Times of Transformation
The 1921 Canadian General Election
Uniquely focused on Canada’s 1921 federal election, Times of Transformation recounts the many firsts that made this a watershed event and situates these within the global zeitgeist of post–Great War disillusionment and hope.
Ballots and Brawls
The 1867 Canadian General Election
Ballots and Brawls, the first book dedicated solely to Canada’s inaugural election in 1867, is an engaging look at the main players, regional concerns, and nationalistic ideals that characterized the country’s beginnings.
Shifting Gears
Canadian Autoworkers and the Changing Landscape of Labour Politics
Shifting Gears tells the story of how Canada’s largest private-sector union shifted its political strategy from an emphasis on transformative activism to transactional partnerships.
King and Chaos
The 1935 Canadian General Election
King and Chaos is the first close study of the issues, personalities, and significance of the 1935 federal election, a turning point that fractured the two-party system and permanently changed Canada’s political landscape.
The Political Party in Canada
The Political Party in Canada provides a comprehensive exploration of contemporary Canadian political party composition and organization and draws on rich original data to consider where power lies and how it is exercised.
Revival and Change
The 1957 and 1958 Diefenbaker Elections
Revival and Change is a compelling account of the elections, accomplishments, challenges, failures, and ultimate end of the Diefenbaker era.
Pivot or Pirouette?
The 1993 Canadian General Election
Pivot or Pirouette? The 1993 Canadian General Election tells the story of the most surprising election in Canadian history.
Inside the Local Campaign
Constituency Elections in Canada
With modern media and technology, the local campaign has made a comeback. Inside the Local Campaign pulls back the curtain on the inner workings of constituency-level campaigning during a Canadian federal election.
Whipped
Party Discipline in Canada
This revealing examination of the inner workings of party discipline exposes the machinery of message coordination that courses through Canadian legislatures and politics.
The Motivation to Vote
Explaining Electoral Participation
An original, parsimonious, and elegant explanation of why we vote or abstain in elections.
Identities and Interests
Race, Ethnicity, and Affinity Voting
Identities and Interests examines the electoral behaviour of racialized Canadians: how they self-identify, why they support minority candidates, and what these patterns mean for Canadian politics.
What’s Trending in Canadian Politics?
Understanding Transformations in Power, Media, and the Public Sphere
What’s Trending in Canadian Politics? explores the changing nature of political communication and democratic governance in a digital age.
The New NDP
Moderation, Modernization, and Political Marketing
The New NDP traces the tumultuous shift in federal New Democratic Party’s ideology and campaigning techniques in the opening decades of the twenty-first century.
Representation in Action
Canadian MPs in the Constituencies
Drawing on intensive observation of Canadian Members of Parliament in their constituencies, Representation in Action compellingly describes and accounts for the different ways MPs act as representatives of their constituents.
The Canadian Party System
An Analytic History
In this long-awaited book, Richard Johnston combines an arsenal of recently developed analytic tools with a deep understanding of history to makes sense of the Canadian party system.
Permanent Campaigning in Canada
This book provides a provocative look at the growth of non-stop election campaigning in Canada and its implications for Canadian democracy and how we are governed.
The Harper Era in Canadian Foreign Policy
Parliament, Politics, and Canada’s Global Posture
The first comprehensive analysis of Canadian foreign policy during the Harper era.
Brand Command
Canadian Politics and Democracy in the Age of Message Control
An eye-opening look at how political parties and the government use branding strategies and the implications that this has for Canadian democracy.
Big Tent Politics
The Liberal Party’s Long Mastery of Canada’s Public Life
How did Canada’s Liberal Party become one of the most successful parties in the democratic world? Will it be able to reinvent itself for the twenty-first century?
Framed
Media and the Coverage of Race in Canadian Politics
Framed shows how racialized news coverage influences the opportunities and experiences of political candidates and incumbents in Canada and, in turn, the outcomes of elections and democracy.
