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This remarkable collection of thirteen papers considers the status of Canadian democracy at the close of the twentieth century, focusing on questions of political parties, representation, and public policy. It will enrich any course on political parties or political behavior and is essential for all those broadly curious about Canadian politics.
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William Cross is at Mount Allison University.
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Inside This Book Citations: This book cites 99 books | 2 books that cite this book Explore: Citations | Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Key Phrases - SIPs: traditional delegate convention, representational building blocks, representational guarantees, representational gains, gendered mediation (more) Key Phrases - CAPs: New Brunswick, Canadian Alliance, British Columbia, House of Commons, United States (more) Browse Sample Pages: Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Back Cover | Surprise Me! |
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In the last decade of the twentieth century, public opinion research established that Canadian voters harboured substantial dissatisfaction with their political parties and, more generally, with what they considered to be an unresponsive political system controlled by elites. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
traditional delegate convention, representational building blocks, representational guarantees, representational gains, gendered mediation, official party status, emerging party system, leadership electorate, federal political parties, electoral competitors, spending regime, new party system, old party system, alternative electoral systems, independent spending, third party system, confrontational behaviour, western alienation, populist impulse, provincial party leaders, plurality voting, executive federalism, leadership convention, chief electoral officer, leadership contest Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New Brunswick, Canadian Alliance, British Columbia, House of Commons, United States, New York, Preston Manning, Progressive Conservative, Canadian Journal of Political Science, Elisabeth Gidengil, University of Toronto Press, Lisa Young, Ontario Election Network, Dundurn Press, Mike Harris, New Democrats, William Cross, Lortie Commission, New Zealand, Oxford University Press, Elections Canada, Nova Scotia, Neil Nevitte, New Democratic Party, Prince Edward Island New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
In the last decade of the twentieth century, public opinion research established that Canadian voters harboured substantial dissatisfaction with their political parties and, more generally, with what they considered to be an unresponsive political system controlled by elites. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
traditional delegate convention, representational building blocks, representational guarantees, representational gains, gendered mediation, official party status, emerging party system, leadership electorate, federal political parties, electoral competitors, spending regime, new party system, old party system, alternative electoral systems, independent spending, third party system, confrontational behaviour, western alienation, populist impulse, provincial party leaders, plurality voting, executive federalism, leadership convention, chief electoral officer, leadership contest Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New Brunswick, Canadian Alliance, British Columbia, House of Commons, United States, New York, Preston Manning, Progressive Conservative, Canadian Journal of Political Science, Elisabeth Gidengil, University of Toronto Press, Lisa Young, Ontario Election Network, Dundurn Press, Mike Harris, New Democrats, William Cross, Lortie Commission, New Zealand, Oxford University Press, Elections Canada, Nova Scotia, Neil Nevitte, New Democratic Party, Prince Edward Island New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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This book cites 99
books:
- Rebuilding Canadian Party Politics by R. Kenneth Carty on 8 pages
- Political Parties by William Cross on 7 pages
- Party Politics Canada by Thorburn on 4 pages
- Canadian Parties in Transition by Gagnon on 4 pages
- Letting the People Decide: Dynamics of a Canadian Election by Richard Johnston on page 11, page 84, and page 85