Fission and Federalism: The Disaggregation of Canadian Party Activists

David K. Stewart and Ian Stewart

Publius: The Journal of Federalism, vol. 27, issue 3, 97-112

Abstract: This article focuses on the Progressive Conservative (PC) party of Canada and contrasts the orientations of four different sets of PC party workers: those who are active in the provincial arena in Nova Scotia and in Alberta, as well as those who are active in the national arena from the same two provinces. The data reveal that federalism has had a disaggregative effect on Canadian political party ideology. Not only is the cleavage between activists in different orders of government consistently large; it also generally exceeds that which exists between activists in different provinces. Copyright , Oxford University Press.

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