Politics and Territory: The Sociology of Regional Persistence in Canada 9780773593787
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English Pages [349] Year 1974
Table of contents :
Cover
Title
Copyright
Contents
Tables
Charts
1. The Division into regions
The Ubiquity of Territorial Divisions
Judging the Significance of Region
2. Life in the provinces: as it is
The Economy
People
Quality of Life
Regional Profiles
3. The Distribution of power among provinces
Sources of Unequal Power
The Relative Strength of Regions
4. Life in the provinces: as it is seen
Source of Data
The Economic Condition of Regions
Regional Attractiveness
Differences in Power
Relative Ethnocentrism
Personal Circumstances
Relation to Regional Conditions
Regional Boundaries and Regional Consciousness
5. National party ties and regional outlooks
Party Politics and Regionalism
Regional Conditions
Personal Circumstances
The Consequences of Party Ties
6. Party structure and voting behaviour
Introduction
Structural Limits of the Party System
Psychological Limits on Choice
Consequences of Structural and Psychological Constraints
Voting Behaviour and Regionalism
7. Political awareness
Interpreting the Political Environment
Definitional Problems
Political Information
Regional Differences
8. Parties and the exercise of authority
Issues of Legitimacy
The Party System
Political Roles
Political Cynicism
Regional Divisions
9. Relations between government and voter
The Impact of Government
Political Efficacy
Efficacy and the Impact of the Federal Government
Strains in Political Orientations
10. Regional political orientations
The Partisan Context
The Atlantic Provinces
Quebec
Ontario
The Prairie Provinces
British Columbia
Consequences of Party Outlooks
11. Political parties in a regionally divided society
National and Regional Interests
Party and Territory
Choice of Interests
Assessing Party Actions
Defining Interests
12. The future of regionalism in Canada
Prospects for Deregionalization
The Conditions of Regionalism
The Decline of Regionalism
The Consequences of Regionalism
Index
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