03945nam 22007214a 450 991078051490332120230912134001.01-282-74074-197866127407490-7748-5165-110.59962/9780774851657(CKB)2430000000000525(OCoLC)180703915(CaPaEBR)ebrary10141385(SSID)ssj0000643457(PQKBManifestationID)12276674(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000643457(PQKBWorkID)10668328(PQKB)10167503(SSID)ssj0000382590(PQKBManifestationID)11230956(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000382590(PQKBWorkID)10396886(PQKB)11260971(CaPaEBR)404050(CaBNvSL)gtp00521778(Au-PeEL)EBL3412245(CaPaEBR)ebr10141385(CaONFJC)MIL274074(OCoLC)923443107(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/9ssgc3(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/2/404050(MiAaPQ)EBC3412245(MiAaPQ)EBC3245061(DE-B1597)662071(DE-B1597)9780774851657(EXLCZ)99243000000000052520060628h20052005 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe big red machine how the Liberal Party dominates Canadian politics /Stephen ClarksonVancouver :UBC Press,2005.©20051 online resource (xii, 335 pages) illustrationsBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-7748-1196-X 0-7748-1195-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. [316]-324) and index.Front Matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Party Systems and Liberal Leaders -- Victory, Fall, and Recovery -- 1974: The Liberal Party and Pierre Trudeau: The Jockey and the Horse -- 1979: The Government's Defeat, the Party's Decline, and the Leader's (Temporary) Fall -- 1980: Hiding the Charisma: Low-Bridging the Saviour -- From Disappointment to Despair -- 1984: The Dauphin and the Doomed: John Turner's Debacle -- 1988: Election or Referendum? Disoriented in Defeat -- Power without Purpose -- 1993: Yesterday's Man and His Blue Grits: Backwards into Jean Chrétien's Future -- 1997: Securing Their Future Together -- 2000: The Liberal Threepeat: The Multi-System Party in the Multi-Party System -- Saved By the Far Right -- Disaster and Recovery: Paul Martin As Political Lazarus -- Conclusion -- The Liberal Party As Hegemon: Straddling Canadian History -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index"In The Big Red Machine, Liberal observer Stephen Clarkson tells the story of the Liberal Party's performance in the last nine elections, providing essential historical context for each and offering incisive, behind-the-scenes detail about how the party has planned, changed, and executed its successful electoral strategies. Arguing that the Liberal Party has opportunistically straddled the political centre since Sir John A. Macdonald - leaning left or right as circumstances required - Clarkson also shows that the party's grip on power is becoming increasingly uncertain, having lost its appeal not just in the West but now in Quebec. Its campaigns now reflect the splintering of the party system and the integration of Canada into the global economy."--JacketCanadaPolitics and government1945-324.27106Clarkson Stephen650752MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910780514903321The big red machine3760157UNINA