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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Canadian politics"”.
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Locating the Growth Paradigm through Canadian Politics
… how deeply embedded the growth paradigm is in Canadian politics, but additional research into other election materials might fill that silence for a fuller picture of the growth paradigm’s discursive strategies. Even this partial understanding of how economic growth is normalized and …
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Identity Politicking: New Candidacies and Representations in Contemporary Canadian Politics
… question the extent to which identity matters in Canadian electoral politics at the municipal, provincial, and federal levels, bridging sociological understandings of power and authority with feminist analyses of identity. The project engages broadly with qualitative methods—discourse analysis, …
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The many faces of Rob Ford: the representation of politician deviance, dishonesty and denial
The discourse surrounding recent Canadian politics has involved the misbehaviour of Toronto’s former mayor, Rob Ford. Much of the information the public received about the antics of Ford is derived from media representations. The current inquiry sought to understand the treatment of Ford by the …
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Central Party Authority and Constituency Campaign Discipline in Canadian Federal Elections
Canadian political parties are known for their centralized power and strong party discipline (Godbout 2020; Marland 2020; Savoie 1999; 2019). However, there are conflicting expectations for how these tendencies are reflected during federal elections, which are composed of 338 distinct constituency …
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Direct and Indirect Effects of Authoritarianism on Policy Preferences in Canada
… Testing this model on data from the Canadian Election Study, I find evidence that authoritarianism cuts across the political spectrum; is not activated by threat, but rather has greater effects in the absence of threat; and is partially mediated by prejudice and ideology. This shines …
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Political Disaffection and the Decline of the Centre: Quantitative Text Analysis Approaches
… data. Text data from United Kingdom and Canadian lower house parliamentary transcripts (1990-2022; 1988-2022) and audio signal data are the basis for tests to assess whether claims made about anti-establishment political figures’ speech are correct.
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Creating Political Leaders: Lawyer Stories About Transitioning into Political Office in Canada
… are the most represented professional group inpolitics, therefore, a study of their transition acts as a good starting point in understanding the process. This study used the Nicholson Transition Cycle (NTC) to explore the transition of 65 lawyers into Canadian politics.</p> <p>Method. An …
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Consumption and Commodities: The Political Economy of Canada’s Growth Model
… disease), extreme trade dependence on the US (Canadian disease), and neoliberal reforms that curtailed federal industrial policy capacity. Politically, diminished manufacturing interests in Ontario and Quebec, coupled with resource-producing provinces’ growing influence, reshaped federal …
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Opening the Chamber: Daughters of the Vote and Political Ambition in Young Women
… factor to women’s underrepresentation in politics. Several women’s organizations have emerged to address the gender gap, but there is little empirical evidence on whether political encouragement, candidate training programs, and women’s political organizations effectively address these …