{"product_id":"rebuilding-canadian-party-politics-r-kenneth-carty-9780774807777","title":"Rebuilding Canadian Party Politics","description":"\u003cp\u003eCanadian party politics collapsed in the early 1990s. This book is about that collapse, about the end of a party system, with a unique pattern of party organization and competition, that had governed Canada's national politics for several decades, and about the ongoing struggle to build its successor. \u003ci\u003eRebuilding Canadian Party Politics\u003c\/i\u003e discusses the breakdown of the old party system, the emergence of the Reform Party and the Bloc Québécois, and the fate of the Conservative and New Democratic Parties. It focuses on the internal workings of parties in this new era, examining the role of professionals, new technologies, and local activists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo understand the ambiguities of our current party system, the authors attended local and national party meetings, nomination and leadership meetings, and campaign kick-off rallies. They visited local campaign offices to observe the parties' grassroots operations and conducted interviews with senior party officials, pollsters, media and advertising specialists, and leader-tour directors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in a lively and accessible style, this book will interest students of party politics and Canadian political history, as well as general readers eager to make sense of the changes reshaping national politics today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e R. Kenneth Carty\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0774807776\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780774807777\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of British Columbia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/10\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.18lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.94h x 6.28w x 0.95d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2000 pg. 134","brand":"R. Kenneth Carty","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086847881471,"sku":"9780774807777","price":105.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e9d3f1f1-e79c-40ac-9801-e681a484890a.jpg?v=1769096933","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/rebuilding-canadian-party-politics-r-kenneth-carty-9780774807777","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}