TY  - BOOK
AU  - Adams,Paul
TI  - Power trap: how fear and loathing between New Democrats and Liberals keep Stephen Harper in power-- and what can be done about it 
SN  - 9781459402706 (paperback)
AV  - 001 F 1034.3 A216p 2012
PY  - 2012///]
CY  - Toronto
PB  - James Lorimer & Company
KW  - Harper, Stephen,
KW  - Political parties
KW  - Canada
KW  - Executive power
KW  - Los Partidos Políticos
KW  - El poder ejecutivo
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 21st century
KW  - Politique et gouvernement
KW  - 21e siáecle
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages[269]-287) and index; Issued also in an electronic format
N2  - "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
ER  -