Donald E Blake
Biographic Data
| ID | 771787 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Donald E Blake |
| GIVEN NAMES | Donald E |
| FAMILY NAME | Blake |
| SIGNATURE | BLAKE D E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of British Columbia |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 237 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1972 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
Environmental Determinants of Racial Attitudes among White Canadians
Canada is on the threshold of a major transformation in its ethnic and racial profile. Relative rates of immigration from European and non-European countries have reversed during the past 40 years. What impact has this had on the attitudes of the dominant white majority? This article provides a partial answer to this question by examining the attitudes and voting behaviour of this majority when faced with increasing concentrations of visible-mino…
Governments, Parties and Public Sector Employees: Canada, United States, Britain and France
Studying the central governments of Canada, the United States, Britain and France, from the 1950s to the 1980s, this book focuses on the example of public sector employees and argues that parties and governments of the left are more generous towards these employees than those of the right
Individualized Solutions to Environmental Problems: The Case of Automobile Pollution
Combatting air pollution associated with extensive motor-vehicle use has become a major policy objective for cities around the world. Policy alternatives toward this end can be divided into two categories: incentives (e.g., improved public transportation) and disincentives (e.g., environmental tax on gasoline). Based on survey data, this paper assesses which of these two types of policies is most likely to meet with public approval, and among whi…
The Adoption of Membership Votes for Choosing Party Leaders: The Experience of Canadian Parties
This research note uses the Canadian case to explore the growing phenomenon of universal membership ballots of party members being used to choose party leaders. The special leadership selection conventions long used in Canada are rapidly giving way to processes in which all members are given a vote. After elaborating a typology by which we might conceptualize distinct every-member vote mechanisms, the note examines four cases to illustrate the ty…
Governments, Parties, and Public Sector Employees
Canadian Public Opinion and Environmental Action: Evidence from British Columbia
Public opinion regarding environmental issues has attracted considerable scholarly attention during the 1990s. Less attention has been paid to links between environmentally friendly attitudes and “green” behaviour and the degree to which behaviour is context or value-driven, especially in Canada. Using survey data from British Columbia, this article analyzes these links, paying particular attention to differences between public perceptions of loc…
The Public/Private Sector Cleavage in North America: The Political Behavior and Attitudes of Public Sector Employees
This article explores the private/public sector cleavage in voting and political attitudes in Canada and the United States. The authors use public choice theory to hypothesize that the interest of public sector employees in the growth of the state inclines them to vote for parties of the left, to support increased state spending, and to place themselves on the left ideologically in both countries. However, given differences between Canadian and U…
Ratification or Repudiation: Social Credit Leadership Selection in British Columbia
In July 1986, the Social Credit party of British Columbia held only the second leadership convention in its history. This article uses data from a survey of delegates to the convention to describe the divisions within the party, to assess disenchantment with the Bennett government and to estimate the effects of these and other factors on the final outcome of the convention. Analysis of a large number of policy and opinion items reveals a party la…
Two Political Worlds: Parties and Voting in British Columbia
Women and Politics in CanadaJanine Brodie Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1985, pp. 145
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Two Political Worlds: Parties and Voting in British Columbia
British Columbia has long been a source of fascination to political observers. Canadian socialism sank its earliest and deepest roots there, and it is one of only three provinces where the New Democratic Party has formed the government. It is one of only two provinces where Social Credit has governed and the only one in which the party still commands significant support. Provincial peculiarities have affected federal politics too -- British Colum…
The Consistency of Inconsistency: Party Identification in Federal and Provincial Politics
La forte fréquence de dualités partisannes—identifications partisannes qui varient lors des élections fédérales et provinciales—est une des particularités du système politique canadien. L'auteur cherche à découvrir les sources de ces dualités ainsi qu'à évaluer la possibilité d'identification partisanne à un seul niveau. Des hypothèses soulevées par une analyse du degré de séparation des systèmes poiitiques fédéraux et provinciaux sont testées av…
