Code Politics

Joan Grace, co-editor of Canadian Politics: Democracy and Dissent:
Code Politics provides extremely important data and insights on why, or why not, governments pursue particular political and policy trajectories. The study of political culture is not easy. And it is often not easy to teach and to interject into research. Yet, it is extremely important if one wishes to know what a political community is “thinking” and hence, why a polity follows a particular path over another. Wesley’s meticulous documentation of political party campaign materials is worth its weight in gold, both for research and for teaching.

David E. Smith, author of The People's House of Commons: Theories of Democracy in Contention:
Much has been written about politics on the prairies and of the different political cultures of the three provinces. Yet, until now, no one has successfully explained the persistence of difference – and particularly the same difference – among the three over decades. The strength of this book lies in the quality of its research. If ever the question were asked, “What is the advantage of primary over secondary sources?” the answer is to be found in Code Politics, an original and impressive work.