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A unique and innovative study, Roasting Chestnuts seeks to demystify Maritime politics and expose the flimsy basis for many of the region's lasting political stereotypes.
List of contents
Tables and Figures
Acknowledgments
1 Introduction
2 Simeon and Elkins Revisited: Regional Political Cultures in Canada
3 Across the Great Divide: The Nova Scotia-New Brunswick Boundary
4 Free-Floating Failure: The NDP in the Maritimes
5 On Faith Alone: Petty Electoral Corruption on Prince Edward Island
6 Liberals and Conservatives in Noval Scotia: Not a Case of Tweedledum and Tweedledee (with David Stewart)
7 Canada's First Boat People: The Legacy of the United Empire Loyalists
8 Federalism and Provincial Elections: Prince Edward Island Joins the Canadian Mainstream
9 Pressing the Right Buttons: The Nova Scotia Liberals and Tele-Democracy (with Agar Adamson and Bruce Beaton)
10 Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the author
Ian Stewart is a professor in the Department of Political Science at Acadia University.
Summary
A unique and innovative study, Roasting Chestnuts seeks to demystify Maritime politics and expose the flimsy basis for many of the region's lasting political stereotypes.