Small worlds: Provinces and parties in Canadian political life
And All That: Critical Elections in Canada
Les spécialistes du comportement électoral au Canada ne s'entendent toujours pas sur la force de l'orientation partisane et sur les revirements électoraux. Les études récentes sur cette question reconnaissent bien que l'orientation partisane et les changements électoraux sont reliés, mais elles ne portent d'une manière générale que sur le premier phéomène.Nous nous penchons ici sur les changements électoraux. A l'aide d'un indice de la force des …
Constituency Contexts and Canadian Elections: An Exploratory Study
La dimension des circonscriptions dans les elections canadiennes: une analyse exploratoireCette étude utilise l'analyse de régression multiple et une combinaison de données d'enquête et de recensement afin d'évaluer les conséquences de la dimension politique et socio-économique des circonscriptions sur le soutien au Parti libéral à l'élection fédérate de 1968.Des estimations du soutien an Parti libéral prévu dans chacune des circonscriptions à pa…
Political Parties in CanadaConrad Winn and John McMenemy Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1976, pp. xi, 291
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
LIP and Partisanship: An Analysis of the Local Initiatives Program
This study seeks to capitalize on the existence of a rare body of data constituency level figures for expenditures under the Local Initiatives Program to test propositions about partisanship in the allocation process. Using multiple regression analysis, it was found that after controlling for economic need (unemployment and educational levels and the presence of native Indians and Eskimos) per capita riding allocations in 1972-73 and 1973-74 were…
Voting Research in Canada: Problems and Prospects
The volume and variety of published works on voting in Canada suggest to us it is time to take stock of where we have been and where we should go. It is our belief that developments have not matched the rosy prognosis implicit in Donald Smiley's 1967 statement that “undoubtedly the most extensive developments in Canadian political science in the past two decades have been in the field of studies of voting behaviour and political parties.” To be s…
‘The Land is Strong(?)’: An Interpretation Of the 1972 Canadian Election
The Measurement of Regionalism in Canadian Voting Patterns
Cet article présente deux thèses opposées sur les clivages sociaux entre clientèles partisanes au Canada. La première de ces thèses, inspirée des études comparatives, prédit que l'importance des clivages territoriaux dans l'appui donné aux partis est appelée à diminuer avec le développement économique du pays, la croissance industrielle, l'urbanisation et les communications d'une région à l'autre. Ces changements économiques auraient pour effet d…
Small worlds: Provinces and parties in Canadian political life
The Measurement of Regionalism in Canadian Voting Patterns
Cet article présente deux thèses opposées sur les clivages sociaux entre clientèles partisanes au Canada. La première de ces thèses, inspirée des études comparatives, prédit que l'importance des clivages territoriaux dans l'appui donné aux partis est appelée à diminuer avec le développement économique du pays, la croissance industrielle, l'urbanisation et les communications d'une région à l'autre. Ces changements économiques auraient pour effet d…
The Adoption of Membership Votes for Choosing Party Leaders: The Experience of Canadian Parties
This research note uses the Canadian case to explore the growing phenomenon of universal membership ballots of party members being used to choose party leaders. The special leadership selection conventions long used in Canada are rapidly giving way to processes in which all members are given a vote. After elaborating a typology by which we might conceptualize distinct every-member vote mechanisms, the note examines four cases to illustrate the ty…
The Public/Private Sector Cleavage in North America: The Political Behavior and Attitudes of Public Sector Employees
This article explores the private/public sector cleavage in voting and political attitudes in Canada and the United States. The authors use public choice theory to hypothesize that the interest of public sector employees in the growth of the state inclines them to vote for parties of the left, to support increased state spending, and to place themselves on the left ideologically in both countries. However, given differences between Canadian and U…
Canadian Public Opinion and Environmental Action: Evidence from British Columbia
Public opinion regarding environmental issues has attracted considerable scholarly attention during the 1990s. Less attention has been paid to links between environmentally friendly attitudes and “green” behaviour and the degree to which behaviour is context or value-driven, especially in Canada. Using survey data from British Columbia, this article analyzes these links, paying particular attention to differences between public perceptions of loc…
The Consistency of Inconsistency: Party Identification in Federal and Provincial Politics
