About Amanda Bittner Amanda Bittner is a professor of political science and director of the Gender and Politics Laboratory at Memorial University. Books by Amanda Bittner Foundations of Canadian Political Behaviour Stability and Change in the Twenty-First Century edited by Amanda Bittner, J. Scott Matthews & Stuart Soroka Mothers and Others The Role of Parenthood in Politics edited by Melanee Thomas & Amanda Bittner Parties, Elections, and the Future of Canadian Politics edited by Amanda Bittner & Royce Koop Platform or Personality? The Role of Party Leaders in Elections by (author) Amanda Bittner