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Foundations of Canadian Political Behaviour : Stability and Change in the Twenty-First Century / ed. by Amanda Bittner, Stuart Soroka, J. Scott Matthews.

Banting, Keith, (contributor. ). Bibeau, Alexis, (contributor. ). Bittner, Amanda, (contributor, editor.). Blais, André, (contributor. ). Bodet, Marc André, (contributor. ). Carty, R. Kenneth, (contributor.). Cutler, Fred, (contributor.). Dufresne, Yannick, (contributor. ). Fournier, Patrick, (contributor. ). Johnston, Richard, (contributor.). Matthews, J. Scott , (editor, contributor.). O'neill, Brenda, (contributor.). Partheymüller, Julia, (contributor.). Peterson, David A.M., (contributor.). Pickup, Mark, (contributor.). Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger, (contributor.). Shafer, Byron E., (contributor.). Shugart, Matthew S., (contributor.). Soroka, Stuart, (contributor,, editor.). Staudt, Alexander, (contributor.). Struthers, Cory L., (contributor.). Wright, Matthew, (contributor.).

Summary:

Foundations of Canadian Political Behaviour aims to place contemporary Canadian electoral politics in comparative perspective, particularly with respect to its peers among the established democracies of western Europe and North America. The book pays tribute to political scientist Richard Johnston and his diverse contributions to the study of Canadian politics and electoral politics in general. Presenting original empirical research by leading Canadian and international scholars, the volume is organized around the three themes that animate Johnston's nearly five decades of scholarship: the impact of electoral and party systems on political conflict, change and persistence in the social foundations of party competition, and the role of election campaigns in voting behaviour. Chapters utilize diverse approaches, including quantitative analysis of survey data and electoral statistics, experimentation, systematic analysis of media content, historical narrative, and critical conceptual analyses. The book is anchored in general theoretical concerns; half of the chapters centre on Canadian cases, while half highlight key comparators including the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom.

Record details

ISBN: 9781487525118
Physical Description: 292 pages ; 23 cm
Publisher: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2024]
Copyright: ©2024

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- PART ONE Parties and Party Systems -- Canada in Comparative Context -- 1 The Two Faces of Canadian Party Politics -- 2 Modern American Politics: The Analytic History -- 3 Generalizing the Engine of Fragmentation: Quantitatively Modelling the Observed Contra-Duvergerian Patterns -- PART TWO Social Foundations: Understanding Traditional Questions through the Lens of Contemporary Contexts -- 4 Families and the Fate of Party Systems -- 5 Gods and Votes: A Granular Look at the Relationship between Religion and Voting Behaviour in Canada -- 6 Is Quebec's Distinctiveness an Artefact? -- 7 Concepts and Methods: How Definitions and Techniques Matter for Women's Political Participation -- 8 Multiculturalism Policy in the Vernacular: Public Opinion in Canada and the United States -- 9 Who Leads? The Delicate Dances of Party Elites and Partisans: Immigration Attitudes and Partisanship in Canada, 1980-2019 -- PART THREE CAMPAIGNS AND PERSUASION -- 10 Do Election Campaigns Tighten the Margin of Victory? A Cross-National Analysis -- 11 Voters, Media Biases, and Rolling Cross-Sections: Persuasive Effects of TV News on Party Evaluations in the 2005 to 2017 German Federal Elections -- 12 Media Image and Voter Perception of Candidates in the 2015 Canadian Election -- 13 Cognitive Preconditions for Direct Poll Effects on Voters: Evidence on Attention, Retention, and Judgments of Applicability -- Contributors

Language Note:

In English.