The Nisga'a Treaty : Polling Dynamics and Political Communication in Comparative Context / J. Rick Ponting.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ponting, J. Rick, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nisga'a Nation. Treaties, etc. 1999 April 27--Public opinion.

Nisga'a Nation.

Niska Indians--Treaties.

Niska Indians.

Niska Indians--Government relations.

Niska Indians--Public opinion.

Government marketing--British Columbia.

Government marketing.

Public opinion--British Columbia.

Public opinion.

British Columbia--Race relations.

British Columbia.

British Columbia--Politics and government.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (195 p.)

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Nisga'a Treaty presents an inside story of the socio-political dynamics behind the massive polling and advertising campaign through which the Government of British Columbia "sold" the Nisga'a Treaty to British Columbians. A complementary chapter on the polling done on the Aboriginal reconciliation issue in Australia provides further international context. J. Rick Ponting's research draws from archival sources, stunningly frank Freedom of Information documents, and lengthy interviews with bureaucratic and political elites. This book has two purposes: to contribute to the understanding of an important event in the history of relations between government and Indigenous people in British Columbia and Australia, and to contribute to an understanding of the dynamics of public opinion polling in all its phases. The book explores the processes of marketing government policy to the public, which is to say, the shaping of public opinion. Accordingly, it speaks directly to the basic democratic issue of whether governments should lead, follow, or ignore public opinion on important policy issues.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgements

Foreword

Chapter One: Introduction

Chapter Two: "It's One of the Things I Never Know If I Should Put On My Resumes": The Political Climate

Chapter Three: "Like Shovelling Money off the Back of a Truck"

Chapter Four: "It's Not About Politics": The Ad Campaign up Close

Chapter Five: Questionnaire Construction and Content

Chapter Six: The Polling Results and Their Use

Chapter Seven: Gatekeeping, Analysis, and Interpretation of the Data in the Inner Circle

Chapter Eight: Processing Public Opinion on Reconciliation in Australia

Chapter Nine: Summary and Conclusion

Postscript: The Impact of the Nisga'a Treaty in Northwestern British Columbia

Appendices

References

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Aug 2019)

ISBN:

1-4426-0318-6

OCLC:

243578419