Renegotiating the bargain : the formation of power-sharing arrangements within Canadian political parties / Rob Currie-Wood.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Currie-Wood, Rob, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political party organization--Canada.

Political party organization.

Political leadership--Canada.

Political leadership.

Campaign management--Canada.

Campaign management.

Organizational change--Canada.

Organizational change.

Physical Description:

xi, 320 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Vancouver : UBC Press, [2025]

Summary:

"The franchise bargain that once divided Canadian political parties into separate spheres of authority - with members on the ground and elites at the centre - has been displaced. "Renegotiating the Bargain" explains why parties have reformed their internal decision-making structures and shows how the new arrangement operates. Rob Currie-Wood draws on in-depth interviews with current and former party officials, party governance documents, and election financing reports to trace organizational change within Canadian political parties since the end of the twentieth century. Rank-and-file members now possess the same participatory rights as long-time activists and elected officials, but the central apparatus now also has capacity to regulate membership participation in key areas of policy-making, leadership selection, candidate nominations, and campaigning. "Renegotiating the Bargain" demonstrates that parties remain meaningful sites of civic participation in Canada's democratic life. Its findings reveal not only the evolution of power-sharing arrangements within parties but also how party democracy works."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Revisiting the Franchise Bargain

Reconstructing the Membership on the Ground

The Politics of Party Policy Development

Democratizing Leadership Selection

Centralizing Candidate Nominations

Sharing Power during Election Campaigns

The Power-Sharing Bargain.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Currie-Wood, Rob. Renegotiating the bargain.

ISBN:

9780774872188

0774872187

OCLC:

1502687657