Name: Canadian Parties in Transition By Alain-G. Gagnon
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Canadian Parties in Transition by Alain-G. Gagnon

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, the book presents a multi-faceted image of party dynamics, electoral behaviour, political marketing, and representative democracy. The fourth edition has been thoroughly updated and includes fifteen new chapters and several new contributors. The new material covers topics such as the return to power of the Liberal Party, voting politics in Quebec, women in Canadian political parties, political campaigning, digital party politics, and municipal party politics.

About Alain-G. Gagnon

Alain-G. Gagnon holds the Canada Research Chair in Quebec and Canadian Studies in the Department of Political Science at UQAM. He is author of Minority Nations in the Age of Uncertainty (2014), which has been translated into 18 languages. A. Brian Tanguay is Professor of Political Science at Wilfrid Laurier University. He was the lead author of the Law Commission of Canada's report Voting Counts: Electoral Reform for Canada (2004).

Preface Alain-G. Gagnon and A. Brian Tanguay Part I: Origins and Evolution of the Canadian Party System 1.The Evolution of the Canadian Party System: From Brokerage Politics to Marketing-Oriented Politics Steve Patten 2. Money, Politics, and the Canadian Party System Lisa Young 3. Parties and Regions: Representation and Resistance James Bickerton 4. Polarized Pluralism in the Canadian Party System Richard Johnston 5. The Waning of Political Parties? Grant Amyot Part II: Ideologies and Party Politics 6. Ideological Competition in the Canadian Party System Nelson Wiseman 7. The Liberal Party of Canada: Rebuilding, Resurgence, and Return to Power Brooke Jeffrey 8. The Conservatives: Rebuilding and Rebranding, Yet Again Peter Woolstencroft 9. Ideological Moderation and Professionalization: The NDP under Jack Layton and Tom Mulcair David McGrane 10. Third Parties in Canada: Variety and Success Eric Belanger Part III: Representation and Democracy 11. Party Politics and Voting Systems in Canada Dennis Pilon 12. Back to the Future: Encoding and Decoding Interest Representation Outside of Parties Jacquetta Newman 13. Party Politics in a Distinct Society: Two Eras of Block Voting in Quebec Alain-G. Gagnon and Francois Boucher 14. Where Are the Women in Canadian Political Parties? Joanna Everitt 15. The Promise of Direct Democracy: Is That All There Is? A. Brian Tanguay Part IV: New Paths for Research 16. From Brokerage to Boutique Politics: Political Marketing and the Changing Nature of Party Politics in Canada Alex Marland and Thierry Giasson 17. Political Campaigning Richard Nadeau and Frederick Bastien 18. Two Decades of Digital Party Politics in Canada: An Assessment Tamara A. Small 19. Participation, Mobilization, and the Political Engagement of the Internet Generation Henry Milner 20. Municipal Political Parties: An Answer to Urbanization or an Affront to Traditions of Local Democracy? Kristin R. Good Statistical Appendix List of Contributors Index

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Canadian Parties in Transition by Alain-G. Gagnon

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Alain-G. Gagnon

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University of Toronto Press

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2016-09-07

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512

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