Dynasties and Interludes
Dynasties and Interludes provides a comprehensive and unique overview of elections and voting in Canada from Confederation to the recent spate of minority governments. Its principal argument is that the Canadian political landscape has consisted of long periods of hegemony of a single party and/or leader (dynasties), punctuated by short, sharp disr …
The Canadian Federal Election of 2006
The Canadian Federal Election of 2006 is a comprehensive analysis of all aspects of the campaign and election that ended the 12-year Liberal reign in Canadian politics and saw the House of Commons shift from one minority government to another. The chapters, composed by leading political writers, commentators, and pollsters, examine the strategies, …
The Canadian Federal Election of 2008
The Canadian Federal Election of 2008 is a comprehensive analysis of all aspects of the campaign and election outcome. The chapters are written by leading professors of political science, journalism, and communications. They examine the strategies, successes, and failures of the major political parties -- the Conservatives (Faron Ellis and Peter Wo …
The Canadian Federal Election of 2011
The Canadian Federal Election of 2011 is a comprehensive analysis of all aspects of the campaign and election outcome. The chapters, written by leading academics, examine the strategies, successes, and failures of the major political parties — the Conservatives (Faron Ellis and Peter Woolstencroft), the Liberals (Brooke Jeffrey), the New Democrat …
The Canadian General Election of 1997
The General Election of 1997 did not turn out as Jean Chretien and the Liberal Party had planned. Chretien called an early election, believing that his party was in a position to retain the majority they had won in 1993. They got their majority, but just barely.
When the campaign began, the focus for many Canadians was the economy and job creation. …
The Canadian General Election of 2000
Many saw it as a gamble for Jean Chretien: against the advice of party members, he called an early election. But the gamble paid off, and the Liberal Party cruised to their third straight majority government.
The Canadian General Election of 2000 is the authoritative study of the campaign and election. As with previous volumes in the Canadian Genera …
The Canadian General Election of 2004
The Canadian General Election of 2004 is the definitive study of the campaign and the election. The 2004 edition includes analyses of:
- The campaigns of the 4 major parties and smaller parties
- The role of newspapers, television and the internet in the campaigns
- The pre-election polls
- Voting patterns across the country
- The rise in non-voting …
