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In this collection, J.P. Lewis and Joanna Everitt bring together a group of up-and coming-political scientists as well as senior scholars to explore the recent history of the Conservative Party of Canada, covering the pre-merger period (1993-2003) and both the minority and majority governments under Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
List of contents
Chapter 1
Introduction
J.P. Lewis and Joanna Everitt
Chapter 2
Ideology, Strategy, and Organization in the Conservative Party of Canada
James Farney and Royce Koop
Chapter 3
The Conservative Turn Among the Canadian Electorate
Eric Bélanger and Laura Stephenson
Chapter 4
Private over public: A conservative approach to interest advocacy
Nicole Goodman
Chapter 5
Political Players or Partisan Pawns? Immigrants, Minorities and Conservatives in Canada
Erin Tolley
Chapter 6
Equality of Opportunity but not Result: Women and Federal Conservatives in Canada
Melanee Thomas
Chapter 7
With or Without You: Quebec, the Conservative Movement, and the Pursuit of Majority Government
Kate Puddister and James Kelly
Chapter 8
Protecting Private Property Regimes and ‘Canadian’ Territory: Conservative Approaches to Understanding and Reconciling Indigenous Claims to Land and Governance
Michael McCrossan
Chapter 9
The message despite the media? Conservative parties’ relationship with the press
Andrea Lawlor
Chapter 10
Conservative with the Constitution? Moderation, Strategy, and Institutional Distrust
Emmett Macfarlane
Chapter 11
More Than a Terrain of Struggle: Parliament as Ideological Instrument and Objective Under Conservatism
Jonathan Malloy
Chapter 12
A Wolf in Wolf’s Clothing: The Stephen Harper Ministry
J.P. Lewis
Chapter 13
Federal Feet and Provincial Pools: The Conservatives and Federalism in Canada
Anna Esselment
Chapter 14
Stephen Harper and the Radicalization of Canadian Foreign Policy
Shaun Narine
Chapter 15
Conclusion: A Moderate Turn to the Right With At Least One Enduring Consequence
Peter Russell
About the author
J.P. Lewis is an assistant professor in the Department of History and Politics at the University of New Brunswick.
Joanna Everitt is a professor and Dean of the Faculty of Arts at the University of New Brunswick.
Summary
In this collection, J.P. Lewis and Joanna Everitt bring together a group of up-and coming-political scientists as well as senior scholars to explore the recent history of the Conservative Party of Canada, covering the pre-merger period (1993–2003) and both the minority and majority governments under Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
