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In this volume, Nelson Wiseman skilfully describes the history of the New Democratic Party in Manitoba, tracing the roots of the social democratic movement to the years of mass immigration and social unrest that preceded the Winnipeg General Strike in 1919. Drawing extensively on personal interviews, on the private papers and correspondence of party leaders and activists, and on archival materials, Wiseman portrays clearly the party’s philosophy and leadership, its organization and inner workings, its electoral support, and its relations with other parties, with labour, and with farmers.

Socialism --- Marxism --- Social democracy --- Socialist movements --- Collectivism --- Anarchism --- Communism --- Critical theory --- History. --- New Democratic Party of Manitoba --- New Democratic Party. --- NDP --- N.D.P. --- Manitoba New Democratic Party

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Biography of Grant Notley, leader of Alberta's New Democratic Party from 1968 to 1984.

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Politicians --- Hommes politiques --- Biography. --- Biographies --- Notley, Grant, --- Alberta New Democratic Party --- Alberta --- Alberta --- Politics and government. --- Politique et gouvernement

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A fresh perspective on the role of democratic socialist ideology in Canadian politics emerges from this study of the first NDP government of Manitoba (1969-77). The policies and performance of the administration headed by Edward Schreyer are evaluated in the light of what might be expected of a social democratic party in office. Measured by such criteria as the redistribution of wealth, the growth of public ownership, the extension of government planning, and public participation in decision making, the achievements of the Schreyer government fell short of the expectations of its supporters and the good intentions of socialist ideology. Just as significant as the lack of substantive change in these areas was the marginality of the programs and policy changes that were introduced. Reasons for the failure to create a new society in Manitoba are found in the evolution of the CCF-NDP, the organization of the provincial party, the make-up of caucus and cabinet, and the social basis of support for the NDP - so diffuse that electoral success depended largely on the popularity of the party leader. But the dilemma of the NDP government was essentially that of any democratic socialist movement confronted by the near-impossibility of radically altering a society dominated by capitalist economic institutions while adhering to the norms of parliamentary democracy. In addition to providing insight into an important and hitherto unstudied period in provincial politics.

Socialism --- Marxism --- Social democracy --- Socialist movements --- Collectivism --- Anarchism --- Communism --- Critical theory --- Schreyer, Edward R. --- Schreyer, Ed --- New Democratic Party of Manitoba --- New Democratic Party. --- NDP --- N.D.P. --- Manitoba New Democratic Party --- History. --- Manitoba --- Province of Manitoba --- Province du Manitoba --- Rupert's Land --- Politics and government.

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Azoulay delineates the central themes and determining factors of the party's development during the 1950s and early 1960s. The CCF/NDP had to contend with not only a booming postwar economy and a very popular premier but also a Cold War-induced phobia toward the Left and serious intraparty divisions. Despite this the party slowly recovered, led by a core of dedicated activists and employing an array of strategies, including the much-publicized transformation of the CCF into the NDP in the early 1960s. The author counters allegations that the CCF/NDP opportunistically abandoned its essential qualities (such as its socialist ideology or democratic structure) for the sake of electoral gain and that organized labour played a leading role in the party in these years, contributing to the dilution of the movement. Although the party sought new alliances among the province's less privileged groups, especially organized labour, it did so cautiously and even hesitantly, always conscious of the need to preserve its basic identity.

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation. --- New Democratic Party of Ontario --- Nouveau parti démocratique de l'Ontario --- Ontario New Democrats --- Nouveau parti démocratique --- Ontario New Democratic Party --- NDP --- N.D.P. --- N.P.D. --- NPD --- History. --- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political ideologies / Democracy. --- Public administration