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Alignment, Realignment, and Dealignment in Canada: The View From Above.
- Source :
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Canadian Journal of Political Science / Revue Canadienne de Science Politique . Jun2013, Vol. 46 Issue 2, p245-271. 27p. - Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- The Canadian party system exhibits both “stable dealignment,” defined as directionless volatility and relative stability. But the boundary between the system's orderly and disorderly parts is not that clear in conventional wisdom, which contrasts big, inclusive parties with small parties representing ideas or interests. In fact, the relatively stable parties have been the NDP and the Liberals, in contrast to the Conservatives and a rotating cast of province- or region-specific insurgents. Volatility is a feature mainly of Quebec and the West and is greater in federal than in provincial elections. But geographic divergence is greater in provincial elections. The paper proposes a research program to account for Canada's coexistence of opposites. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00084239
- Volume :
- 46
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Canadian Journal of Political Science / Revue Canadienne de Science Politique
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 90594269
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1017/S0008423913000474