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Do 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.
Focusing 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.
He 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.
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Canada, Political conventions, History, Partijcongressen, Congrès politiques, Parteiführer, Kandidatenaufstellung, Kandidaatstelling, Elections, POLITICAL SCIENCE, General, Chefs de parti politique, Political Process, Partijleiders, Histoire, Premiers ministres, Politique et gouvernement, Sélection et nomination, Political Parties, Parteitag, Canada, politics and government, Politics and government, Prime ministers, Selection and appointmentShowing 2 featured editions. View all 2 editions?
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Do Conventions Matter?: Choosing National Party Leaders in Canada
1995, McGill-Queen's University Press
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0773565698 9780773565692
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Do conventions matter?: choosing national party leaders in Canada
Sep 13, 1995, Brand: Mcgill Queens Univ Pr, McGill-Queen's University Press
0773513582 9780773513587
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [375]-465) and index.
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