nation by Don Braid Pdf

A timely oral history of the resurgent left wing and the youth vote in Canadian politics Explains how left-leaning, younger and urban Albertans found common ground with disillusioned Conservative voters weary of a dysfunctional dynasty in Alberta, and why this could be good for everyone Book moves from the municipal level, with the election of Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi, to the provincial level with Notley and the NDP, ending on the national level with the triumph of Justin Trudeau's Liberal Party, and examines how these were part of a chain reaction Argues that Alberta was never politically stable, and instead shows the beginning of discontent in the province Authors are well-known journalists and have authored various political books

Author : Doreen Barrie,University of Regina. Canadian Plains Research Center
Publisher : University of Regina Press
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Alberta
ISBN : 0889771928

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The Other Alberta by Doreen Barrie,University of Regina. Canadian Plains Research Center Pdf

Author : Kevin Taft
Publisher : University of Alberta
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1997-02-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781772124071

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Shredding the Public Interest by Kevin Taft Pdf

Alberta had the tightest controls on spending in Canada during the very period when the Klein government has claimed costs were soaring out of control. Now, public programs in Alberta-including health care-have become the most poorly supported in Canada. (6 weeks on the Financial Post national best-seller list!)

Author : Ernest G. Mardon
Publisher : RTAJ Fry Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1991-01-01
Category : Alberta
ISBN : 1895385350

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Who's who in Federal Politics from Alberta by Ernest G. Mardon Pdf

Author : Lewis Gwynne Thomas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1959
Category : History
ISBN : UVA:X000123799

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The Liberal Party in Alberta by Lewis Gwynne Thomas Pdf

Author : Geo Takach
Publisher : University of Alberta
Page : 453 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2010-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9780888645432

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Will the Real Alberta Please Stand Up? by Geo Takach Pdf

Through a kaleidoscope of research, interviews and colourful observations, Geo Takach showcases the complexity and contradictions of this perplexing province.

Author : Michael Wagner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2021-06-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1777504716

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No Other Option by Michael Wagner Pdf

Alberta is at a crossroads. On the one hand, it can remain within Canada and have major decisions about its economic future and well-being decided by politicians elected somewhere else - in Central Canada. Or, it can choose a path of self-determination whereby all decisions about its future are made by Albertans themselves. As history clearly demonstrates, the first option comes with negative economic consequences from policies designed to cater to voters in places like Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal. Only the second option - the one recommended in this book - offers Albertans an opportunity to choose what's best for Alberta.

Author : Lewis G. Thomas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0835797694

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Liberal Party in Alberta by Lewis G. Thomas Pdf

Author : Howard A. Leeson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Alberta
ISBN : OCLC:1032117024

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Grant Notley: The Social Conscience of Alberta by Howard A. Leeson Pdf

This book is a biography of my dad’s political life. However, it is also a primer for would-be politicians. Its most salient message? Political victory worth having rarely comes easy. – Rachel Notley, from the Foreword Grant Notley, leader of Alberta’s New Democratic Party from 1968 to 1984, stood out in Alberta politics. His goals, his personal integrity, his obvious dedication to social change, and his “practical idealism” made him the social conscience of Alberta. He bridged the old and the new; he provided the necessary hard work to ensure the continuation of a social democratic party in Alberta. Albertans felt intuitively that he represented a part of their collective being, and his untimely death in 1984 touched them deeply. Leeson’s new introduction recognizes Grant Notley’s significant contribution to the continuity and health of his party while acknowledging the important work of his daughter, Rachel Notley, who led the Alberta NDP to electoral victory in 2015. Readers of politics, biography, and social history will appreciate this new edition of an important book.

Author : Bryan M. Evans,Charles W. Smith
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2015-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781442611795

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Transforming Provincial Politics by Bryan M. Evans,Charles W. Smith Pdf

Transforming Provincial Politics is the first province-by-province analysis of politics and political economy in more than a decade, and the first to directly examine the turn to neoliberal policies at the provincial and territorial level and examines how neoliberal policies have affected politics in each jurisdiction in Canada.