Playing in the Margins: Collaboration Between Local Party Organizations in the Canadian Party System

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dc.contributor.advisorSayers, Anthony M.
dc.contributor.authorCurrie-Wood, Robin
dc.contributor.committeememberStewart, David K.
dc.contributor.committeememberThomas, Melanee
dc.date.accessioned2016-08-09T17:34:10Z
dc.date.available2016-08-09T17:34:10Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.date.submitted2016en
dc.description.abstractCollaboration between local party organizations is a peculiar organizational trait for Canadian political parties. It is peculiar because local party organizations were once conceived to be solely concerned with electoral activities in their own district, while central parties helped local campaigns in strategically important ridings. Collaboration also goes against the prevailing theory that political parties will centralize operations under new party finance law. Despite this some local party organizations in the Conservative Party of Canada began helping campaigns in other ridings. The population of financial data are assessed for the Conservative, Liberal, and New Democratic Party between 2007 and 2011 in order to determine why parties at the constituency level mobilize their own resources in other constituencies. Playing in the Margins reveals that collaboration occurs in order to better utilize campaign effort made in competitive and uncompetitive ridings, and may even be a new component of intra-party contests.en_US
dc.identifier.citationCurrie-Wood, R. (2016). Playing in the Margins: Collaboration Between Local Party Organizations in the Canadian Party System (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27370en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/27370
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11023/3172
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studies
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subjectEducation--Social Sciences
dc.subjectCanadian Studies
dc.subjectPolitical Science
dc.subject.classificationpolitical parties --- Canadaen_US
dc.subject.classificationparty systems --- Canadaen_US
dc.subject.classificationparty finance --- Canadaen_US
dc.titlePlaying in the Margins: Collaboration Between Local Party Organizations in the Canadian Party System
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplinePolitical Science
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (MA)
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