Book Release – The Canadian Federal Election of 2011

As with every election since the turn of the century, Chris Dornan, Director of the Arthur Kroeger College of Public Affairs and Jon H. Pammett, Professor of Political Science, have edited a comprehensive analysis of the monumental 2011 federal election in Canada. The 2011 Election returned one of the most surprising results of any federal election in this country, and this book illustrates the truly unique layer of hidden electoral potential that informs the fabric of politics in Canada.

The chapters, written by leading academics, examine the strategies, successes, and failures of the major political parties — the Conservatives (Faron Ellis and Peter Woolstencroft), the Liberals (Brooke Jeffrey), the New Democrats (David McGrane), the Bloc Québécois (Eric Belanger and Richard Nadeau), and the Green Party (Susan Harada).

Also featured in this volume are chapters on the nature of local campaigning (Alex Marland), the polls (André Turcotte), the campaign in the new social media (Mary Francoli, Josh Greenberg and Chris Waddell), and the nature of modern conservatism (Jonathan Malloy and Jim Farney). The book concludes with a detailed analysis of voting behaviour in 2011 (Harold Clarke and Tom Scotto) and an assessment of whether Canada is headed for a Stephen Harper dynasty (Jon H. Pammett and Lawrence LeDuc). Appendices contain all of the election results.