Conventional Choices?
Maritime Leadership Politics, 1971-2003
Published on 21. May 2007
Book
Hardback
320 pages
978-0-7748-1341-9 (ISBN)
Description
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.
Reviews / Votes
"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"More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Vancouver
Canada
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Illustrations
12 b&w illustrations, 56 tables
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 159 mm
Weight
600 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7748-1341-9 (9780774813419)
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Persons
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.
Content
Tables and Figures
Acknowledgments
1 Choosing Leaders
2 The Conventions
3 From J. Buchanan to A. Buchanan: Candidates and Voters
4 Tourists or Partisans? Political Background and ElectorEngagement
5 Leadership Election Support Patterns: Friends and Neighbours?
6 Town versus Country: Urban Rural Divisions
7 Brothers and Sisters? Gender-Based Voting at Party Conventions
8 Inter- and Intraparty Attitudinal Differences
9 Rebels without a Cause? Supporters of Fringe Candidates
10 Going My Way? "Delivering" Votes after the FirstBallot
11 Prince Edward Island and the Garden Myth
12 New Brunswick: The Politics of Language
13 Nova Scotia: The Challenge of Social Democracy
14 The End of the Affair? Political Scientists and the DelegatedConvention
15 Conclusion
Appendix: Leadership Election Profiles for Nova Scotia, NewBrunswick, and Prince Edward Island
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments
1 Choosing Leaders
2 The Conventions
3 From J. Buchanan to A. Buchanan: Candidates and Voters
4 Tourists or Partisans? Political Background and ElectorEngagement
5 Leadership Election Support Patterns: Friends and Neighbours?
6 Town versus Country: Urban Rural Divisions
7 Brothers and Sisters? Gender-Based Voting at Party Conventions
8 Inter- and Intraparty Attitudinal Differences
9 Rebels without a Cause? Supporters of Fringe Candidates
10 Going My Way? "Delivering" Votes after the FirstBallot
11 Prince Edward Island and the Garden Myth
12 New Brunswick: The Politics of Language
13 Nova Scotia: The Challenge of Social Democracy
14 The End of the Affair? Political Scientists and the DelegatedConvention
15 Conclusion
Appendix: Leadership Election Profiles for Nova Scotia, NewBrunswick, and Prince Edward Island
Notes
Bibliography
Index