La forte fréquence de dualités partisannes—identifications partisannes qui varient lors des élections fédérales et provinciales—est une des particularités du système politique canadien. L'auteur cherche à découvrir les sources de ces dualités ainsi qu'à évaluer la possibilité d'identification partisanne à un seul niveau. Des hypothèses soulevées par une analyse du degré de séparation des systèmes poiitiques fédéraux et provinciaux sont testées av…
Environmental Determinants of Racial Attitudes among White Canadians
Canada is on the threshold of a major transformation in its ethnic and racial profile. Relative rates of immigration from European and non-European countries have reversed during the past 40 years. What impact has this had on the attitudes of the dominant white majority? This article provides a partial answer to this question by examining the attitudes and voting behaviour of this majority when faced with increasing concentrations of visible-mino…
Constituency Contexts and Canadian Elections: An Exploratory Study
La dimension des circonscriptions dans les elections canadiennes: une analyse exploratoireCette étude utilise l'analyse de régression multiple et une combinaison de données d'enquête et de recensement afin d'évaluer les conséquences de la dimension politique et socio-économique des circonscriptions sur le soutien au Parti libéral à l'élection fédérate de 1968.Des estimations du soutien an Parti libéral prévu dans chacune des circonscriptions à pa…
Voting Research in Canada: Problems and Prospects
The volume and variety of published works on voting in Canada suggest to us it is time to take stock of where we have been and where we should go. It is our belief that developments have not matched the rosy prognosis implicit in Donald Smiley's 1967 statement that “undoubtedly the most extensive developments in Canadian political science in the past two decades have been in the field of studies of voting behaviour and political parties.” To be s…
LIP and Partisanship: An Analysis of the Local Initiatives Program
This study seeks to capitalize on the existence of a rare body of data constituency level figures for expenditures under the Local Initiatives Program to test propositions about partisanship in the allocation process. Using multiple regression analysis, it was found that after controlling for economic need (unemployment and educational levels and the presence of native Indians and Eskimos) per capita riding allocations in 1972-73 and 1973-74 were…
And All That: Critical Elections in Canada
Les spécialistes du comportement électoral au Canada ne s'entendent toujours pas sur la force de l'orientation partisane et sur les revirements électoraux. Les études récentes sur cette question reconnaissent bien que l'orientation partisane et les changements électoraux sont reliés, mais elles ne portent d'une manière générale que sur le premier phéomène.Nous nous penchons ici sur les changements électoraux. A l'aide d'un indice de la force des …
Two Political Worlds: Parties and Voting in British Columbia
The Measurement of Regionalism in Canadian Voting Patterns
Cet article présente deux thèses opposées sur les clivages sociaux entre clientèles partisanes au Canada. La première de ces thèses, inspirée des études comparatives, prédit que l'importance des clivages territoriaux dans l'appui donné aux partis est appelée à diminuer avec le développement économique du pays, la croissance industrielle, l'urbanisation et les communications d'une région à l'autre. Ces changements économiques auraient pour effet d…
‘The Land is Strong(?)’: An Interpretation Of the 1972 Canadian Election
Voting Research in Canada: Problems and Prospects
The volume and variety of published works on voting in Canada suggest to us it is time to take stock of where we have been and where we should go. It is our belief that developments have not matched the rosy prognosis implicit in Donald Smiley's 1967 statement that “undoubtedly the most extensive developments in Canadian political science in the past two decades have been in the field of studies of voting behaviour and political parties.” To be s…
LIP and Partisanship: An Analysis of the Local Initiatives Program
This study seeks to capitalize on the existence of a rare body of data constituency level figures for expenditures under the Local Initiatives Program to test propositions about partisanship in the allocation process. Using multiple regression analysis, it was found that after controlling for economic need (unemployment and educational levels and the presence of native Indians and Eskimos) per capita riding allocations in 1972-73 and 1973-74 were…
Political Parties in CanadaConrad Winn and John McMenemy Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1976, pp. xi, 291
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Constituency Contexts and Canadian Elections: An Exploratory Study
La dimension des circonscriptions dans les elections canadiennes: une analyse exploratoireCette étude utilise l'analyse de régression multiple et une combinaison de données d'enquête et de recensement afin d'évaluer les conséquences de la dimension politique et socio-économique des circonscriptions sur le soutien au Parti libéral à l'élection fédérate de 1968.Des estimations du soutien an Parti libéral prévu dans chacune des circonscriptions à pa…
And All That: Critical Elections in Canada
