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Reconsidering Vertical Integration: An Examination of National Political Parties and Their Counterparts in Ontario

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2014

Scott Pruysers
Scott Pruysers*
Affiliation:
Carleton University
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Department of Political Science, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa Ontario, K1S5B6, email [email protected]
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Abstract

This paper reconsiders whether federal and provincial parties are as independent and separate as the literature would suggest. Examining five different types of party personnel (party members, activists, riding presidents, candidates and legislators) this paper explores how federal parties and their counterparts in Ontario have responded to multi-level governance. Rather than embracing “two political worlds,” party personnel have responded to the federal nature of Canadian politics by engaging with parties at multiple levels. Additionally, the paper examines two competing explanations of party integration and seeks to uncover whether differences organizational design or ideological consistency best explain divergent levels of party integration. The experience of the Conservatives demonstrates that vertical integration is not a result of a party's organizational design alone and that a coherent ideology can help to offset a truncated organizational structure.

Résumé

Cet article réexamine si les partis fédéraux et provinciaux sont aussi indépendants et distincts que la documentation le suggère. En examinant cinq différents types de personnel de parti (membres du parti, militants, présidents de comtés, candidats et législateurs), cet article explore la façon dont les partis fédéraux et leurs homologues de l'Ontario ont répondu à la gouvernance multiniveaux. Plutôt que d'épouser deux mondes politiques, le personnel du parti a répondu à la nature fédérale de la politique canadienne en collaborant avec les partis à plusieurs niveaux. De plus, ce document examine deux explications concurrentes de l'intégration aux partis et cherche à découvrir si les différences de conception organisationnelle ou la cohérence idéologique expliquent mieux les niveaux divergents d'intégration aux partis. L'expérience des Conservateurs démontre que l'intégration verticale n'est pas uniquement le résultat de la conception organisationnelle d'un parti et qu'une idéologie cohérente peut aider à compenser une structure organisationnelle tronquée.

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Canadian Journal of Political Science/Revue canadienne de science politique , Volume 47 , Issue 2 , June 2014 , pp. 237 - 258
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Copyright © Canadian Political Science Association (l'Association canadienne de science politique) and/et la Société québécoise de science politique 2014 

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