Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Tables and Figures vii
4. Preface ix
5. The Polarization of BC Politics 3
6. Party Activists in British Columbia 16
7. Continuity and Change: Party Activists, 1973-87 24
8. Social Credit: Pragmatic Coalition or Ideological Right? 36
9. The New Democrats What Kind of Left? 58
10. The Liberals: Centre or Fringe? 71
11. Leadership Selection in the BC Parties 85
12. The Social Credit Grassroots Recapture Their Party 99
13. Resisting Polarization: The Survival of the Liberals 112
14. Towards the Centre?: The Dynamics of Two-Party Competition 122
15. Appendix 137
16. Notes 143
17. Bibliography 147
18. Index 151