LEADER 03169nam 2200613 a 450 001 9910815023203321 005 20230725051143.0 010 $a1-283-24566-3 010 $a9786613245663 010 $a0-7748-2099-3 024 7 $a10.59962/9780774820998 035 $a(CKB)2550000000046654 035 $a(OCoLC)754847035 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10488951 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000537245 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12176492 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000537245 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10553798 035 $a(PQKB)11326032 035 $a(CaBNVSL)slc00227058 035 $a(CEL)439046 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3412685 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3412685 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10492765 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL324566 035 $a(OCoLC)923447924 035 $a(DE-B1597)661543 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780774820998 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000046654 100 $a20110614d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||a|| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aGrassroots Liberals$b[electronic resource] $eorganizing for local and national politics /$fRoyce Koop 210 $aVancouver [B.C.] $cUBC Press$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (229 p.) 311 $a0-7748-2097-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [203]-207) and index. 327 $a1. Multi-Level Politics and the Liberal Party -- 2. Grassroots Party Activists -- 3. Constituency Associations: Organization and Party Life in the Ridings -- 4. Local Campaigns and Grassroots Armies -- 5. Small Worlds: The Riding Context -- 6. Little Fiefdoms: MPs, MLAs, and Their Local Organizations -- 7. Conclusion: The Local Political Worlds of the Liberal Party. 330 $aThe Liberal Party has fallen on hard times since 2006. Once Canada's natural governing party but now confined to the opposition benches, it struggles to renew itself ? presumably without the support of the provincial-level Liberal parties. Drawing on interviews and personal observations in cross-country ridings, Royce Koop reveals that although the Liberal Party, like other parties, disassociated itself from its provincial cousins to rebuild itself in the mid-twentieth century, grassroots Liberals and other partisans continue to build bridges between the national party and the provinces. This insider's view of Liberal party politics not only challenges the idea that Canada has two distinct political spheres ? the provincial and the national ? it suggests that national parties can overcome the challenges of multi-level politics, strengthen their ties to provincial politics, and deepen their legitimacy by tapping the activism, energy, and support of constituency associations and local campaigns. 606 $aPolitical participation$zCanada 607 $aCanada$xPolitics and government 615 0$aPolitical participation 676 $a324.27106 700 $aKoop$b Royce$f1978-$01616751 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910815023203321 996 $aGrassroots Liberals$93947634 997 $aUNINA