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Wearing Strained Relations (Oxford)
McClelland & Stewart 1988 0771088922 / 9780771088926 Paperback Like New
"Paperback, Like New, no spine or cover creases, clean, tight, unmarked, 0() Many Canadians, including political critics and commentators, assume that Canadian political parties ought to behave like parties in the U.S. or Britain. In Strained Relations, Professor Joseph Wearing puts our parties into a broader, comparative perspective and demonstrates convincingly how they resemble parties of other Western nations, but also exhibit unique features. He examines the ideological and historical roots of Canadian politics, explains why we vote the way we do, presents the seamy side of our political life, reveals the internal operations of caucus, and shows how party conventions work. Our system is now hugely influenced by the presence of the media. Today, elections are no longer simple contests to win voters through the logic of policy proposals. The game of politics is now a highly sophisticated and expensive contest between the parties and the media to see who controls who. It is, a ID: mon0000003650"
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