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Whipped: Party Discipline in Canada

by Alex Marland
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9780774864978
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
  • Publisher Imprint: University of British Columbia Press
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  • Pages: 480
  • Original Price: USD 37.95
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 617 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): World / Canadian

Canadians often see politicians as little more than trained seals who vote on command and repeat robotic talking points. Politicians are torn by dilemmas of loyalty to party versus loyalty to voters. Whipped examines the hidden ways that political parties exert control over elected members of Canadian legislatures. Drawing on extensive interviews with politicians and staffers across the country, award-winning author Alex Marland explains why Members of Parliament and provincial legislators toe the party line, and shows how party discipline has expanded into message discipline. He recounts stories from Prime Minister Brian Mulroney's drive for caucus cohesion in the 1980s through to the turmoil that the SNC-Lavalin crisis wrought on Justin Trudeau and the Liberal Party in 2019. From caucus meetings to vote instructions, this book exposes how democracy works in our age of instant communication and political polarization. Filled with political tips, Whipped is a must-read for anyone interested in the real world of Canadian politics.

Marland, Alex: - Alex Marland is professor of political science at Memorial University in Newfoundland and Labrador and author or editor of several books, including Whipped: Party Discipline in Canada. Thierry Giasson is professor of political science and director of the Groupe de recherche en communication politique at Université Laval in Québec and also the author or editor of many books on Canadian politics.

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