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Conventional Choices?: Maritime Leadership Politics, 1971–2003
Ian Stewart
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Description for Conventional Choices?: Maritime Leadership Politics, 1971–2003
Hardback. 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. Num Pages: 320 pages, approx. 12 figures, 56 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 4039. Weight in Grams: 581.
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.
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.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Vancouver, Canada
ISBN
9780774813419
SKU
V9780774813419
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About Ian Stewart
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.
Reviews for Conventional Choices?: Maritime Leadership Politics, 1971–2003
"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 ... Read more