Parties and Party Systems
Structure and Context
Bridging a gap that has been too wide for too long, leading political scientists examine parties as organizations that exist within political systems.
Fighting for Votes
Parties, the Media, and Voters in an Ontario Election
This book shines a light on how parties, the media, and voters interacted during a recent Ontario election, providing one of the most complete accounts of a provincial election available.
Reviving Social Democracy
The Near Death and Surprising Rise of the Federal NDP
Focused on the NDP’s stunning 2011 breakthrough as Canada’s Official Opposition, this volume traces the party’s history from its emergence in the 1960s through moments of modernization and ideological refinement to its current presence in Canada.
Political Communication in Canada
Meet the Press and Tweet the Rest
This timely volume explores how Canadian political institutions, the media, and citizens are adapting to a fast-evolving media environment and the effects this is having on Canadian democracy.
Comparing Canada
Methods and Perspectives on Canadian Politics
This book examines how political scientists apply diverse comparative strategies to better understand Canadian political life.
Canadian Democracy from the Ground Up
Perceptions and Performance
The first of its kind, this book approaches the “democratic deficit” by assessing the performance of Parliament and the media in light of Canadians’ perceptions and expectations of their democracy.
Parties, Elections, and the Future of Canadian Politics
The first comprehensive account in decades of major party system change in Canada.
The Canadian Election Studies
Assessing Four Decades of Influence
A comprehensive review of the first four decades of the Canadian Election Studies, showing how this series of surveys is important in the study not only of Canadian politics but also of comparative electoral behavior.
Political Marketing in Canada
The first book-length exploration of how marketing tools and concepts are transforming elections and politics in Canada.
Grassroots Liberals
Organizing for Local and National Politics
By linking the grassroots activism of the constituencies with the federal and provincial Liberal parties, this book challenges the idea that Canada has two distinct political spheres – the provincial and the national.
Code Politics
Campaigns and Cultures on the Canadian Prairies
This book unravels the paradox of the Canadian prairies by explaining how the region’s three provinces developed such distinct political cultures.
Money, Politics, and Democracy
Canada’s Party Finance Reforms
This revealing volume examines the role of party finance reforms in shaping a period, since 2004, of political instability and successive minority governments in Canada.
Citizens Adrift
The Democratic Disengagement of Young Canadians
Citizens Adrift is a rich study of the generational decline in political involvement that offers recommendations as to how to stem the erosion of democratic life.
Auditing Canadian Democracy
The final volume of the Canadian Democratic Audit, this book presents a timely synthesis of the project’s findings and suggestions for democratic reform in Canada.
Voting Behaviour in Canada
Leading young scholars of Canadian political behaviour explore long- and short-term influences on voting behaviour and reveal the nuances and challenges of understanding election results in Canada and other modern democracies.
Opening Doors Wider
Women's Political Engagement in Canada
This book asks whether the doors to women’s participation in Canadian public life are more open than in the past and probes how they can be opened further.
Electing a Diverse Canada
The Representation of Immigrants, Minorities, and Women
Covering eleven cities as well as Canada’s Parliament, this book presents the most extensive analysis to date of the electoral representation of immigrants, minorities, and women in Canada.
Conventional Choices?
Maritime Leadership Politics, 1971–2003
Conventional Choices examines twenty-five different leadership elections over thirty-two years in three of Canada's maritime provinces to explore the backgrounds, attitudes, and motivations of those who select party leaders.
The Big Red Machine
How the Liberal Party Dominates Canadian Politics
Stephen Clarkson, one of Canada’s most respected political analysts, tells the engaging history of Canada’s leading political party, an insightful case study in Canadian political campaigning, and an ideal primer for the next federal election.
Pro-Family Politics and Fringe Parties in Canada
Pro-Family Politics and Fringe Parties in Canada explores the organizational and ideological nature of political parties that are initially formed to do the work of social movements.