Arising from a conference held at the University of Calgary in honour of Mildred Schwartz, Regionalism and Party Politics in Canada brings together current scholarship on regionalism and parties in order to make sense of the transition of the party system. Canada's party system is clearly in a
state of flux: we are moving from the two-and-a -half party system that has dominated the country for most of the past century to something new. A look at the current Parliament suggests that regionalism has become the most dominant and important cleavage in Canada. Divided into four sections, the
text first examines different approaches to the study of regionalism. It then moves on to the place of regionalism in Canadian society before turning towards regionalism's relationship to the Canadian party system. The volume concludes with an examination of how Canada compare with the rest of the
world in terms of the regionalsim of its parties and party systems.
Foreword: Revisiting Regionalism and Political PartiesMildred Schwartz, University of Illinois, Chicago:
Lisa Young, Jennifer Stewart, and Keith Archer, all at University of Calgary: Introduction
Part I: Approaches to the Study of Regionalism
Introduction
Chapter 1.
Munroe Eagles, State University of New York, Buffalo: Political Geography and the Study of Regionalism
Chapter 2. Harry Hiller, University of Calgary: Region as a Social Construction
Part II: Understanding Contemporary Canadian Regionalism
Introduction
Chapter 3. Harold Clarke,
University of North Texas, Jon Pammett, Carleton University, and Marianne Stewart, University of Calgary: The Forest for the Trees: Regional (Dis)Similarity and Political Culture in Contemporary Culture
Chapter 4. Shawn Henry, University of Calgary: Revisiting Western Alienation
Chapter 5.
Barry Cooper, University of Calgary: Regionalism, Political Culture and Canadian Political Myths
Part III: Regionalism and the Canadian Party System
Introduction
Chapter 6. William Cross, Mount Allison University: The Increasing Importance of Region to Canadian Election Campaigns
Chapter 7. David Laycock, Simon Fraser University: Making Sense of Reform as a Western Party
Chapter 8. Joseph Wearing, Trent University: Has Ontario Become the Liberal Party's 'Solid Centre'?
Chapter 9. David Stewart, University of Alberta: Political Realignment in Atlantic Canada
Part IV: Comparative Perspectives on Canadian Regionalism
Introduction
Chapter 10. Hudson Meadwell, McGill University: When Voice Encourages Exit
Chapter 11. Anthony M. Sayers, University of Calgary: Regionalism, Political Parties and Parliamentary Politics in Canada and
Australia
Chapter 12. Livianna Tossutti, University of Windsor: Regionalism in an Age of Globalization
Notes on Contributors
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Lisa Young is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Calgary. She is author of Feminists and Pary Politics and co-author with R. Kenneth Carty and William Cross of Rebuiliding Canadian Party Politics. She has published articles in Party Politics, Canadian Public Policy,
and the Canadian Journal of Political Science. Her research interests include political parties, women in politics, social movements and electoral law and regulation. Keith Archer specializes in the study of voting and elections, political parties and political leadership. He joing the Department of
Political Science at the University of Calgary in 1984. He has served as Associate Dean (Research) in Social Sciences, Associate Vice-President (Research) and currently is Interm Vice-President (Research).
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