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  • Big Tent Politics

    The Liberal Party’s Long Mastery of Canada’s Public Life

    de R. Kenneth Carty ...
    Series series McLean Family Canadian Studies Series
    The Liberal Party of Canada is one of the most successful parties in the democratic world. It dominated Canadian politics for a century, practising an inclusive style of “big tent” politics that allowed it to fend off opponents on both the left and right. How did it do this? What kind of party organization did it build over the decades to manage its remarkable string of election victories?This ... Leer más

    $26.99 USD

  • The Government Party

    Political Dominance in Democracy

    de R. Kenneth Carty ...
    Series series Comparative Politics
    Democracy thrives on vigorous competition between political parties. However, in several established democracies one party manages to dominate national politics for decades at a time, seemingly creating a democratic one-party unnatural democracy. This book examines five such countries - Canada, Ireland, India, Japan, Italy - to understand what kind of party comes to dominate democratic competition ... Leer más

    $79.19 USD

  • Pivot or Pirouette?

    The 1993 Canadian General Election

    de Tom Flanagan ...
    Series series Turning Point Elections
    Pivot or Pirouette? covers both the backstory and the aftermath of the strangest election in Canadian history, as told by an insider who was involved in the events before, during, and after the ballots were cast.In the early 1990s, a pan-Canadian coalition of Tory voters had been splintered by constitutional politics. Discontented voters flocked to new regional parties; the Conservatives attempted ... Leer más

    $20.99 USD

  • Entering the Eighties

    Canada in Crisis

    de W. Peter Ward ...
    The essays in this volume, which explore the Canadian condition at the beginning of the eighties, deal with fundamental issues of concern to all thoughtful Canadians. The eight essayists are distinguished historians and political scientists: Louis Balthazar, Michael Bliss, Robert Craig Brown, Ramsay Cook, J.R. Mallory, H.V. Nelles, Donald Smiley, and Denis Smith. In addressing four basic themes ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

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  • The Truth About Trudeau

    de Bob Plamondon ...
    Finally, after over 30 years of hagiographies, comes a book that sets the record straight and tells us the truth about Pierre Elliott Trudeau.In this unprecedented and meticulously researched sweep of the record, Globe and Mail bestselling author Bob Plamondon challenges the conventional wisdom that Trudeau was a great prime minister. With new revelations, fresh insights, and in-depth analysis, ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Canadian Labour Movement: A Short History

    Third Edition

    de Craig Heron ...
    In The Canadian Labour Movement, historian Craig Heron tells the story of Canada's workers from the mid-nineteenth century through to today, painting a vivid picture of key developments such as the birth of craft unionism, the breakthroughs of the fifties and sixties, and the setbacks of the early twenty-first century.This new edition has been completely updated, including a substantial new ... Leer más

    $19.99 USD

  • A Brief History of Neoliberalism

    de David Harvey ...
    Neoliberalism - the doctrine that market exchange is an ethic in itself, capable of acting as a guide for all human action - has become dominant in both thought and practice throughout much of the world since 1970 or so. Its spread has depended upon a reconstitution of state powers such that privatization, finance, and market processes are emphasized. State interventions in the economy are ... Leer más

    $15.99 USD

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  • The History of Canada Series - The Last Act: Pierre Trudeau

    The Gang Of Eight And The Fight For Canada

    de Ron Graham ...
    Series series History of Canada
    Between the morning of Wednesday, November 4, and the morning of Thursday, November 5, 1981, a fateful drama unfolded that changed Canada forever.In one last attempt to renew the constitution with the consent of the provinces, Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau met behind closed doors in Ottawa with the ten premiers. It was the culmination of more than five decades of constitutional wrangling, ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • Power Shift

    From Party Elites to Informed Citizens

    de Vaughan Lyon ...
    The Message of POWER SHIFT:Fed up with politics-as-usual? Most Canadians are. They (83%) want their MP to represent them and not a party in the House of Commons. Political parties, however, do not consider reforms that would shift significant power from them to citizens. Professor Lyon, breaking the party silence, speaks strongly in support of the interests of his fellow citizens.Drawing on years ... Leer más

    $3.99 USD

  • Contested Federalism

    de Herman Bakvis, Gerald Baier, Douglas Brown ...
    Federalism - particularly in Canada - involves an ongoing contestation of interests, ideas, and identities. It is a contestation that sometimes clarifies but often obscures the nature of conflicts and the manner in which they are resolved. Recognizing the great degree of ambivalence associated with federalism, the authors provide students with the conceptual tools and basic knowledge of various ... Leer más

    $36.99 USD

  • Trade Unions and the State

    The Construction of Industrial Relations Institutions in Britain, 1890-2000

    de Chris Howell ...
    The collapse of Britain's powerful labor movement in the last quarter century has been one of the most significant and astonishing stories in recent political history. How were the governments of Margaret Thatcher and her successors able to tame the unions?In analyzing how an entirely new industrial relations system was constructed after 1979, Howell offers a revisionist history of British trade ... Leer más

    $38.19 USD

  • Citizenship and Democracy

    A Case for Proportional Representation

    de Nick Leonen ...
    This book is part of the Towards the New Millennium Series, featuring the works of thoughtful Canadians who are profoundly interested in the future of Canada and the world.Most democracies do not use Canada’s "first past the post" voting system. To give a party more seats than its share of the popular vote warrants is deemed undemocratic by most. Such democracies use proportional representation to ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus