The study of political behaviour in Canada has often focused largely on parties and voting; Citizen Politics seeks to expand that definition of political behaviour to encompass behaviouralsim as a method of inquiry, as well as a focus of inquiry which includes; political culture, public opinion,
voting and elections, political participation, leaders and activists, and interest groups and social movements. In the past fifteen years since a Canadian political behaviour text was last published, the field has changed immensely, and this collection reflects these changes. Women are examined as
independent political actors, the importance of the media to voting and elections is investigated; the uniqueness of immigrant and ethnic minority participation in Canadian politics is discussed, and new social movements are examined.
Each section begins with an essay that synthesizes
the important research and arguments that inform each subfield. These are followed by two or more essays of original, contemporary research which inform students of critical new approaches and provide examples of how research in the field of political behaviour is conducted. The editors begin the
volume with an essay that discusses what political behaviour is, how the study is done, and why it is important as a field of study, and they end the book with an examination of the state of the field in Canada today and an assessment of tomorrow's challenges.
Preface
Section I: Behavioural Methods
1. Brenda O'Neill (University of Manitoba) and Joanna Everitt (University of New Brunswick): The Study of Canadian Political Behaviour: What is it? How do you do it? And why bother?
Section II: Political Culture
2. Ian
Stewart (Acadia University): Vanishing Points: Three Paradoxes of Political Culture Research
3. Brenda O'Neill: Sugar and Spice? Political Culture and the Political Behaviour of Canadian Women
4. Neil Nevitte (University of Toronto) and Mebs Kanji (University of Calgary): Canadian
Political and Value Change
Section III: Public Opinion
5. Elisabeth Gidengil (McGill University): Bringing Politics Back In: Recent Developments in the Study of Public Opinion in Canada
6. Patrick Fournier (University of Montreal): The Uninformed Canadian Voter
7. Joanna
Everitt: Gender Gaps on Social Welfare Issues: Why do Women Care?
8. Donald E. Blake (University of British Columbia): Personal Values and Environmental Attitudes
9. Pierre Martin, and Richard Nadeau, both at the University of Montreal: Understanding Opinion Formation in Quebec
Sovereignty
Section IV: Voting and Elections
10. Keith Archer (Univeristy of Calgary) and Mebs Kanji: Voting Theory and Their Applicability in Canada
11. Andre Blais (University of Montreal), Neil Nevitte, Elisabeth Gidengil, and Richard Nadeau: Do Party Supporters Differ?
12. Munroe Eagles (State University of New York at Buffalo): Ecological Factors and Voting
13. Richard Jenkins (University of British Columbia): The Media, Voters, and Election Campaigns: The Reform Party and the 1993 Election
14. Sandra Burt (University of Waterloo): The Concept of
Political Participation
15. Lawrence LeDuc (University of Toronto): Consulting the People: The Canadian Experience with Referendums
16. Yasmeen Abu Laban (University of Alberta): Challenging the Gendered Veritical Mosaic: Immigrants, Ethnic Minorities, Gender, and Political
Participation
17. Louise Carbert (Dalhousie University): Building Social Capital: Civic Engagement in Farm Communities
Section VI: Leaders and Activists
18. Anthony Sayers (University of Calgary): The Study of Political Leaders and Activists
19. David Stewart (University
of Alberta): Electing a Premier: An Examination of the 1992 Alberta PC Universal Ballot
20. David Docherty (Wilfrid Laurier University): Political Careers in Canada
21. Jerome Black (McGill University): Representation in the Parliament of Canada: The Case of Ethnoracial Minorities
22.
William Cross (Mount Allison University): Grassroots Participation in Candidate Nominations
Section VII: Interest Groups and Social Movements
23. Jacquetta Newman (Wifrid Laurier University) and A. Brian Tanguay (Wilfrid Laurier University): Crashing the Party: The Politics of
Interest Groups and Social Movements
24. Lisa Young (University of Calgary): Going Mainstream? The Women's Movement and Political Parties in Canada and the US
25. Lorna Stefanick (University of Alberta): New Social Movements and the Environmental Policy Process: The Case of Alberta's
Castle Wilderness Area Institutions
Section VIII: Conclusion
26. Joanna Everitt and Brenda O'Neill: Canadian Political Behaviour, Past and Present
Contributors
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Joanna Everitt is an Associate professor of politics at the University of New Brunswick - Saint John Campus. Her research focuses on gender differences in public opinion; women, media and leadership evaluation; and voting behaviour. She has published in journals such as Press/Politics, Women
and Politics, the Canadian Journal of Political Science, and the Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology.
Brenda O'Neill is Assistant Professor of Political Studies at the Univesity of Manitoba. Her research has examined gender as a defining factor in public opinion and political
behaviour. Recent publications can be found in the International Journal of Canadian Studies (1998) and the Canadian Journal of Political Science.
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