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Whipped: Party Discipline in Canada

Whipped: Party Discipline in Canada

Paperback

Series: Communication, Strategy, and Politics

General Political Science

ISBN10: 0774864974
ISBN13: 9780774864978
Publisher: Univ Of British Columbia
Published: Jun 21 2023
Pages: 480
Weight: 1.36
Height: 1.30 Width: 5.80 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
Canadians often see politicians as little more than trained seals who vote on command and repeat robotic talking points. Politicians are torn by dilemmas of loyalty to party versus loyalty to voters. Whipped examines the hidden ways that political parties exert control over elected members of Canadian legislatures. Drawing on extensive interviews with politicians and staffers across the country, award-winning author Alex Marland explains why Members of Parliament and provincial legislators toe the party line, and shows how party discipline has expanded into message discipline. He recounts stories from Prime Minister Brian Mulroney's drive for caucus cohesion in the 1980s through to the turmoil that the SNC-Lavalin crisis wrought on Justin Trudeau and the Liberal Party in 2019. From caucus meetings to vote instructions, this book exposes how democracy works in our age of instant communication and political polarization. Filled with political tips, Whipped is a must-read for anyone interested in the real world of Canadian politics.

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