Provincial Battles National Prize

Author : Laura B. Stephenson,Andrea Lawlor,William P. Cross,André Blais
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2019-10-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780773558403

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Provincial Battles, National Prize? by Laura B. Stephenson,Andrea Lawlor,William P. Cross,André Blais Pdf

In parliamentary systems like Canada, voters directly contribute to the election outcome only in their own riding. However, the focus of election campaigns is often national, emphasizing the leader rather than the local candidate, and national rather than regional polls. This suggests that elections are national contests, but election outcomes clearly demonstrate that support for parties varies strongly by province. Focusing on the 2015 Canadian election campaigns in British Columbia, Ontario, and Quebec, three large provinces with different subnational party systems, Provincial Battles, National Prize? evaluates whether we should understand elections in Canada as national wars or individual provincial clashes. The authors draw upon voter and candidate surveys, party campaign behaviour, and media coverage of the election to document how political parties vary their messages and strategies across provinces, how the media communicate and frame those messages, and how voters ultimately respond. The study shows that provincial variations in party support reflect differences in voters' political preferences rather than differences in party messages or media coverage. A novel and comprehensive study, Provincial Battles, National Prize? is the first and only thorough treatment of the party, media, and voter aspects of a federal election campaign through a subnational lens.

Author : Laura B. Stephenson,Andrea Lawlor,William P. Cross,André Blais,Elisabeth Gidengil
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2019-10-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780773558410

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Provincial Battles, National Prize? by Laura B. Stephenson,Andrea Lawlor,William P. Cross,André Blais,Elisabeth Gidengil Pdf

In parliamentary systems like Canada, voters directly contribute to the election outcome only in their own riding. However, the focus of election campaigns is often national, emphasizing the leader rather than the local candidate, and national rather than regional polls. This suggests that elections are national contests, but election outcomes clearly demonstrate that support for parties varies strongly by province. Focusing on the 2015 Canadian election campaigns in British Columbia, Ontario, and Quebec, three large provinces with different subnational party systems, Provincial Battles, National Prize? evaluates whether we should understand elections in Canada as national wars or individual provincial clashes. The authors draw upon voter and candidate surveys, party campaign behaviour, and media coverage of the election to document how political parties vary their messages and strategies across provinces, how the media communicate and frame those messages, and how voters ultimately respond. The study shows that provincial variations in party support reflect differences in voters' political preferences rather than differences in party messages or media coverage. A novel and comprehensive study, Provincial Battles, National Prize? is the first and only thorough treatment of the party, media, and voter aspects of a federal election campaign through a subnational lens.

Author : Lago, Ignacio
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2021-10-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781839103285

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Handbook on Decentralization, Devolution and the State by Lago, Ignacio Pdf

Taking a multidisciplinary approach to the dynamics of political and economic decentralization in contemporary regimes, this comprehensive Handbook offers a critical examination of how the decentralization of governance affects citizen well-being.

Author : Alex Marland,Thierry Giasson
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2022-07-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780774868211

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Inside the Local Campaign by Alex Marland,Thierry Giasson Pdf

Inside the Local Campaign reveals what goes on in constituency campaigns during a Canadian election. For decades, the media has focused primarily on the national campaign and party leaders, and the practice of canvassing for votes by candidates and their supporters has been seen as more tradition than science. But things have evolved with digital media. Local-level campaigning is more fashionable – and critical for gathering data that can be used post-election. Using the 2021 federal campaign as an anchor, an impressive collection of authors and practitioners discusses local-level campaigning in electoral districts across the country, highlights local trends and on-the-ground roles, and discloses hidden details about how local campaigns are run.

