Rebuilding Canadian Party Politics

Author : R. Kenneth Carty,William Cross,Lisa Young
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2007-11-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780774859967

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Rebuilding Canadian Party Politics by R. Kenneth Carty,William Cross,Lisa Young Pdf

Canadian party politics collapsed in the early 1990s. This book is about that collapse, about the end of a party system, with a unique pattern of party organization and competition, that had governed Canada’s national politics for several decades, and about the ongoing struggle to build its successor. Rebuilding Canadian Party Politics discusses the breakdown of the old party system, the emergence of the Reform Party and the Bloc Québécois, and the fate of the Conservative and New Democratic Parties. It focuses on the internal workings of parties in this new era, examining the role of professionals, new technologies, and local activists. To understand the ambiguities of our current party system, the authors attended local and national party meetings, nomination and leadership meetings, and campaign kick-off rallies. They visited local campaign offices to observe the parties’ grassroots operations and conducted interviews with senior party officials, pollsters, media and advertising specialists, and leader-tour directors. Written in a lively and accessible style, this book will interest students of party politics and Canadian political history, as well as general readers eager to make sense of the changes reshaping national politics today.

Author : Hugh G. Thorburn
Publisher : Scarborough, Ont. : Prentice-Hall of Canada
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Canada
ISBN : UOM:39015001963308

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Party Politics in Canada by Hugh G. Thorburn Pdf

Aimed at upper-level undergraduate and graduate classes at the university level, this collection of 33 essays provides a broad range of perspectives on Canada's diverse and dynamic political climate. It is a classic political studies reader that combines the strengths of tradition and innovation; papers by distinguished political experts are combined with the perspectives of modern scholars to create a thoroughly updated text.

Author : R. Kenneth Carty,William Cross,Lisa Young
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2007-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780774850803

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Rebuilding Canadian Party Politics by R. Kenneth Carty,William Cross,Lisa Young Pdf

This book is about the collapse of Canadian party politics in the early 1990s, about the end of a party system that had governed Canada's national politics for several decades, and about the ongoing struggle to build its successor.

Author : Alain-G. Gagnon,A. Brian Tanguay
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 513 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2017-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781442634701

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Canadian Parties in Transition, Fourth Edition by Alain-G. Gagnon,A. Brian Tanguay Pdf

Canadian Parties in Transition examines the transformation of party politics in Canada and the possible shape the party system might take in the near future. With chapters written by an outstanding team of political scientists, the book presents a multi-faceted image of party dynamics, electoral behaviour, political marketing, and representative democracy. The fourth edition has been thoroughly updated and includes fifteen new chapters and several new contributors. The new material covers topics such as the return to power of the Liberal Party, voting politics in Quebec, women in Canadian political parties, political campaigning, digital party politics, and municipal party politics.

Author : Keith Archer,Lisa Young
Publisher : Don Mills, Ont. : Oxford University Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Canada
ISBN : UOM:39015053100650

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Regionalism and Party Politics in Canada by Keith Archer,Lisa Young Pdf

Arising from a conference held at the University of Calgary in honour of Mildred Schwartz, Regionalism and Party Politics in Canada brings together current scholarship on regionalism and parties in order to make sense of the transition of the party system. Canada's party system is clearly ina state of flux: we are moving from the two-and-a -half party system that has dominated the country for most of the past century to something new. A look at the current Parliament suggests that regionalism has become the most dominant and important cleavage in Canada. Divided into four sections,the text first examines different approaches to the study of regionalism. It then moves on to the place of regionalism in Canadian society before turning towards regionalism's relationship to the Canadian party system. The volume concludes with an examination of how Canada compare with the rest ofthe world in terms of the regionalsim of its parties and party systems.

Author : Richard Johnston
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2017-09-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780774836104

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The Canadian Party System by Richard Johnston Pdf

The Canadian party system is a deviant case among the Anglo-American democracies. Unruly and inscrutable, it is a system that defies logic and classification – until now. In this political science tour de force, Richard Johnston makes sense of the Canadian party system. With a keen eye for history and deft use of recently developed analytic tools, he articulates a series of propositions that underpin the system. For its combination of historical breadth and data-intensive rigour, The Canadian Party System is a rare achievement. Its findings shed light on the main puzzles of the Canadian case, while contesting the received wisdom of the comparative study of parties, elections, and electoral systems elsewhere.

Author : University of New Brunswick
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Canada - Politique et gouvernement - 1993-2006
ISBN : 0887901239

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Rebuilding National Political Parties by University of New Brunswick Pdf

Author : Amanda Bittner,Royce Koop
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2013-03-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780774824101

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Parties, Elections, and the Future of Canadian Politics by Amanda Bittner,Royce Koop Pdf

On May 2, 2011, as Canadians watched the federal election results roll in and Stephen Harper’s Conservatives achieve a majority, it appeared that we were witnessing a major shift in the political landscape. In reality, Canadian politics had been changing for quite some time. This volume provides the first account of the political upheavals of the past two decades and speculates on the future of the country’s national party system. By documenting how parties and voters responded to new challenges between 1993 and 2011, this book sheds light on one of the most tumultuous periods in Canadian political history.

Author : Stephen Clarkson
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2011-11-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780774840408

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The Big Red Machine by Stephen Clarkson Pdf

In The Big Red Machine, astute Liberal observer Stephen Clarkson tells the story of the Liberal Party's performance in the last nine elections, providing essential historical context for each and offering incisive, behind-the-scenes detail about how the party has planned, changed, and executed its successful electoral strategies. Arguing that the Liberal Party has opportunistically straddled the political centre since Sir John A. Macdonald -- leaning left or moving right and as circumstances required -- Clarkson also shows that the party's grip on power is becoming increasingly uncertain, having lost its appeal not just in the West, but now in Qu�bec. Its campaigns now reflect the splintering of the party system and the integration of Canada into the global economy.

Author : Richard Johnston,Campbell Sharman
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2015-11-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780774829588

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Parties and Party Systems by Richard Johnston,Campbell Sharman Pdf

Party systems. Party organization. For too long, scholars researching in these two areas have worked in isolation. This book bridges the divide by bringing together political scientists from both traditions to examine the intersection of rules, society, and the organization of parties within party systems. Blending theory and case studies, Parties and Party Systems builds upon the work of R. Kenneth Carty to examine how parties weather the organizational challenge of appealing to a dispersed membership while maintaining a degree of central direction. This volume will provoke theoretical reconsideration and inspire research at the organization-system nexus.

Author : Alain Gagnon,Brian Tanguay
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1442634731

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Canadian Parties in Transition by Alain Gagnon,Brian Tanguay Pdf

New material in the fourth edition covers topics such as the return to power of the Liberal Party, voting politics in Quebec, women in Canadian political parties, political campaigning, digital party politics, and municipal party politics.

Author : R. Kenneth Carty
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0774829990

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Big Tent Politics by R. Kenneth Carty Pdf

The Liberal Party of Canada is one of the most successful parties in the democratic world. It dominated Canadian politics for a century, practising an inclusive style of "big tent" politics that enabled it to fend off opponents on both the left and right. This book traces the record of the party, unwrapping Liberal practices and organization to reveal its distinctive "brokerage" approach to politics and franchise-style structure. A masterful analysis of how one party came to define the nation's public life, this book also identifies the challenges that lie ahead as the Liberals reinvent themselves for the twenty-first century.

Author : Royce Koop
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2011-05-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780774821001

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Grassroots Liberals by Royce Koop Pdf

The Liberal Party has fallen on hard times since 2006. Once Canada's governing party but now confined to the sidelines, it struggles to renew itself. Drawing on interviews and personal observations in cross-country ridings, Royce Koop reveals that although the federal Liberal Party disassociated itself from its provincial cousins to rebuild itself in the mid-twentieth century, grassroots Liberals in the constituencies are building bridges between the national party and the provinces. This insider's view of party politics challenges the idea that Canada has two distinct political spheres the provincial and the national and suggests that national parties can overcome the challenges of multi-level politics by deepening ties with constituencies.

Author : William Cross
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2011-11-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780774841115

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Political Parties by William Cross Pdf

Political parties are at the centre of Canadian democracy. They choose our prime ministers, premiers, and candidates for public office; they decide which policy issues are considered in the provincial and federal legislatures; they dominate our election campaigns. As a result, a democracy that is participatory, responsive, and inclusive can only be achieved if Canadian political parties share these values and operate in a manner respecting them. In a concise and accessible manner, this book delves into the history, structure, mechanisms, and roles of Canada's political parties, and assesses the degree to which Canadians today can rely on political parties as vehicles for grassroots participation.

Author : Michael Wernick
Publisher : On Point Press
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2021-10-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780774890557

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Governing Canada by Michael Wernick Pdf

What does it really take to govern effectively? Michael Wernick, a career public servant with experience working at the highest levels of Canadian government, shares tips, insider knowledge, and essential advice in this first-ever practical governance handbook. From choosing a Cabinet and getting the most out of it, to delivering on the prime minister’s mandate letter, readers will get a close-up look at how day-to-day political work actually happens. Wernick’s three decades "in the room" with prime ministers, cabinet ministers, and other members of government make this a must-read not only for politicians, but for anyone who aspires to understand them.