Title: Canadian parties in transition :
Authors: Gagnon, Alain-G.; Tanguay, A. Brian
Date: 2017
Publisher: University of Toronto Press,
Physical description: x, 492 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language: English
LC classification: J
Abstract: Canadian parties in transition examines the transformation of party politics in Canada and the possible shape the party system might take in the near future. With chapters written by an outstanding team of political scientists, this book presents a multi-faceted image of party dynamics, electoral behaviour, political marketing, and representative democracy.
Contents: Origins and evolution of the Canadian party system. The evolution of the Canadian party system : from brokerage to marketing-oriented politics / Steve Patten ; Money, politics, and the Canadian party system / Lisa Young ; Parties and regions : representation and resistance / James Bickerton ; Polarized pluralism in the Canadian party system / Richard Johnston ; The waning of the political parties? / Grant Amyot -- Ideologies and party politics. Ideological competition in the Canadian party system / Nelson Wiseman ; The Liberal Party of Canada : rebuilding, resurgence, and return to power / Brooke Jeffrey ; The Conservatives : rebuilding and rebranding, yet again / Peter Woolstencroft ; Ideological moderation and professionaization : the NDP under Jack Layton and Tom Mulcair / David McGrane ; Third parties in Canada : variety and success / Éric Bélanger -- Representation and democracy. Party politics and voting systems in Canada / Dennis Pilon ; Back to the future : encoding and decoding interest representation outside of parties / Jacquetta Newman ; Party politics in a distinct society : two eras of block voting in Quebec / Alain-G. Gagnon and François Boucher ; Where are the women in Canadian political parties? / Joanna Everitt ; The promise of direct democracy : is that all there is? / A. Brian Tanguay -- New paths for research. From brokerage to boutique politics : political marketing and the changing nature of party politics in Canada / Alex Marland and Thierry Giasson ; Political campaigning / Richard Nadeau and Frédérick Bastien ; Two decades of digital party politics in Canada : an assessment / Tamara A. Small ; Participation, mobilization, and the political engagement of the internet generation / Henry Milner ; Municipal political parties : an answer to urbanization or an affront to traditions of local democracy? / Kristin R. Good.
Subject headings (LCSH): Canada--Politics and government.; Elections--Canada.; Political parties--Canada; Political parties--Canada--History.; Representative government and representation--Canada