Author : Cameron D. Anderson,Laura Beth Stephenson
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2021-02-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781487588595

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What Is Democracy and How Do We Study It? by Cameron D. Anderson,Laura Beth Stephenson Pdf

There are many different ways to do political science research. This book takes a core question that motivates research in political science – what is democracy? – and presents, in a single volume, original research demonstrating a variety of approaches to studying it. The approaches and related methods covered by the chapters in this book include normative political theory, positivist quantitative analysis, behaviouralism, critical theory, post-structuralism, historical institutionalism, process tracing, case studies, and literature reviews. Readers are confronted with the different assumptions that researchers make when entering the research process and can compare and contrast the many different ways that a single question can be studied . This book will be enlightening for students of democracy as well as those interested in research design and methodological approaches.

Author : Jon H. Pammett,Christopher Dornan
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2022-09-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780228013846

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The Canadian Federal Election of 2021 by Jon H. Pammett,Christopher Dornan Pdf

Media pundits and students of Canadian politics alike have strived to interpret the relevance of the 2021 federal election, held in the midst of a global pandemic and reinforcing the existing parliamentary balance of power. This timely volume explains the election's import, offering an insightful account of Canadian democracy in an age of increasing rancour and polarization and explaining why the Liberals did not win a majority government. In a unique collaboration, some of the country’s most distinguished political scientists, pollsters, and journalists examine the parties, issues, machinery, and media of Canadian electoral politics, teasing out the complexities and nuances of what was seen to be a premature federal election. The Canadian Federal Election of 2021 analyzes the campaigns of the major parties and the patterns of voting behaviour. A special feature of this book is its focus on issues of diversity and difference in the partisan theatre – the voting patterns of gendered, Indigenous, and newly immigrant Canadians, as well as the millennial generation. These chapters offer important lessons for the present and for the election to come. A must-read for students, journalists, those working at affiliated think tanks and institutes, and engaged citizens, this thoughtful exposé will interest international observers and anyone following the Canadian political landscape.

Author : William P. Cross,Scott Pruysers,Rob Currie-Wood
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2022-11-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780774868266

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The Political Party in Canada by William P. Cross,Scott Pruysers,Rob Currie-Wood Pdf

Political parties are central to democratic politics, but where does the power lie within them, and how is it exercised? The Political Party in Canada explores the inner workings of these complex organizations through an examination of the composition and roles of key party actors, as well as the interactions between them. The authors reveal the activities and power-sharing relationships that characterize Canadian parties. It focuses not only on which groups are included in decision-making but on what authority rests with each level of the parties’ respective structures. This comprehensive examination provides important insights into a fundamental institution that makes modern democracy possible.

Author : Toby S. James,Alistair Clark,Erik Asplund
Publisher : International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA)
Page : 724 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2023-05-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789176716274

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Elections during emergencies and crises by Toby S. James,Alistair Clark,Erik Asplund Pdf

Elections often have to be held in emergency situations. The Covid-19 pandemic was one of the most serious emergency situations that the world has seen. The rapid spread of the virus presented a huge humanitarian threat—but also an unparalleled challenge to electoral stakeholders globally seeking to protect electoral integrity during times of uncertainty. This volume identifies how the pandemic affected electoral integrity, what measures were put in place to protect elections and what worked in defending them. It brings together a comprehensive set of 26 country case studies to explore how elections were affected on the ground, what measures were put in place and what worked. These case studies are of elections which took place in the eye of the storm when practitioners and policymakers were operating under uncertainty and without the benefit of hindsight. To learn lessons in a more systematic way, this volume also provides a thematic analysis of electoral integrity during the pandemic using crossnational studies. This provides the big picture for policymakers, practitioners and academics looking back at the crisis. The volume therefore seeks to contribute towards the future development of policy and practice. However, it does so by using academic research methods and concepts which enable greater confidence in the policy lessons, as well as contributing directly to the scholarship on democracy, democratization and elections. The volume includes 11 areas of recommendation based on the evidence collected in this volume to protect electoral integrity in any future emergency situation.

