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Canadian party politics collapsed in the early 1990s. This book is about that collapse, about the end of a party system, with a unique pattern of party organization and competition, that had governed Canada's national politics for several decades, and about the ongoing struggle to build its successor. Rebuilding Canadian Party Politics discusses the breakdown of the old party system, the emergence of the Reform Party and the Bloc Québécois, and the fate of the Conservative and New Democratic Parties. It focuses on the internal workings of parties in this new era, examining the role of professionals, new technologies, and local activists.

To understand the ambiguities of our current party system, the authors attended local and national party meetings, nomination and leadership meetings, and campaign kick-off rallies. They visited local campaign offices to observe the parties' grassroots operations and conducted interviews with senior party officials, pollsters, media and advertising specialists, and leader-tour directors.

Written in a lively and accessible style, this book will interest students of party politics and Canadian political history, as well as general readers eager to make sense of the changes reshaping national politics today. ... Read more

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Canadian Parties in Review
Carty is giving a review about the Canadian party system in the past as well as he tries to give a glimpse into the future of Canadian parties. He describes and analyses the collapse of the three old party systems and tries to answer the question how long the fourth party system will be stable. This is a book, which is even for those people interesting who never had done anything in political science. Easy to read and easy to understand. ... Read more

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In The Big Red Machine, astute Liberal observer Stephen Clarkson tells the story of the Liberal Party's performance in the last nine elections, providing essential historical context for each and offering incisive, behnd-the-scenes detail about how the party has planned, changed, and executed its successful electoral strategies. Arguing that the Liberal Party has opportunistically straddled the political centre since Sir John A. Macdonald--leaning left or moving right and as circumstances required--Clarkson also shows that the party's grip on power is becoming increasingly uncertain, having lost its appeal not just in the West, but now in Quebec. Its campaigns now reflect the splintering of the party system and the integration of Canada into the global economy.

An ideal political primer, deftly written and filled with a wealth of fact and analysis, The Big Red Machine is a fascinating history of Liberal pragmatism, communication tactics, and dramatic changes in leadership style. "Even if the last century did not belong to Canada, Canada turns out to have belonged to the Liberal Party," Clarkson concludes. Although he forsees considerably less rosy prospects for the Grits in the years ahead, the "big red machine" remains a formidable political force. ... Read more

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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.

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Canadian Bolsheviks describes and explains the first attempt to build a Leninist Party on Canadian soil, showing why it succeeded so well at first, and why it ultimately failed. ... Read more

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Redefined during the past thirty years, the centre of government currently extends itself further than ever before. Central governmental agencies are 'where the rubber meets the road', where public service meets politics, and policy becomes reality.So who's driving this car?Agencies such as the Privy Council Office, the Finance Department, and the Treasury Board exert their influence horizontally, deciding how policy is made and how money gets spentAccording to Donald Savoie, these organizations, instituted to streamline Ottawa's planning processes, instead telescope power to the Prime Minister and weaken the influence of ministers, the traditional line departments, and even parliament, without contributing to more rational and coherent policy-making.

This is scholarship at its best: rigorous and riveting.The government operates as a combination of known procedures and the more elusive subtleties of human relationships and unspoken codes of behaviour.Donald Savoie's long-time involvement in government affairs allows him to read through the surface of the results of his extensive research-which included several interviews with elites-in order to expose all the levels of power at play.Indispensable reading for students of politics, public policy,and public administration, Ottawa watchers, journalists, lobbyists, and civil servants who want to know what is really going on. ... Read more

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Awarning that dictatorship threatens Canadian Democracy
Since Trudeau, Canadian Prime Ministers have centralized power in the Prime Minister's Office, and the office of the Privy Council. Unknown bureaucrats now preempt the power that used to belong to Parliament, andmore recently, Cabinet. Chretien wields more raw power than most 3rd Worlddictators. A very readable "mystery", that explains APEC pepperspraying, the Somalia Affair, etc. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! he Quebec Liberal Party (QLP; in French, Parti libéral du Québec or PLQ), is a liberal political party in the Canadian province of Quebec. It has been independent of the Liberal Party of Canada since 1955. The party has traditionally supported Quebec federalism: i.e., Quebec should remain in Canada, and operate within its federal structure. It also supports a role for government in the economy, although in recent years due to government debt its economic policies have moved towards free enterprise. It remains, however, a socially liberal party. ... Read more

