Political Science Political Parties
The Bloc
- Publisher
- James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers
- Initial publish date
- Jan 1995
- Category
- Political Parties, General
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781550284720
- Publish Date
- Jan 1995
- List Price
- $19.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781552773291
- Publish Date
- Feb 2008
- List Price
- $45.00
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Description
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. The Member for Lac-Saint-Jean
2. The Birth of the Bloc
3. Crossing the Desert
4. The End of the Rainbow
5. The 1993 Federal Election Campaign
6. The Official Opposition
7. The Backlash
8. The Bloc's Program
9. Solidarity Among Sovereignists?
10. The Bloc's Future
The Text of the Three-Party Agreement
Endnotes
Bibliography
Index
About the authors
MANON CORNELLIER is a parliamentary correspondent with Canadian Press. She has also worked for Le Devoir, La Presse, TVA-CHOT, and TV Ontario.
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SIMON HORN is a writer and translator living in Montreal.
Wanda Taylor is an award-winning writer, filmmaker, journalist, and college professor.
As an author of fiction and nonfiction, Wanda writes across children's, YA and adult markets. Her next two fiction titles are set for release with HarperCollins Canada in June 2023 and Spring 2024. As a journalist and former television producer, Wanda has written and produced content for film and television. Her magazine features, poems, and essays appear in publications across Canada, the US, and the UK.
As a former Acquisitions Editor, Wanda has acquired and championed titles from emerging and established authors and continues to support the work of new writers as a freelance editor.
In her role as a sensitivity reader, Wanda works with publishers and authors on works in progress to ensure accuracy and authenticity in areas such as race, diversity, cultural history, social work, and trauma.
Wanda currently teaches courses in journalism, communications, and several writing courses. She previously taught journalism courses at King's, where she will continue to serve as a mentor in the MFA Writing and Publishing program.
ROBERT CHODOS is an experienced author and translator who has published widely in the fields of Canadian business, politics, and transportation and of Quebec history. Among his most recent books are The Unmaking of Canada (1991), Lost in Cyberspace? (1997), and Paul Martin: A Political Biography (1998), all co-written with Rae Murphy and Eric Hamovitch, and all published by Lorimer.
Editorial Reviews
"...an instructive primer on the birth and development of a federal independence party."
Globe and Mail
