Electoral Politics

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Roots Run Deep

Roots Run Deep

From: Visionaries, Crusaders, and Firebrands

Examines the roots of the NDP party. Looks at J.D. Woodsworth and William Irvine’s role in the political landscape of their time. Specifically analyzes the Agrarian Revolt, early … 32 $3.20 Add
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Social Media
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Social Media

Part 4. Getting Your Story Out

From: Women Winning Office

In Social Media Nash explores how social media has revolutionized political engagement in recent years. The chapter explores how social media can be used in campaigning, as effective Social Media … 10 $1.00 Add
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Still Waiting for an Internet Prime Minister: Online Campaigning by Canadian Political Parties

From: Election

Examination of Internet use in the 2008 federal election to support an argument that online campaigning by Canada’s main political parties has not kept pace with evolving technology. 26 $2.60 Add
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Taking Care of Yourself
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Taking Care of Yourself

Part 5. Campaigning

From: Women Winning Office

In Taking Care of Yourself Nash stresses the importance of work life balance in the life of a politician. In this chapter Nash explores the realities of day-to-day political life, ways to help … 6 $0.60 Add
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The Business of Politics

The Business of Politics

From: Visionaries, Crusaders, and Firebrands

Reactions from outside the CCF circles to the Regina Manifesto and the written policy of the party. Looks at the lack of money and organization that the party faced but highlights reform measures … 33 $3.30 Add
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The Day After
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The Day After

Part 6. The Election

From: Women Winning Office

In The Day After Nash discusses what happens after the election, which can sometimes be as gruelling as the campaign itself. The chapter discusses what happens after with the media, the signs, … 5 $0.50 Add
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The Effects of Information and Social Cleavages: Explaining Issues Attitudes and Vote Choice in Canada

The Effects of Information and Social Cleavages: Explaining Issues Attitudes and Vote Choice in Canada

From: Essential Readings in Canadian Government and Politics, 2nd Edition

2007 article by Amanda Bittner examining how social group identity and varying levels of information influence voting choices of individuals. ; ; 8 $0.80 Add
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The Electoral System and the Party System in Canada, 1921–1965

The Electoral System and the Party System in Canada, 1921–1965

From: Essential Readings in Canadian Government and Politics, 2nd Edition

1968 paper by Alan Cairns suggesting that the electoral system has played a major role in the evolution of parties, and that the party system has not necessarily been an important nationalizing agency. ; ; 7 $0.70 Add
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The Higher the Fewer: Women’s Participation in Major Party Organizations

The Higher the Fewer: Women’s Participation in Major Party Organizations

From: Essential Readings in Canadian Government and Politics, 2nd Edition

Excerpt of a 1985 book by Sylvia Bashevkin, Toeing the Lines, in which she demonstrates that women continue to be underrepresented in federal and provincial legislatures in Canada. ; ; 6 $0.60 Add
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The Party System

The Party System

From: Essential Readings in Canadian Government and Politics, 2nd Edition

1990 article by Janine Brody and Jane Jenson arguing that the Canadian electorate’s support of political parties is not modernized but continues to be differentiated by religion, language … ; ; 6 $0.60 Add
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The Politics of Choosing

The Politics of Choosing

From: The Politics of Voting

Review of debates regarding choices about the means to pursue reform, which jurisdictions should be subject to reform, and whether to reform both houses of the federal Parliament. 25 $2.50 Add
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The Politics of Tecumseh Corners: Canadian Political Parties as Franchise Organizations

The Politics of Tecumseh Corners: Canadian Political Parties as Franchise Organizations

From: Essential Readings in Canadian Government and Politics, 2nd Edition

Excerpt of a 2002 address by R. Kenneth Carty comparing the effect of local interests on national political parties to the operation of a franchise organization. ; ; 6 $0.60 Add
The Politics of Voting

The Politics of Voting

Reforming Canada's Electoral System

The Politics of Voting: Reforming Canada’s Electoral System is a timely examination of Canada’s voting system by one of Canada’s leading authorities on electoral reform. In a … 227 View
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The Politics of Voting

The Politics of Voting

From: Essential Readings in Canadian Government and Politics, 2nd Edition

Excerpt of a 2007 book by Dennis Pilon setting out its two main themes of broadening the current terms of the Canadian voting system component of electoral reform debates and making politics … ; ; 7 $0.70 Add
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The Politics of Voting-System Reform in Canada

The Politics of Voting-System Reform in Canada

From: The Politics of Voting

Assessment of why voting system reform is political, and how an understanding of those politics is necessary for effective reform. 21 $2.10 Add
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The Spanish Coup

The Spanish Coup

From: A Communist for the RCMP

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