Canadian Parties in Transition

by Gagnon, Alain-G; Tanguay, A. Brian

• ISBN13: 9781551117850
• ISBN10: 1551117851
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-04-30
• Publisher: Univ of Toronto Pr Higher education

Summary

Alain-G. Gagnon and A. Brian Tanguay continue the work of earlier editions of Canadian Parties in Transition by presenting a multi-faceted image of party dynamics, electoral behaviour, political marketing, and representative democracy, with chapters written by an outstanding team of political scientists. Innovative features of the third edition include an examination of party alignments and the mobilization of interests, a discussion of democratic participation, and a critical exploration of direct democracy through referendums and other mechanisms. The comparative literature on party politics is brought in systematically to provide a better account of Canadian party politics. The greater part of this volume consists of entirely new chapters; others have been completely revised and updated. An appendix that provides Canadian federal election results from 1925 to 2006 rounds out the book.

Table of Contents

The beginning of politics in Canada	p. 17
Piercing the smokescreen : stability and change in brokerage politics	p. 33
The evolution of the canadian party system	p. 55
Third party success in Canada	p. 83
The bloc quebecois : charting new territories?	p. 111
Social democracy and the new democratic party	p. 137
Realignment and dealignment in Canadian federal politics	p. 163
Cycles and brokerage : Canadian parties as mobilizers of interest	p. 179
Leaders' entourages, parties, and patronage	p. 197
Politics without parties : citizen integration and interest articulation in consensus politics	p. 215
Political parties at the local level of government	p. 241
Value change and the dynamics of the Canadian partisan landscape	p. 255
Canada's electoral system	p. 279
Provincial electoral systems in question : changing views of party representation and governance	p. 303
Altering the political landscape : state funding and party finance	p. 335
Television advertising by political parties : can democracy survive it?	p. 355
The Internet and political communication in Canadian party politics : the view from 2004	p. 371
Interest groups, social movements, and the Canadian parliamentary system	p. 385
Between integration and fragmentation : political parties and the representation of regions	p. 411
The problem of political drop-outs : Canada in comparative perspective	p. 437
The paradoxes of direct democracy	p. 467
The waning of political parties	p. 491
Canadian federal election results, 1925-2006
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