The Working Class and Politics in Canada

In its detailed assessment, The Working Class and Politics in Canada convincingly demonstrates that class differences have enduring relevance to contemporary political outcomes and behaviour.

Jacob Robbins-Kanter is an assistant professor in the Department of Politics and International Studies at Bishop’s University, specializing in Canadian politics. He is the author of Local Campaign Behaviour in Canadian Elections: The Contours of Centralization.

Royce Koop is a professor in the Department of Political Studies at the University of Manitoba. He is a co-author, with Heather Bastedo and Kelly Blidook, of Representation in Action: Canadian MPs in the Constituencies, and the author of Grassroots Liberals: Organizing for Local and National Politics. He is a 2024 recipient of the John McMenemy Prize for best article in the Canadian Journal of Political Science.

Daniel Troup is an assistant professor of political science and Canadian studies at the University of Maine, where he is a faculty member of the Canadian-American Center. His work has appeared in International Journal and the Canadian Political Science Review.

Contributors: Bryan Evans, Jim Farney, Marie Fester, Elizabeth Goodyear-Grant, Peter Graefe, Simon Kiss, Valérie-Anne Mahéo, Jocelyn McGrandle, Spencer McKay, Dennis Pilon, Matthew Polacko, Alex B. Rivard, Semra Sevi, and Daniel Westlake

This much-anticipated volume injects new empirical and theoretical insights into our understanding of class politics in Canada … It promises to be a valuable resource for scholars and students in the fields of Canadian politics, political science, and political sociology.

Charles Smith, Department of Political Studies, St. Thomas More College, University of Saskatchewan:

Engaging and sophisticated, theoretically dense, methodologically rich, and grounded in its analysis, The Working Class and Politics in Canada offers an innovative exploration of the multiple ways class, and its intersections of race and gender, is shaping modern politics on the left, right, and middle.