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Whipped

Whipped

Party Discipline in Canada

by Alex Marland

Published by: UBC Press

Series: Communication, Strategy, and Politics

Imprint: UBC Press

5 b&w photos, 10 charts, 8 tables

Digital download
9780774864985
Published: September 2020

Digital download
9780774864992
Published: September 2020

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Contents
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Praise
Awards

This work will have broad appeal for political scientists, politicians, and political staffers, as well as for students, journalists, and anyone with an interest in the workings of Canadian politics.

1 Party Discipline in Canada

2 Representation

3 Partisan Teams

4 The Communications Arena

5 Message Discipline

6 Government Centralization

7 Parliamentary Caucuses

8 Caucus Research Bureaus

9 Legislative Assemblies

10 Managing Trouble

11 The SNC-Lavalin Affair

12 Advice for a New Parliamentarian

Appendix 1: Interview Participants

Appendix 2: Interview Sampling and Recruitment

Notes; References; Index

Alex Marland is a professor of political science at Memorial University of Newfoundland and a member of the College of the Royal Society of Canada. He is the author of Brand Command: Canadian Politics and Democracy in the Age of Message Control, which won the Donner Prize for best public policy book by a Canadian and an Atlantic Book Award. He is trusted by Canadian politicians, political staff, and other members of the public sector to respect their conditions for sharing information about what goes on behind the scenes in Canadian politics and governance.

Marland [provides] an important fresh look at the issues around party whip systems and explores the mechanisms of party discipline and the extent discipline can be enforced in the digital age of direct communication between represented and representative. ~Darren G. Lilleker, International Journal of Press/Politics

It is a fresh addition to the study of Canadian politics, written in a clear and accessible tone yet rife with diligent detail and sharp analysis. ~Elizabeth Haig, Canadian Parliamentary Review

Whipped renews our understanding of Canadian parliamentary politics and party discipline in the modern setting, where we see intensifying message discipline across a range of new platforms and technologies. Writing in accessible plain language, Marland pushes his argument forward with a mix of convincing new primary research.
~J.P. Lewis, Canadian Journal of Political Science

If you’re interested in how modern legislatures in Canada really work, Whipped: Party Discipline in Canada by Alex Marland is a treat — a detailed, well-researched and well-written look behind one of the curtains. ~Brian Topp, partner, GT&Company Executive Advisors, Policy Magazine

Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing, The Writers Trust (2021) - Short-listed