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The Campbell Revolution?Power, Politics, and Policy in British Columbia |
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Assessing British Columbia premier Gordon Campbell’s tenure and political legacy.
How are we to assess Gordon Campbell’s decade-long premiership of British Columbia? While to many he was an ideologue set on revolutionizing provincial politics, he was a far more complex figure - polarizing and unpopular, but also a shrewd party manager and successful political operator.
Beginning with a detailed account of Gordon Campbell’s pre-Liberal Party political activities, The Campbell Revolution? then takes a broad look at the policy options open to him in the context of the neoliberal revolution that swept across Canada and elsewhere in the 1980s and 1990s. Contributors discuss the Campbell administration's reforms in social, environmental, and economic policies, focusing on tax system reform, the arts and culture sector, healthcare, and urban development in the context of the 2010 Winter Olympics. More than just a narrative of the career of an enigmatic public official, this book looks at specific public policy examples and asks whether Campbell led a revolution or simply rode a wave of change that had begun years before he came to power.
A comprehensive examination of Gordon Campbell’s leadership and governance style and the ideological underpinnings of BC’s Liberal Party, The Campbell Revolution? examines how the Campbell administration attempted to transform politics in British Columbia in the twenty-first century.
Beginning with a detailed account of Gordon Campbell’s pre-Liberal Party political activities, The Campbell Revolution? then takes a broad look at the policy options open to him in the context of the neoliberal revolution that swept across Canada and elsewhere in the 1980s and 1990s. Contributors discuss the Campbell administration's reforms in social, environmental, and economic policies, focusing on tax system reform, the arts and culture sector, healthcare, and urban development in the context of the 2010 Winter Olympics. More than just a narrative of the career of an enigmatic public official, this book looks at specific public policy examples and asks whether Campbell led a revolution or simply rode a wave of change that had begun years before he came to power.
A comprehensive examination of Gordon Campbell’s leadership and governance style and the ideological underpinnings of BC’s Liberal Party, The Campbell Revolution? examines how the Campbell administration attempted to transform politics in British Columbia in the twenty-first century.
Details
368 Pages, 6 x 9
3 tables, 8 figures
ISBN 9780773551039
November 2017
Formats: Cloth, Paperback, eBook
“This is one of those rare collections that focuses on a recent significant political transition. In doing so Jason Lacharite and Tracy Summerville have produced a needed and worthwhile book.” BC Studies
J.R. Lacharite is assistant professor of political science at the University of Northern British Columbia.
Tracy Summerville is associate professor of political science at the University of Northern British Columbia.
Tracy Summerville is associate professor of political science at the University of Northern British Columbia.
Contents
Tables and Figures / ix
Acknowledgments / xi
Introduction: The Campbell Revolution? / 3
J.R. Lacharite and Tracy Summerville
1 Charting Gordon Campbell’s Rise to the Top: The Pragmatic Mayor and the Politics of “Efficiency”? / 15
Kevin Ginnell
2 Assessing Gordon Campbell’s Uneven Democratic Legacy in British Columbia / 37
Dennis Pilon
3 The Road to “Reconciliation”? Premier Gordon Campbell and BC Aboriginal Policy / 61
Yale D. Belanger
4 Riding the Wave of Available Policy Options: Gordon Campbell and the Rhetoric of Neoliberalism / 88
Tracy Summerville
5 Tax Policy in British Columbia from 2001 to 2011: Too Progressive, Too Regressive, or Just the Right Mix? / 108
J.R. Lacharite
6 BC Labour Relations in an Era of Neoliberal Reform: The Campbell Years, 2001-11 / 125
Gary Teeple
7 Putting Preservation First: Assessing the Legacy of the Campbell Government’s Approach to Health Policy / 150
Neil T. Hanlon
8 Downsizing Equality, 2001-11: The Best Place on Earth for Whom? / 165
Gillian Creese and Veronica Strong-Boag
9 Ambition without Capacity: Environmental and Natural Resource Policy in the Campbell Era / 177
George Hoberg
10 Privatizing Electricity in British Columbia: Incremental Steps / 194
Marjorie Griffin Cohen
11 Local Government Legislative Reform in British Columbia: The Gordon Campbell Decade, 2001-11 / 210
Patrick J. Smith
12 British Columbia’s Arts, Cultural, and Creative Sector under Premier Campbell / 231
Duncan Low
13 Vancouver’s 2010 Olympic Games: The Mitigated Success of Premier Campbell / 259
Emmanuel Brunet-Jailly
Conclusion: Campbell’s Legacy? / 281
J.R. Lacharite and Tracy Summerville
References / 287
Contributors / 327
Index / 331
Tables and Figures / ix
Acknowledgments / xi
Introduction: The Campbell Revolution? / 3
J.R. Lacharite and Tracy Summerville
1 Charting Gordon Campbell’s Rise to the Top: The Pragmatic Mayor and the Politics of “Efficiency”? / 15
Kevin Ginnell
2 Assessing Gordon Campbell’s Uneven Democratic Legacy in British Columbia / 37
Dennis Pilon
3 The Road to “Reconciliation”? Premier Gordon Campbell and BC Aboriginal Policy / 61
Yale D. Belanger
4 Riding the Wave of Available Policy Options: Gordon Campbell and the Rhetoric of Neoliberalism / 88
Tracy Summerville
5 Tax Policy in British Columbia from 2001 to 2011: Too Progressive, Too Regressive, or Just the Right Mix? / 108
J.R. Lacharite
6 BC Labour Relations in an Era of Neoliberal Reform: The Campbell Years, 2001-11 / 125
Gary Teeple
7 Putting Preservation First: Assessing the Legacy of the Campbell Government’s Approach to Health Policy / 150
Neil T. Hanlon
8 Downsizing Equality, 2001-11: The Best Place on Earth for Whom? / 165
Gillian Creese and Veronica Strong-Boag
9 Ambition without Capacity: Environmental and Natural Resource Policy in the Campbell Era / 177
George Hoberg
10 Privatizing Electricity in British Columbia: Incremental Steps / 194
Marjorie Griffin Cohen
11 Local Government Legislative Reform in British Columbia: The Gordon Campbell Decade, 2001-11 / 210
Patrick J. Smith
12 British Columbia’s Arts, Cultural, and Creative Sector under Premier Campbell / 231
Duncan Low
13 Vancouver’s 2010 Olympic Games: The Mitigated Success of Premier Campbell / 259
Emmanuel Brunet-Jailly
Conclusion: Campbell’s Legacy? / 281
J.R. Lacharite and Tracy Summerville
References / 287
Contributors / 327
Index / 331
Winner
Lynda Erickson Prize for best edited collection
British Columbia Political Studies Association
2019
Lynda Erickson Prize for best edited collection
British Columbia Political Studies Association
2019
