Isbn: 9780802063205 - the government party: organizing and financing the liberal party of canada 1930-58 (heritage) (8 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Good. 536 pages. cover worn, pagedge foxed and soiled, text in good conditionThe Liberal party has dominated Canadian politics for most of this century. F rom the 1930s to the late 1950s, under the leadership of Mackenzie King and Loui s St Laurent, the Liberals were almost unchallenged in their hold on national of fice, and in their influence on the Canadian state and Canadian public life. The Government Party traces the evolution of the party structure with special emphasis on organization both during and between elections, the relationship of the party organization to the parliamentary leadership, and the connections bet ween the party and corporate capitalism through the mechanisms of party finance. Particular emphasis is placed on the role of political patronage and the linkag es between government contracts and financial support for the party. The emergen ce of advertising agencies as publicity instruments of the party is examined in detail.The second part of the study deals with federal-provincial relatio ns within the Liberal party, especially the relationship between the national pa rty and its provincial counterparts in Quebec and Ontario. Some implications of federal-provincial intraparty conflict for the role of the national party are co nsidered in detail.As a result of its long domination of politics, the Li beral party virtually fused with the state in the war and postwar period ? wit h consequent bureaucratization of politics, a blurring of lines between party, s tate, and the corporate sector, and serious implications for Canadian liberal de mocracy. The Liberal party became less and less a ?Liberal? party and more a nd more simply the party of government.This is the first account of the o perations of one of Canada?s major political institutions. Professor Whitaker.…

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. The Government Party | Organizing and Financing the Liberal Party of Canada 1930-58 | Reginald Whitaker | Taschenbuch | Einband - flex.(Paperback) | Englisch | 1977 | University of Toronto Press | EAN 9780802063205 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Mare Nostrum Group B.V., Doelen 72, 4831 GR BREDA, NIEDERLANDE, gpsr[at]mare-nostrum[dot]co[dot]uk | Anbieter: preigu.…