Across the aisle : opposition in Canadian politics /
"How do parties with official opposition status influence Canadian politics? Across the Aisle is an innovative examination of the theory and practice of opposition in Canada, both in Parliament and in provincial legislatures. Extending from the pre-Confederation era to the present day, it focus...
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| 格式: | Licensed eBooks |
| 語言: | 英语 |
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Toronto [Ont.] :
University of Toronto Press
2013.
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| 在線閱讀: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3138/j.ctt5hjw13 |
| 總結: | "How do parties with official opposition status influence Canadian politics? Across the Aisle is an innovative examination of the theory and practice of opposition in Canada, both in Parliament and in provincial legislatures. Extending from the pre-Confederation era to the present day, it focuses on whether Canada has developed a coherent tradition of parliamentary opposition. David E. Smith argues that Canada has in fact failed to develop such a tradition. He investigates several possible reasons for this failure, including the long dominance of the Liberal party, which arrested the tradition of viewing the opposition as an alternative government; periods of minority government induced by the proliferation of parties; the role of the news media, which have largely displaced Parliament as a forum for commentary on government policy; and, finally, the increasing popularity of calls for direct action in politics. Readers of Across the Aisle will gain a renewed understanding of official opposition that goes beyond Stornoway and shadow cabinets, illuminating both the historical evolution and recent developments of opposition politics in Canada."--Pub. desc. |
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| 實物描述: | 1 online resource (xiii, 228 pages) |
| 參考書目: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-217) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781442668010 1442668016 9781442668027 1442668024 9781442647367 |