Title: Canadian socialism : essays on the CCF-NDP /
Authors: Whitehorn, Alan.
Publisher: Oxford University Press,
Year: 1992
Subjects: New Democratic Party; Co-operative Commonwealth Federation; Socialism Canada
Contents: 1. Introduction: An Overview of the Party -- Support -- Electoral Bias and Distortion -- Leadership -- Ideology and Policy -- The Future -- 2. Historical Writings on the CCF-NDP: The 'Protest Movement Becalmed' Tradition -- 3. Party Blueprints -- Introduction -- 1932: The Calgary Programme -- 1933: The Regina Manifesto -- 1956: The Winnipeg Declaration -- 1961: The New Party Declaration -- 1983: The New Regina Manifesto -- Conclusion -- 4. The Party in Elections -- Introduction -- The CCF Era -- The NDP Era -- 5. Party Conventions -- Introduction -- The NDP as a 'Mass Party' -- NDP Conventions: Frequency, Size, and Composition -- Powers and Responsibilities of NDP Conventions -- Leadership Selection -- Ideological Composition of NDP Conventions -- Conventions and Intra-Party Democracy -- Delegate Positions on Policy: 1979-1983 -- Cleavages within NDP Conventions -- Conclusion -- 6. Two Titans of the Party: T.C. Douglas and David Lewis -- Part I: T.C. Douglas -- Part II: David Lewis -- Part III: Douglas and Lewis -- 7. Ed Broadbent -- Ed Broadbent: A Biographical Sketch -- The Broadbent Era: An Evaluation -- 8. The 1988 Federal Election: A Case Study of Party Organization and Strategy -- Introduction -- NDP Election Organization and Committee Structure -- NDP Election Finances and Party Income -- NDP Polling Organization and Set-up -- NDP Strategy -- Campaign Strategy Critique -- The Leader's Tour and Campaign -- Interest Groups and Their Impact on the NDP Campaign -- Outcome -- Post-Election Reaction: The Labour Backlash -- Conclusion -- 9. Future Prospects: Social Democracy in the 1990s -- Audrey McLaughlin, the NDP, and the Next Federal Election -- Towards a New Socialist Agenda.