Donald E Blake

Grassroots Politicians

Party Activists in British Columbia

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Produktbeschreibung

The first systematic account of party activists at the provincial level in Canada.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 1991
• Englisch
• Gewicht: 254g
• ISBN-13: 9780774803847
• ISBN-10: 0774803843
• Artikelnr.: 41611536

Autorenporträt

Donald E. Blake is a professor and head of theDepartment of Political Science at the University of British Columbiaand the author of Two Political Worlds: Parties and Voting inBritish Columbia (1985). R.K. Carty is anassociate professor in the Department of Political Science at theUniversity of British Columbia. He is the co-editor of NationalPolitics and Community in Canada (1986). LyndaErickson is an assistant professor in the Department ofPolitical Science at Simon Fraser University.

Inhaltsangabe

Tables and Figures
Preface
 
1. The Polarization of BC Politics
2. Party Activists in British Columbia
3. Continuity and Change: Party Activists, 1973-87
4. Social Credit: Pragmatic Coalition or Ideological Right?
5. The New Democrats: What Kind of Left?
6. The Liberals: Centre or Fringe?
7. Leadership Selection in the BC Parties
8. The Social Credit Grassroots Recapture Their Party
9. Resisting Polarization: The Survival of the Liberals
10. Towards the Centre?: The Dynamics of Two-Party Competition
 
Appendix
Notes
Bibliography
Index