PARTY POLITICS IN CANADA

Name: PARTY POLITICS IN CANADA
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ISBN: 9780130209207

ISBN-10: 0130209201

ISBN-13: 9780130209207

Edition: 8th 2001

Authors: THORBURN

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List price: $70.36
Edition: 8th
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: PEARSON
Publication date: 10/15/2000

I. HISTORICAL BACKGROUNDS. 1. The Development of Political Parties in Canada (Hugh G. Thorburn). 2. The Rise of National Parties in Canada (Escott M. Reid). 3. Three Canadian Party Systems: An Interpretation of the Development of National Politics (R.K. Carty); Building a Fourth Canadian Party System (R.K. Carty, William Cross and Lisa Young). II. THE SETTING OF PARTY POLITICS. 4. The Societal Context of Canadian Parties (Rand Dyck). 5. Interest Groups and Policy Making in Canada (Hugh G. Thorburn). 6. Women and Political Representation (Lisa Young and Elaine Campbell). 7. Dividing the Spoils: The Old and New Rules of Prairie Politics (Sid Noel). III. PARTY AND IDEOLOGY. 8. Conservatism,… Liberalism and Socialism in Canada: An Interpretation (Gad Horowitz). 9. Opinion Structure among Party Activists: A Comparison of New Democrats, Liberals and Conservatives (Keith Archer and Alan Whitehorn). 10. Ideology and Opinion Within the Reform Party (Faron Ellis and Keith Archer). 11. "Toryism" and the Conservative Party in a Neo-Liberal Era (Steve Patten). IV. THE FUNCTIONING PARTY SYSTEM. 12. Perspectives on the Structure and Dynamics of the Canadian Party System (Hugh G. Thorburn). 13. Meteor? Phoenix? Chameleon? The Decline and Transformation of Party in Canada (John Meisel and Matthew Mendelsohn). 14. Regulating Federal Party and Candidate Finances in a Dynamic Environment (W.T. Stanbury). 15. The Case for Proportional Representation in Canada (Henry Milner). 16. Caucus and Representation in Canada (Paul Thomas). V. THE TWO TRADITIONAL PARTIES. 17. The Liberal Party of Canada: Keeping Its Grip on Power by Pragmatism Over Principle (Stephen Clarkson). 18. Staying Alive: The Progressive Conservative Party Fights for Survival (Peter Woolstencroft). VI. NEWER PARTIES. 19. Alexa McDonough and NDP Gains in Atlantic Canada (Alan Whitehorn). 20. The Reform Party of Canada (Tom Flanagan). 21. The Bloc Quebecois (Jean Crete and Guy LaChapelle). VII. REGIONAL POLITICS. 22. Changing Party Politics in Atlantic Canada (Agar Adamson and Ian Stewart). 23. Back to the Start! Fin de siecle or Fin de reve Politics in Quebec (Raymond Hudon). 24. The Ontario Party System and the Common Sense Revolution: Transformation or Transient Turmoil? (Robert J. Williams). 25. The Pattern of Prairie Politics (Nelson Wiseman). 26. Birth Pangs: The Emergence of British Columbia's Fifth Party System 1991-2000 (Norman J. Ruff). VIII. PUBLIC OPINION AND ELECTIONS. 27. News Media's Influence of Canadian Party Politics: Perspectives on a Shifting Relationship (Robert A. Hackett). 28. Absent Mandate: Canadian Electoral Politics in an Era of Restructuring (Harold D.Clarke, Jane Jenson, Lawrence Leduc and Jon Pammett). 29. Perceptions of Party Competence in the 1997 Election (Richard Nadeau, Andre Blais, Elisabeth Gidengil and Neil Nevitte). IX. EMERGING ISSUES. 30. An Emerging Party Cleavage: Metropolis vs. the Rest (Tim Thomas). 31. From Conventions to Closed Primaries?: New Politics and Recent Changes in National Party Leadership Selection in Canad