When women in politics interact with reporters, opponents, and constituents, they are forced to confront their parental status. If they have children, they are questioned about their competence in both their public and private lives. If they don’t, they face criticism for not understanding or relating to key policy domains. This “damned if you do, damned if you don’t” conundrum raises difficult questions about the intersection of gender, parental status, and politics.Mothers an...

Quels rôles exercent les partis politiques aujourd’hui dans l’exercice de la démocratie au Canada ? Comment leurs stratégies et leurs bases électorales ont-elles évolué au fil des décennies ? Et surtout, vers où se dirige notre système partisan à l’ère des bouleversements technologiques et des discours populistes ?Depuis la première édition de Canadian Parties in Transition en 1989, les partis politiques du pays n’ont cessé de se transformer. Cette première traduction fran...

In 2015, the New Democratic Party won an unprecedented victory in Alberta. Unseating the Progressive Conservatives-who had won every provincial election since 1971-they formed an NDP government for the first time in the history of the province. Orange Chinook is the first scholarly analysis of this election. It examines the legacy of the Progressive Conservative dynasty, the PC and NDP campaigns, polling, and online politics, providing context and setting the stage. It highlights the impor...