Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Introduction 3
6. Brokerage Parties, Brokerage Politics 13
7. Regional Pivots and Brokerage Politics 30
8. Barbarians at the Gate? 52
9. Franchising the Franchise Party 72
10. Courting but Not Always Serving 92
11. Parties, Politicians, and Parliaments 108
12. Towards a European Politics 127
13. Politicians and Local Party Organizations 148
14. Patterns of Party Recruitment and Campaign Individualization in an SMP System 166
15. Joining Isn’t Everything 184
16. Canada’s National Parties 202
17. Canadian Public Funding of Parties and the End of Per-Vote Subsidies 222
18. Electoral Reform and Parliamentary Legitimacy in Canada 243
19. Winners, Losers, and Electoral System Change 261
20. Parties and Party Systems 285
21. Contributors 298
22. Index 303