Winning and Keeping Power in Canadian Politics

In this work, the authors employ a series of experiments to assess the strategies used to win elections and stay in power once elected.

List of contents

List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Appendices
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. An Overview of Winning and Keeping Power in Canadian Politics
Part One: Winning Power - Election Campaigns
2. Going Negative in Canadian Federal Elections
3. Political Scandals
4. Candidate Endorsements
5. The Quality of Local Candidates
Part Two: Keeping Power - Public Opinion and Incumbency
6. Parliamentary Configurations and Assigning Political Responsibility
7. Election Timing
8. The Supreme Court of Canada, Parliament, and the Role of Experts
9. Framing Public Budgeting
10. Political Apologies
11. Reflections, Recommendations, and Future Research

About the author

Jason Roy is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at Wilfrid Laurier University.

Christopher Alcantara is a professor in the Department of Political Science at Western University.

Summary

In this work, the authors employ a series of experiments to assess the strategies used to win elections and stay in power once elected.

Product details

• Authors: Christopher Alcantara, Jason Roy, Jason Alcantara Roy
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2020
• EAN: 9781487525019
• ISBN: 978-1-4875-2501-9
• No. of pages: 264
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Kanada, Politische Strukturen und Prozesse, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Politics / Current Events, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Campaigns & Elections, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Canadian