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 the author of both fiction and non-fiction books for children and adult readers. She is also a freelance journalist, screenwriter and college instructor. Her writing has appeared in numerous publications such as Atlantic Books Today, Black2Business magazine and Peak Magazine. Her poems and essays have also been published in anthologies across Canada, the US and the UK. Wanda Taylor teaches courses in journalism, story writing for media, and communications. She is also the mentor for the MFA Creative Nonfiction program at the University of King’s College.
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