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Chapters: Aryan Guard, Nationalist Party of Canada, Heritage Front, Northern Alliance, Edmund Burke Society, Canadian Heritage Alliance, Canadian Association for Free Expression, Western Guard Party, Citizens for Foreign Aid Reform. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 35. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Aryan Guard is an Alberta-based neo-Nazi group with members primarily located in the city of Calgary. It was founded in 2006 and was reported disbanded in 2009 as a result of internecine conflict including pipe bombing attacks. However, the group denies these claims and is still operating. The Aryan Guard was founded in late 2006 but did not gain any media attention until 2007 when members began a flyering campaign targeting immigrants. Some of these flyers had been surreptitiously placed in the free Calgary arts and culture newspaper, Fast Forward by Aryan Guard members. The Friends of the Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies suspect that the individual responsible for the flyers may be Bill Noble, a neo-Nazi well-known to law enforcement for his online racist activism and who has been in the past charged under Section 319 of the Canadian Criminal Code for wilful promotion of hatred. The Aryan Guard's website is also registered in Noble's name. At a human rights panel discussion at the Glenbow Museum on August 14, 2007, the topic of the Aryan Guard was discussed. Although the flyers were racially charged and disturbing, Inspector Bob Couture of the Calgary Police Services, a speaker on the panel, stated that there was not enough basis to take action against the group. In response to the Aryan Guard's activities in the city, Calgary anti-racist activists held a rally in support of Calgary's multiculturalism and opposition to racism and racist movements. Some members of ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=12844611 ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from American Review of Canadian Studies, published by Thomson Gale on September 22, 2007. The length of the article is 8557 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Pristine purity: new political parties in Canada.
Author: Paul Lucardie
Publication: American Review of Canadian Studies (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 22, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 37Issue: 3Page: 283(18)

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Constitutionalist Ted McWhinney draws on his extensive experience in the workings of our federal system to discuss the need for modernization and updating to meet the radically new demands of the plural, multicultural Canada of the twenty-first century. His thinking has the advantage of his personal exchanges with prime ministers from the time of John Diefenbaker, as well as his recent direct participation in governmental decision-making in Ottawa during two elected terms as Member of Parliament and Parliamentary Secretary to several ministries. Proposals for reform are canvassed frankly. More importantly, practical ways out of our present constitutional straight-jacket--the result of the failure of the Meech Lake and Charlottetown Accords--are put forward for debate. ... Read more

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McWhinney's Memoirs
I was thoroughly disappointed with this book.Rather than discuss politics and the constitution 1993-2002, the author chose to share with his readersa glimpse into his life as an MP. The strategies he employed, the goals he achieved and the role he played in the decision making process. If you are expecting a discussion about politics and the constitution, you've come across the wrong book. Much of the text is written in first person, and very little addresses 'the need for modernization and updatng to meet the radically new demands of the plural multicultural Canada'. If the photos in the book are any indication of the balance of the text, consider this - of the 23 photos inlcuded, McWhinney appears in 22, Chretien appears in 3. ... Read more

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Seventy percent of Canadians think that 'advocacy groups' are a better vehicle for change than political parties; however, people involved in these groups are actually more involved in traditional political circles and party politics. This volume looks at who participates in these groups, which kinds of groups dominate the political agenda, what influence lobbying has on the government, and how, exactly, to make advocacy groups a more vibrant and accountable part of political life in this country.

Advocacy Groups uses the Audit standards of responsiveness, inclusiveness, and participation to examine advocacy groups in Canada and assess the ways that they contribute to, or detract from, Canadian democracy. It argues that group activity represents an important form of political participation.

Though some interests face greater organizational challenges than others, advocacy groups can play critical compensatory roles for interests that are often unrepresented in traditional political institutions. It also finds that while Canadian advocacy groups employ a wide range of strategies to draw attention to their concerns, those with greater financial resources generally have greater access to government decision-makers. This has been accentuated by recent trends in the reduction of government funding to advocacy groups. The book concludes with several recommendations for 'best practices' that groups can follow in their internal organization and efforts to influence public policy, as well as for actions that governments can take to engage in constructive consultation with groups. ... Read more