Everitt, Joanna

Advocacy Groups uses the Audit standards of responsiveness,inclusiveness, and participation to examine advocacy groups in Canadaand assess the ways that they contribute to, or detract from, Canadiandemocracy. It argues that group activity represents an important formof political participation. Though some interests face greaterorganizational challe …

The study of political behaviour in Canada has often focused largely on parties and voting; Citizen Politics seeks to expand that definition of political behaviour to encompass behaviouralsim as a method of inquiry, as well as a focus of inquiry which includes; political culture, publicopinion, voting and elections, political participation, leaders …

Coming out of the 2000 Canadian federal election, the dominance of the Liberal Party seemed assured. By 2011 the situation had completely reversed: the Liberals suffered a crushing defeat, failing even to become the official opposition and recording their lowest ever share of the vote. Dominance and Decline provides a comprehensive, comparative acc …