Political Science Political Parties
Under Siege
The Federal NDP in the Nineties
- Publisher
- James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers
- Initial publish date
- Jan 1994
- Category
- Political Parties
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781550284546
- Publish Date
- Jan 1994
- List Price
- $16.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781552773321
- Publish Date
- Feb 2008
- List Price
- $24.95
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Description
The NDP was close to collapse after its disastrous showing in the 1993 federal election. How did a party that once had significant support among voters fall so badly? What are the prospects for the NDP's return as a major presence in federal politics?
Journalist Ian McLeod approaches these questions as a party insider who believes that the NDP continues to have a constructive role to play in Canadian politics. His story of the party's decline has been pieced together from interviews with a wide range of key advisors, strategists, former MPs and party members.
First published in 1994, Under Siege is an in-depth account of a significant passage in the history of democratic socialism in Canada.
About the author
IAN McLEOD was worked in various capacities for the New Democratic Party since 1987.