01825cam a22003617a 4500 114125 20230404125746.0 131106s2012 onc b 001 0deng c 17933162 2013433466 9781459402706 (paperback) 1459402707 (paperback) (OCoLC)ocn798415610 NLC eng NLC OCLCO CDX YDXCP TXA BWX LHU DLC pcc n-cn--- 001 F 1034.3 A216p 2012 Adams, Paul, 1954- Power trap : how fear and loathing between New Democrats and Liberals keep Stephen Harper in power-- and what can be done about it / Paul Adams. Toronto : James Lorimer & Company, [2012] 290 p. ; 24 cm. Issued also in an electronic format. Includes bibliographical references (pages[269]-287) and index. "Everyone in Canada knows that in 2011 the Harper Conservatives won a majority with a minority of votes. Everyone sees that if the opposition parties figured out a way to work together, they'd have an excellent chance of beating the Tories next time. Yet the possibility of a coalition or a merger keeps slipping away. This book shows how the ambitions, animosities, and hidden agendas of opposition politicians and parties stand in the way of Canadians getting the kind of government that a majority of Canadians vote for."--pub. desc. Harper, Stephen, 1959- Canada Politics and government 21st century. Political parties Canada. Executive power Canada. Los Partidos Políticos Canada. El poder ejecutivo Canada. Canada Politique et gouvernement 21e siáecle lcc bk 4101 4101 0 0 lcc 0 0 RR BJB BJB RR 2023-04-04 1 0 001 F 1034.3 A216p 2012 00000107589 2018-10-23 00:00:00 1 2018-10-23 bk