William P. Cross is a professor of political science at Carleton University. Among his many publications are Regional Battles, National Prize? Elections in a Federal State and Politics at the Centre: The Selection and Removal of Party Leaders in the Anglo Parliamentary Democracies, which received the 2013 Donald Smiley Prize. Scott Pruysers is an assistant professor of political science at Dalhousie University. His publications include The Personalization of Democratic Politics and the Challenge for Political Parties and The Promise and Challenge of Party Primary Elections. Rob Currie-Wood is an assistant professor of political science at St. Francis Xavier University. He is a recipient of the Canadian Study of Parliament Group Charles B. Koester student essay prize and has been published in the Canadian Journal of Political Science and Political Geography.

• 1 Political Parties and their Place in Canadian Democratic Life2 The Parties' Members3 The Parties' Local Associations4 The Parties' Candidates5 The Parties' Donors6 The Party in Central Office7 The Party in Public Office8 Political Parties and the Challenges of Complexity, Representation, and PersonalizationAfterword; Appendix; Notes; References; Index

William P. Cross is a professor of political science at Carleton University. Among his many publications are Regional Battles, National Prize? Elections in a Federal State and Politics at the Centre: The Selection and Removal of Party Leaders in the Anglo Parliamentary Democracies, which received the 2013 Donald Smiley Prize. Scott Pruysers is an assistant professor of political science at Dalhousie University. His publications include The Personalization of Democratic Politics and the Challenge for Political Parties and The Promise and Challenge of Party Primary Elections. Rob Currie-Wood is an assistant professor of political science at St. Francis Xavier University. He is a recipient of the Canadian Study of Parliament Group Charles B. Koester student essay prize and has been published in the Canadian Journal of Political Science and Political Geography.

• 1 Political Parties and their Place in Canadian Democratic Life2 The Parties' Members3 The Parties' Local Associations4 The Parties' Candidates5 The Parties' Donors6 The Party in Central Office7 The Party in Public Office8 Political Parties and the Challenges of Complexity, Representation, and PersonalizationAfterword; Appendix; Notes; References; Index

William P. Cross is a professor of political science at Carleton University. Among his many publications are Regional Battles, National Prize? Elections in a Federal State and Politics at the Centre: The Selection and Removal of Party Leaders in the Anglo Parliamentary Democracies, which received the 2013 Donald Smiley Prize. Scott Pruysers is an assistant professor of political science at Dalhousie University. His publications include The Personalization of Democratic Politics and the Challenge for Political Parties and The Promise and Challenge of Party Primary Elections. Rob Currie-Wood is an assistant professor of political science at St. Francis Xavier University. He is a recipient of the Canadian Study of Parliament Group Charles B. Koester student essay prize and has been published in the Canadian Journal of Political Science and Political Geography.

• 1 Political Parties and their Place in Canadian Democratic Life2 The Parties' Members3 The Parties' Local Associations4 The Parties' Candidates5 The Parties' Donors6 The Party in Central Office7 The Party in Public Office8 Political Parties and the Challenges of Complexity, Representation, and PersonalizationAfterword; Appendix; Notes; References; Index