Political Science Political Parties
The Canadian Party System
An Analytic History
- Publisher
- UBC Press
- Initial publish date
- Sep 2017
- Category
- Political Parties, Canadian
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780774836074
- Publish Date
- Sep 2017
- List Price
- $55.00
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780774836081
- Publish Date
- Jan 2019
- List Price
- $34.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780774836098
- Publish Date
- Sep 2017
- List Price
- $125.00
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Description
The Canadian party system is a deviant case among the Anglo-American democracies. Unruly and inscrutable, it is a system that defies logic and classification – until now. In this political science tour de force, Richard Johnston makes sense of the Canadian party system. With a keen eye for history and deft use of recently developed analytic tools, he articulates a series of propositions that underpin the system. For its combination of historical breadth and data-intensive rigour, The Canadian Party System is a rare achievement. Its findings shed light on the main puzzles of the Canadian case, while contesting the received wisdom of the comparative study of parties, elections, and electoral systems elsewhere.
About the author
Richard Johnston is Canada Research Chair in Public Opinion, Elections, and Representation at the University of British Columbia.
Awards
- Winner, 2019, Winner - Lipset Prize, American Politics Association
- Short-listed, 2018, Shortlisted - The Donald Smiley Prize, Canadian Political Science Association
Editorial Reviews
Johnston has written a book that will be required reading for students of Canadian politics for decades to come. In identifying and explaining the role of the Liberal and Conservative parties and their relationship to Québec, while also highlighting the importance of what he calls ‘insurgent’ third parties, Johnston provides a valuable explanatory framework for the unique nature of Canada’s party system.
The Ormsby Review
By tackling the big claims regarding parties, elections, and electoral systems in Canada, and by placing his analysis in a comparative framework, Johnston has done the discipline a huge service[…]Simply put, The Canadian Party System is foundational reading.
The Canadian Historical Review
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