Saskatchewan Politics: Crowding the Centre
- ISBN-10
- 0889772347
- ISBN-13
- 9780889772342
- Category
- Political Science
- Pages
- 508
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Regina Press
- Author
- Howard A. Leeson
Description
This new study suggests that political parties in the province of Saskatchewan have crowded closer and closer to the ideological centre.
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Other editions
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- 2001
- 448 pages
- Paperback
- University of Regina Press
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