Les spécialistes du comportement électoral au Canada ne s'entendent toujours pas sur la force de l'orientation partisane et sur les revirements électoraux. Les études récentes sur cette question reconnaissent bien que l'orientation partisane et les changements électoraux sont reliés, mais elles ne portent d'une manière générale que sur le premier phéomène.Nous nous penchons ici sur les changements électoraux. A l'aide d'un indice de la force des …
Small worlds: Provinces and parties in Canadian political life
The Consistency of Inconsistency: Party Identification in Federal and Provincial Politics
La forte fréquence de dualités partisannes—identifications partisannes qui varient lors des élections fédérales et provinciales—est une des particularités du système politique canadien. L'auteur cherche à découvrir les sources de ces dualités ainsi qu'à évaluer la possibilité d'identification partisanne à un seul niveau. Des hypothèses soulevées par une analyse du degré de séparation des systèmes poiitiques fédéraux et provinciaux sont testées av…
Two Political Worlds: Parties and Voting in British Columbia
British Columbia has long been a source of fascination to political observers. Canadian socialism sank its earliest and deepest roots there, and it is one of only three provinces where the New Democratic Party has formed the government. It is one of only two provinces where Social Credit has governed and the only one in which the party still commands significant support. Provincial peculiarities have affected federal politics too -- British Colum…
Women and Politics in CanadaJanine Brodie Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1985, pp. 145
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Two Political Worlds: Parties and Voting in British Columbia
Ratification or Repudiation: Social Credit Leadership Selection in British Columbia
In July 1986, the Social Credit party of British Columbia held only the second leadership convention in its history. This article uses data from a survey of delegates to the convention to describe the divisions within the party, to assess disenchantment with the Bennett government and to estimate the effects of these and other factors on the final outcome of the convention. Analysis of a large number of policy and opinion items reveals a party la…
The Public/Private Sector Cleavage in North America: The Political Behavior and Attitudes of Public Sector Employees
This article explores the private/public sector cleavage in voting and political attitudes in Canada and the United States. The authors use public choice theory to hypothesize that the interest of public sector employees in the growth of the state inclines them to vote for parties of the left, to support increased state spending, and to place themselves on the left ideologically in both countries. However, given differences between Canadian and U…
Canadian Public Opinion and Environmental Action: Evidence from British Columbia
Public opinion regarding environmental issues has attracted considerable scholarly attention during the 1990s. Less attention has been paid to links between environmentally friendly attitudes and “green” behaviour and the degree to which behaviour is context or value-driven, especially in Canada. Using survey data from British Columbia, this article analyzes these links, paying particular attention to differences between public perceptions of loc…
Governments, Parties and Public Sector Employees: Canada, United States, Britain and France
Studying the central governments of Canada, the United States, Britain and France, from the 1950s to the 1980s, this book focuses on the example of public sector employees and argues that parties and governments of the left are more generous towards these employees than those of the right
Individualized Solutions to Environmental Problems: The Case of Automobile Pollution
Combatting air pollution associated with extensive motor-vehicle use has become a major policy objective for cities around the world. Policy alternatives toward this end can be divided into two categories: incentives (e.g., improved public transportation) and disincentives (e.g., environmental tax on gasoline). Based on survey data, this paper assesses which of these two types of policies is most likely to meet with public approval, and among whi…
The Adoption of Membership Votes for Choosing Party Leaders: The Experience of Canadian Parties
This research note uses the Canadian case to explore the growing phenomenon of universal membership ballots of party members being used to choose party leaders. The special leadership selection conventions long used in Canada are rapidly giving way to processes in which all members are given a vote. After elaborating a typology by which we might conceptualize distinct every-member vote mechanisms, the note examines four cases to illustrate the ty…
Governments, Parties, and Public Sector Employees
Environmental Determinants of Racial Attitudes among White Canadians
Canada is on the threshold of a major transformation in its ethnic and racial profile. Relative rates of immigration from European and non-European countries have reversed during the past 40 years. What impact has this had on the attitudes of the dominant white majority? This article provides a partial answer to this question by examining the attitudes and voting behaviour of this majority when faced with increasing concentrations of visible-mino…
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