Author : Cameron D. Anderson,Mathieu Turgeon
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2022-07-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000600506

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Comparative Public Opinion by Cameron D. Anderson,Mathieu Turgeon Pdf

This book presents a comprehensive examination of public opinion in the democratic world. Built around chapters that highlight key explanatory frameworks used in understanding public opinion, the book presents a coherent study of the subject in a comparative perspective, emphasizing and interrogating immigration as a key issue of high concern to most mass publics in the democratic world. Key features of the book include: Covers several theoretical issues and determinants of opinion such as the effects of personality, age and life cycle, ideology, social class, partisanship, gender, religion, ethnicity, language, and media, highlighting over time the effects of political, social, and economic contexts. Each chapter explores the theoretical rationale, mechanisms of effect, and use in the scholarly literature on public opinion before applying these to the issue of immigration comparatively and in specific places or regions. Widely comparative using a nine-country sample (Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America) in the analysis of individual-level determinants of public opinion about immigration and extending to other countries like Belgium, Brazil, and Japan when evaluating contextual factors. This edited volume will be essential reading for students, scholars, and practitioners interested in public opinion, political behaviour, voting behaviour, politics of the media, immigration, political communication, and, more generally, democracy and comparative politics.

Author : André Blais,Cristine de Clercy,Anna Lennox Esselment,Ronald Wintrobe
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2021-06-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780228007104

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Across Boundaries by André Blais,Cristine de Clercy,Anna Lennox Esselment,Ronald Wintrobe Pdf

Why and how does secession happen? How do different levels of government interact with each other? Why do some multilevel governments work better than others? What makes political extremism so virulent in today's society? These are some of the most pressing questions in political science today. These questions and research areas – secession, multilevel government, and political economy – were the focus of the writing and scholarship of Robert (Bob) Andrew Young (1950–2017), Canada Research Chair in Multilevel Governance at the University of Western Ontario and one of Canada's most distinguished political scientists. In Across Boundaries Young's former colleagues and students bring together contributions from his extensive network, which included academics, government officials, and media personalities. These essays speak to Young's legacy while providing new insight into research in multilevel governance, secession, and political economy. Young's body of work is exemplary in its attention to concrete policy issues as well as in the breadth of his interest across many subfields of political science. Across Boundaries honours his distinguished career and gives students, professors, and practitioners further insight into his scholarship.

Author : Simonetta Falasca-Zamponi
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2000-08-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520226777

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Fascist Spectacle by Simonetta Falasca-Zamponi Pdf

"An excellent and timely book. The idea of studying Italiam fascism as a 'society of the spectacle' that used symbols, rituals, and a cult of the leader to create itself as it unfolded is a brilliant stroke."—Walter L. Adamson, author of Avant-Garde Florence: From Modernism to Fascism

Author : Pierre Joseph Oliver Chauveau,Henry Hopper Miles,Patrick Delaney,George W. Colfer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1863
Category : Education
ISBN : CHI:096891059

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The Journal of Education for the Province of Quebec by Pierre Joseph Oliver Chauveau,Henry Hopper Miles,Patrick Delaney,George W. Colfer Pdf

Author : Ontario. Legislative Assembly
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 824 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : Ontario
ISBN : UOM:39015068517682

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Sessional Papers - Legislature of the Province of Ontario by Ontario. Legislative Assembly Pdf

Author : David Rock
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1987-11-18
Category : History
ISBN : 0520061780

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Argentina, 1516-1987 by David Rock Pdf

N this comprehensive history, updated to include the climactic events of the five years since the Falklands War, Professor Rock documents the early colonial history of Argentina, pointing to the colonial forms established during the Spanish conquest as the source for Argentina's continued reliance on foreign commercial and investment partnerships. The collapse of Argentina's close western European ties after World War II is thus seen as the underlying cause for her current economic and political crisis.

Author : Ontario. Department of Agriculture
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1404 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : OSU:32435021051628

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Annual Report of the Department of Agriculture, for the Province of Ontario by Ontario. Department of Agriculture Pdf

Consists of separately paged reports of bodies related to the Dept.