Conventional choices : Maritime leadership politics / Ian Stewart and David K. Stewart.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stewart, Ian, 1953 July 2-
Language:English
Published: Vancouver : UBC Press, [2007], ©2007.
Subjects:
Political parties > Maritime Provinces.
Elections > Maritime Provinces.
Political leadership > Maritime Provinces.
Political conventions > Maritime Provinces.
Maritime Provinces > Politics and government.
Leadership > Maritime Provinces.
Physical Description:xii, 305 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Choosing leaders
  • The conventions
  • From J. Buchanan to A. Buchanana: candidates and voters
  • Tourists or partisans? Political background and leadership election engagement
  • Leadership election support patterns: friends and neighbours?
  • Town versus country: urban-rural divisions
  • Brothers and sisters? Gender-based voting at party conventions
  • Inter- and intraparty attitudinal differences
  • Rebels without a cause? Supporters of fringe candidates
  • Going my way? "Delivering" votes after the first ballot
  • Prince Edward Island and the garden myth
  • New Brunswick: the politics of language
  • Nova Scotia: the challenge of social democracy
  • The end of the affair? Political scientists and the delegated convention
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix: Leadership election profiles for Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island.