5. Political Players or Partisan Pawns? Immigrants, Minorities, and Conservatives in Canada

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. 1. Introduction 3
4. 2. The Conservative Party in Opposition and Government 25
5. 3. The Conservative Turn among the Canadian Electorate 46
6. 4. Private over Public: A Conservative Approach to Interest Advocacy 78
7. 5. Political Players or Partisan Pawns? Immigrants, Minorities, and Conservatives in Canada 101
8. 6. Equality of Opportunity but Not Result: Women and Federal Conservatives in Canada 129
9. 7. With or without You: Quebec, the Conservative Movement, and the Pursuit of Majority Government 150
10. 8. Delegating Indigenous Rights and Denying Legal Pluralism: Tracing Conservative Efforts to Protect Private Property Regimes and “Canadian” Territory 172
11. 9. The Message Despite the Media? Conservative Parties’ Relationship with the Press 198
12. 10. Conservative with the Constitution? Moderation, Strategy, and Institutional Distrust 221
13. 11. More Than a Terrain of Struggle: Parliament as Ideological Instrument and Objective under Conservatism 242
14. 12. A Wolf in Wolf’s Clothing: The Stephen Harper Ministry 264
15. 13. Federal Feet and Provincial Pools: The Conservatives and Federalism in Canada 290
16. 14. Stephen Harper and the Radicalization of Canadian Foreign Policy 314
17. 15. Conclusion: A Moderate Turn to the Right with At Least One Enduring Consequence 343
18. Contributors 355
19. Index 359