Whipped

Alex Marland is a professor of political science at Memorial University of Newfoundland and a member of the College of the Royal Society of Canada. He is the author of Brand Command: Canadian Politics and Democracy in the Age of Message Control, which won the Donner Prize for best public policy book by a Canadian and an Atlantic Book Award. He is trusted by Canadian politicians, political staff, and other members of the public sector to respect their conditions for sharing information about what goes on behind the scenes in Canadian politics and governance.

• 1 Party Discipline in Canada2 Representation3 Partisan Teams4 The Communications Arena5 Message Discipline6 Government Centralization7 Parliamentary Caucuses8 Caucus Research Bureaus9 Legislative Assemblies10 Managing Trouble11 The SNC-Lavalin Affair12 Advice for a New ParliamentarianAppendix 1: Interview Participants Appendix 2: Interview Sampling and RecruitmentNotes; References; Index

Marland [provides] an important fresh look at the issues around party whip systems and explores the mechanisms of party discipline and the extent discipline can be enforced in the digital age of direct communication between represented and representative. - Darren G. Lilleker (International Journal of Press/Politics) It is a fresh addition to the study of Canadian politics, written in a clear and accessible tone yet rife with diligent detail and sharp analysis. - Elizabeth Haig (Canadian Parliamentary Review) Whipped renews our understanding of Canadian parliamentary politics and party discipline in the modern setting, where we see intensifying message discipline across a range of new platforms and technologies. Writing in accessible plain language, Marland pushes his argument forward with a mix of convincing new primary research.- J.P. Lewis (Canadian Journal of Political Science) If you're interested in how modern legislatures in Canada really work, Whipped: Party Discipline in Canada by Alex Marland is a treat — a detailed, well-researched and well-written look behind one of the curtains. - Brian Topp, partner, GT&Company Executive Advisors (Policy Magazine)