Research Catalog

Title

Rebuilding Canadian party politics / R. Kenneth Carty, William Cross, and Lisa Young.

Author

Carty, R. Kenneth

Publication

Vancouver : UBC Press, 2000.

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Additional Authors

• Cross, William P. (William Paul), 1962-
• Young, Lisa

Description

x, 265 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

"Rebuilding Canadian Party Politics discusses the breakdown of the old party system, with its unique pattern of organization and competition. It analyzes the emergence of the Reform Party and the Bloc Quebecois, the fate of the Conservative and New Democratic Parties, and the return of the Liberals to power. The book 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 shifting party politics, the authors attended local and national party meetings, nomination and leadership conventions, 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 campaign directors."--Jacket.

Subject

• Canada > Politics and government > 1980-
• Political parties > Canada > History
• Since 1980

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Party politics at century's end -- The party question in Canada -- Challenging the consensus: two new parties -- Struggling to survive: three old parties -- Representing interests -- Remaking party democracy -- Paying for parties -- On th ground: the local campaign -- In the air: national campaign communication -- Rebuilding the Canadian party system.

ISBN

• 0774807776 (bound) :
• 0774807784

LCCN

cn^99911202^

OCLC

43280156

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library