Political Elites In Canada

Author : Alex Marland,Thierry Giasson,Andrea Lawlor
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2018-09-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780774837965

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Political Elites in Canada by Alex Marland,Thierry Giasson,Andrea Lawlor Pdf

Political Elites in Canada offers a timely look at Canadian political power brokers and how they are adapting to a fast-paced digital media environment. Elite power structures are changing worldwide, with traditional influencers losing authority over prevailing social, economic, and political structures. This volume explores the changing landscape for power brokers, the ascent of new elites, and how they are using digital communication to connect with Canadians in unprecedented ways. Featuring studies of governmental decision makers in the public service and non-governmental influence brokers, such as social media commentators, this collection is a much-needed synthesis of elite politics in Canada.

Author : Robert Presthus
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1973-05-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780521086950

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Elite Accommodation in Canadian Politics by Robert Presthus Pdf

A comprehensive account of the structure, process and influence of interest groups and their behaviour in the political systems of Canada and the USA.

Author : Robert Presthus
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 542 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1974-06-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780521203449

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Elites in the Policy Process by Robert Presthus Pdf

Originally published in 1974, this volume presents the results of a five-year study into interest groups, funded by the Canada Council.

Author : Mireille Lalancette,Vincent Raynauld,Erin Crandall
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2019-06-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780774861182

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What’s Trending in Canadian Politics? by Mireille Lalancette,Vincent Raynauld,Erin Crandall Pdf

What trends are shaping contemporary political communication and behaviour in Canada, and where are they heading? What’s Trending in Canadian Politics? examines political communication and democratic governance in a digital age. Exploring the effects of conventional and emerging political communication practices in Canada, contributors investigate the uses of digital media for political communication, grassroots-driven protest, public behaviour prediction, and relationships between members of civil society and the political establishment. Original and timely, this interdisciplinary volume lays robust theoretical and methodological foundations for the study of transformative trends in Canadian political communication.

Author : Robert Presthus
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1973-05-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0521086957

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Elite Accommodation in Canadian Politics by Robert Presthus Pdf

Originally published in 1973, the main objectives of this study were to bring together a comprehensive amount of empirical information on the structure and process of interest groups and the nature of their interaction and influence vis-á-vis government (a great deal of such information existed regarding the USA but the subject had been somewhat neglected in the case of Canada) and also to provide a theoretical explanation of interest groups in the political process by a comparative analysis of their behaviour in the two different political and cultural systems of Canada and the USA. The implications of the study are developed within the framework of the theory of elite accommodation, which attempts to explain interest-group behaviour in the context of the larger socio-political system. Arguing that Canada should be included in the category of 'consociational' societies - i.e. relatively stable societies characterised by deep cleavages of religion and ethnicity, such as Belgium, the Netherlands and Switzerland - the author shows how accommodation between governmental and private elites encourages democratic stability in Canada in two ways: in a 'nation-saving' context and also on the operational level of allocating social resources.

Author : Michael Ornstein,Michael Stevenson
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2003-02-18
Category : History
ISBN : 0773525947

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Politics and Ideology in Canada by Michael Ornstein,Michael Stevenson Pdf

Winner of the Harold Adams Innis Prize, Politics and Ideology in Canada examines a period of crucial historical change in Canada, beginning in the mid-1970s when the crisis of the Keynesian welfare state precipitated a transition to a new political order based on the progressive "downsizing" of state involvement in the economy and society. Using class and ideology as key concepts, Michael Ornstein and Michael Stevenson examine this transition in terms of the nature of hegemony and hegemonic crisis and the conditions of political order and instability. These concepts guide the interpretation of three large surveys of representative samples of the Canadian public and two unique elite surveys, conducted between 1975 and 1981. The surveys cover an exceptionally broad spectrum of political issues, including social programs, civil and economic rights, economic policy, foreign ownership, labour relations, and language issues and sovereignty. A wide-ranging analysis of public and elite attitudes reveals a hegemonic order through the early 1980s, built around public support for the institutions of the Canadian welfare state. But there was also widespread public alienation from politics. Public opinion was quite strongly linked to class but not to party politics. Regional variation in political ideology on a broad range of issues was less pronounced than differences between Quebec and English Canada. Much deeper ideological divisions separated the elites, with a dramatic polarization between corporate and labour respondents. State elites fell between these two, though generally more favourable to capital. The responses of the business elites reveal the ideological roots of the Mulroney years in support for cuts in social programs, free trade, privatization, and deregulation.

Author : Alex Marland
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2014-11-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780774827782

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Political Communication in Canada by Alex Marland Pdf

Changes in technology and media consumption are transforming the way people communicate about politics. Are they also changing the way politicians communicate to the public? Political Communication in Canada examines the way political parties, politicians, interest groups, the media, and citizens are using new tactics, tools, and channels to disseminate information, and also investigates the implications of these changes. Drawing on the most recent data, contributors to this volume illustrate shifts in political communication, from the brand-image management of political parties and the prime minister, to the evolving role of political journalists.

