Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. PART I. Introduction
5. ONE. Sic Permanet: Ontario People and Their Politics 3
6. TWO. The Socio-Economic Setting of Ontario Politics 19
7. THREE. The Ontario Political Culture: An Interpretation 49
8. PART II. Governmental Institutions
9. FOUR. The Legislature: Central Symbol of Ontario Democracy 71
10. FIVE. Making and Implementing the Decisions: Issues of Public Administration in the Ontario Government 93
11. SIX. Local Government in Ontario 126
12. SEVEN. Ontario in Confederation: The Not-So-Friendly Giant 158
13. PART III. Politics
14. EIGHT. Elections and Campaigning: ‚They Blew Our Doors Off on the Buy‘ 189
15. NINE. Ontario Party Politics in the 1990s: Comfort Meets Conviction 216
16. TEN. Spinning Tales: Politics and the News in Ontario 236
17. ELEVEN. Judging Women’s Political Success in the 1990s 268
18. TWELVE. Politics and Policy in the North 284
19. THIRTEEN. The New World of Interest-Group Politics in Ontario Henry 307
20. PART IV. Change and Continuity in the Ontario Political System
21. FOURTEEN. An Insiders’ View of the NDP Government of Ontario: The Politics of Permanent Opposition Meets the Economics of Permanent Recession 331
22. FIFTEEN. Reclaiming the ‚Pink Palace’: The Progressive Conservative Party Comes in from the Cold 365
23. SIXTEEN. The Harris Government: Restoration or Revolution? 402
24. SEVENTEEN. Change in Ontario Politics 418
25. APPENDIX 1. A Guide to Sources on Ontario Government and Politics 443
26. APPENDIX 2. Legislative, Executive, and Political Records at the Archives of Ontario: A Brief Guide 449
27. Contributors 455