On the Study of Political Parties in Canada
In: Canadian journal of political science: CJPS = Revue canadienne de science politique : RCSP, Volume 22, Issue 2, p. 389-400
ISSN: 0008-4239
A review essay on books by: Janine Brodie & Jane Jenson, Crisis, Challenge and Change: Party and Class in Canada Revisited (Ottawa: Carleton U Press, 1988); Alain G. Gagnon & A. Brian Tanguay (Eds), Canadian Parties in Transition: Discourse, Organization, Representation (Scarborough: Nelson, 1989); George Perlin (Ed), Party Democracy in Canada: The Politics of National Party Conventions (Scarborough: Prentice-Hall, 1988); & Joseph Wearing, Strained Relations: Canadian Parties and Voters (Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1988 [see listings in IRPS No. 53]). Political parties in Canada are analyzed utilizing neo-Marxist political economy & political sociology approaches. Each work's interpretation of the development of parties, the role of elites, & the issue of representation, as well as research methodology, are evaluated. T. Francis