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Title

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Contents

Foreword

1 some bases of party support in the 1968 election

Personal attributes

Religion

Status: occupation

Status: subjective class

Status: education

Length of residence in canada

Origin

Community size

Age

Sex

Summary

Issue perception

General predispositions

Party perceptions

Concluding commentary

Liberal support

Conservative support

Support for the ndp

Creditistes and social crediters

Consequences for the political and party systems

Notes

2 party images in canada: a report on work in progress

Introduction

Method and theoretical concerns

Global images

The non-respondents

The ideal party

Existing parties

Changes from 1965 to 1968

Party images in 1968

Party images of some socio-economic groups

Sex

Age

Education

Religion

Ethnic origin

Period of immigration

Region

Class

Conclusion

Theoretical aspects

Some methodological problems

Political issues

Notes

The questionnaire

Postscript

3 values, language and politics in canada

Introduction

Language as a link to values

The language scale

Hypotheses: language-use and areas of perception

Private values

Religiosity

Moral values

Law and order

Ethnic and religious toleration

General canadian issues (public policy)

Liking of johnson, pearson and diefenbaker

Perceptions of threats to canada

Foreign policy

Ethnically relevant public issues

The monarchy and constitutional change

Attitudes to quebec

Liking for de gaulle, levesque and d. johnson

Political alignments

Conclusion

Review of the schema

Implications for theory and political life

Notes

4 "cancel out and pass on": a view of canada's present options

The only possible solution

The french-canadian position: from a nationalism of withdrawal to a nationalism of participation

Four perspectives of english canada

The conditions necessary for the reconciliation of interests

The prospects before us

Notes

Appendix: Tables to Chapter 1