Conventional Choices?

Maritime Leadership Politics, 1971–2003

AvIan Stewart,David K. Stewart

Inbunden, Engelska, 2007

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Selecting a leader is a momentous and defining choice for a politicalparty. Leaders symbolize their party and are a primary factor inelection outcomes. While much is known about the selection of nationalparty leaders, less is known about the provincial selection process,particularly in the Maritimes. Breaking new ground, ConventionalChoices examines twenty-five different leadership elections inthree maritime provinces. The analysis draws on an extraordinarily richdata set spanning thirty-two years to explore the backgrounds,attitudes, and motivations of those who select party leaders. It is animpressive study that offers fresh insights into leadership selectionand Maritime party politics.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2007-05-21
Mått:159 x 235 x undefined mm
Vikt:600 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:320
Förlag:University of British Columbia Press
ISBN:9780774813419
Utmärkelser:Short-listed for Canadian Political Science Association Donald Smiley Prize 2008

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Politiskt ledarskap inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Ian Stewart is a professor of political science atAcadia University and author of Roasting Chestnuts: The Mythologyof Maritime Political Culture. David K. Stewartis a professor of political science at the University of Calgary andauthor of Quasi-Democracy? Parties and Leadership Selection inAlberta.

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"A monumental achievement of impeccable scholarship. Conventional Choices combines astute quantitative analysis of a remarkably wideranging data set with a thorough familiarity with the secondary literature of Maritime (and Canadian) politics and an encyclopaedic culling of newspaper sources. The analysis is never less than sure-footed and the conclusions are insightful. It will take its place among the key contributions to Maritime politics and to the study of leadership conventions. - Graham White, author of Cabinets and First Ministers"

Innehållsförteckning

Tables and FiguresAcknowledgments1 Choosing Leaders2 The Conventions3 From J. Buchanan to A. Buchanan: Candidates and Voters4 Tourists or Partisans? Political Background and ElectorEngagement5 Leadership Election Support Patterns: Friends and Neighbours?6 Town versus Country: Urban Rural Divisions7 Brothers and Sisters? Gender-Based Voting at Party Conventions8 Inter- and Intraparty Attitudinal Differences9 Rebels without a Cause? Supporters of Fringe Candidates10 Going My Way? "Delivering" Votes after the FirstBallot11 Prince Edward Island and the Garden Myth12 New Brunswick: The Politics of Language13 Nova Scotia: The Challenge of Social Democracy14 The End of the Affair? Political Scientists and the DelegatedConvention15 ConclusionAppendix: Leadership Election Profiles for Nova Scotia, NewBrunswick, and Prince Edward IslandNotesBibliographyIndex