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050 00 $aJL99$b.C68 1995
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100 1 $aCourtney, John C.$q(John Childs),$d1936-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86080656
245 10 $aDo conventions matter? :$bchoosing national party leaders in Canada /$cJohn C. Courtney.
246 30 $aChoosing national party leaders in Canada
260 $aMontreal ;$aBuffalo :$bMcGill-Queen's University Press,$c[1995], ©1995.
300 $axviii, 477 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [451]-465) and index.
505 00 $g1.$tIntroduction --$g2.$tTwo Generations of Leadership Conventions --$g3.$tA Party's Backstop: Leadership Review --$g4.$tMega-Bucks for Mega-Conventions --$g5.$t"Mediated" Conventions: From Print to Tube --$g6.$tThree Conventions in Four Years --$g7.$tWho's There? Representative Conventions --$g8.$tThe Demographics of Leadership --$g9.$tFrom Announcement Day to Acceptance Day: The Net Worth of Networks --$g10.$tWho Wins? Convention Coalitions --$g11.$tMail Order Leadership: One Member, One Vote --$g12.$tFederal Leadership Selection Reforms: The Wave of the Future? --$g13.$tDo Conventions Matter? Parties, Conventions and Canadian Democracy.
520 $aDo Conventions Matter? provides a complete overview of national party conventions in Canada. Courtney describes national party conventions from 1919 to 1993, including the selection of Stanfield, Trudeau, Broadbent, Clark, Mulroney, Turner, McLaughlin, Chretien, Campbell, and Manning. He compares leadership selection practices in Canada with those in the United States, Britain, and Australia, and shows that Canadian conventions remain a distinctive means of choosing party leaders.
520 8 $aFocusing on modern developments in the convention process, Courtney highlights changes in representation over the last thirty years, addresses criticisms about costs and delegate selection practices, and examines the role of the media. He concludes with an examination of the future of conventions in the context of Canadian democracy, given skyrocketing costs, the movement to reform political parties, and the push towards a universal membership vote.
520 8 $aHe argues convincingly that the objectives of greater representation and greater democracy explain both the emergence of our tradition of conventions to choose the leaders of federal parties and its possible demise in the near future.
650 0 $aPolitical conventions$zCanada.
650 0 $aPolitical conventions$zCanada$xHistory.
650 0 $aPrime ministers$xSelection and appointment$zCanada.
651 0 $aCanada$xPolitics and government$y20th century.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85019345
852 00 $bleh$hJL99$i.C68 1995g