Local Campaign Behaviour in Canadian Elections (Paperback)

Jacob Robbins-Kanter

ISBN 10: 1487564775 / ISBN 13: 9781487564773

Published by University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 2025

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Paperback. Local Campaign Behaviour in Canadian Elections investigates the relationship between the local and national components of Canadian political parties. Jacob Robbins-Kanter emphasizes the significance of local campaigns often overlooked by scholars, voters, and the media and examines when and why these campaigns deviate from national directives during federal elections. Grounded in original data, the book explores the intricate dynamics between local campaigns and central party headquarters during Canadian elections, highlighting their cooperation, clashes, and divergences. It reveals the prevalence of undisciplined local campaign behaviour and the underestimated agency of local actors. The book argues that local campaigns retain meaningful agency to make critical decisions, influence election outcomes, and articulate local interests. presents a nuanced portrayal of local actors, positioning them as neither entirely autonomous nor merely instruments of a central party apparatus. Drawing on interviews, observational research, and primary source documents, this book examines the dynamics of cooperation, conflict, and divergence between local campaigns and central party headquarters in Canadian elections. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Local Campaign Behaviour in Canadian Elections (Paperback)
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press, Toronto
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1487564775
• ISBN 13: 9781487564773
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Local Campaign Behaviour in Canadian Elections investigates the relationship between the local and national components of Canadian political parties. Jacob Robbins-Kanter emphasizes the significance of local campaigns – often overlooked by scholars, voters, and the media – and examines when and why these campaigns deviate from national directives during federal elections.
Grounded in original data, the book explores the intricate dynamics between local campaigns and central party headquarters during Canadian elections, highlighting their cooperation, clashes, and divergences. It reveals the prevalence of undisciplined local campaign behaviour and the underestimated agency of local actors. The book argues that local campaigns retain meaningful agency to make critical decisions, influence election outcomes, and articulate local interests.
Drawing on nearly 100 interviews, primary source documents, and data collected as an embedded researcher during the 2019 federal election, Robbins-Kanter delves into the practice of undisciplined local campaign behaviour, which often challenges or diverges from central party directives. Local Campaign Behaviour in Canadian Elections presents a nuanced portrayal of local actors, positioning them as neither entirely autonomous nor merely instruments of a central party apparatus.

About the Author

Jacob Robbins-Kanter is an assistant professor in the Department of Politics and International Studies at Bishop’s University.