Author : Alex Marland,Thierry Giasson,Jennifer Lees-Marshment
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2012-02-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780774822312

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Political Marketing in Canada by Alex Marland,Thierry Giasson,Jennifer Lees-Marshment Pdf

Political parties worldwide are using marketing tools such as targeting and segmentation to win elections. Are these strategies making politicians and governments more responsive to voters’ needs, or do they pose a threat to democracy? Political Marketing in Canada, the first book to ask this question of Canada, considers the consequences of political marketing in the realms of public policy, leadership, and the government-citizen relationship. Through dynamic case studies that range from the resurrection of the Conservative Party, to media accounts of political marketing, to Tim Hortons as a political brand, the authors trace how political marketing is transforming the old system of brokerage politics into a new, distinctly Canadian model. Citizens are now viewed as consumers, and platforms and promises have been repackaged as products. Whether this trend is positive or negative, the authors argue, depends on how politicians and governments carry out political marketing – and its promises – in practice.

Author : Darrell Bricker,John Ibbitson
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2013-02-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781443416474

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The Big Shift by Darrell Bricker,John Ibbitson Pdf

For almost its entire history, Canada has been run by the political, media and business elites of Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal. But in the past few years, these groups have lost their power—and most of them still do not realize it’s gone. The Laurentian Consensus, the term John Ibbitson has coined for the dusty liberal elite, has been replaced by a new, powerful coalition based in the West and supported by immigrant voters in Ontario. How did this happen? Most people are unaware that the keystone economic and political drivers of this country are now Western Canada and immigrants from China, India and other Asian countries. Politicians and businesspeople have underestimated how conservative these newcomers are making our country. Canada, with its ever-evolving economy and fluid demographic base, has become divorced from the traditions of its past and is moving in an entirely new direction. In The Big Shift, Darrell Bricker and John Ibbitson argue that one of the world’s most consensual countries is becoming polarized, exhibiting stark differences between East and West, cities and suburbs, Canadianborn citizens and immigrants. The winners—in both politics and business— will be those who can capitalize on the tremendous changes that the Big Shift will bring.

Author : Vaughan Lyon
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781462037636

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Power Shift by Vaughan Lyon Pdf

The Message of POWER SHIFT: Fed up with politics-as-usual? Most Canadians are. They (83%) want their MP to represent them and not a party in the House of Commons. Political parties, however, do not consider reforms that would shift significant power from them to citizens. Professor Lyon, breaking the party silence, speaks strongly in support of the interests of his fellow citizens. Drawing on years of experience as a political activist and political scientist, he shows both why and how the desire of Canadians for this new form of representation should be acted on, now. He does this by presenting readers with a detailed model of the new politics. He argues that adopting the model would establish the close collaborative relationship of citizens, their MPs, cabinet and civil servants needed to strengthen the performance of government. Professor Lyon urges politicians to respect the desire of citizens for fundamental change. Party politics is, he states, l9th century politics, and fails to meet the needs of today. Citizen politics for the 21st century is what he proposes and, he argues, Canada stands on the cusp of making the change to them.

Author : Alex Marland
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2016-03-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780774832069

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Brand Command by Alex Marland Pdf

The pursuit of political power is strategic as never before. Ministers, MPs, and candidates parrot the same catchphrases. The public service has become politicized. And decision making is increasingly centralized in the Prime Minister’s Office. What is happening to our democracy? To get to the bottom of this, Alex Marland reviewed internal political party files, media reports, and documents obtained through access to information requests, and interviewed Ottawa insiders. He discovered that in the face of rapid changes in communication technology, the infusion of corporate marketing strategies has instilled a culture of centralized political control. At the core of the strategy is brand control; at stake is democracy as we know it.

Author : Dennis Olsen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Canada
ISBN : UOM:39015012282193

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The State Elite by Dennis Olsen Pdf

Author : Alex Marland,Matthew Kerby
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 373 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2014-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780773590564

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First Among Unequals by Alex Marland,Matthew Kerby Pdf

How political elites shape public policy, viewed through the lens of Premier Danny Williams' headline-grabbing tactics.

Author : Elisabeth Gidengil
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2014-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780774828277

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Canadian Democracy from the Ground Up by Elisabeth Gidengil Pdf

Canada is often held up as an example of a healthy democracy. However, the Canadian public is less enthusiastic about the way our democracy works. This first-of-a-kind book approaches the “democratic deficit” from the perspective of everyday Canadians and assesses the performance of Parliament and the media in light of their perceptions and expectations. In doing so, a number of chapters highlight the disjuncture between perceptions and performance. Canadian Democracy from the Ground Up is essential for anyone who would like to learn how to build a better democracy – one that meets the expectations of the Canadian public.

Author : Ron Graham
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : History
ISBN : UVA:X001059373

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One-eyed Kings by Ron Graham Pdf