Rules of engagement: how current tactics corrode the relationship between progressive parties and their bases, and potential means of re-mobilizing the Left.

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dc.contributor.authorAshbourne, Craig Donald
dc.contributor.supervisorCarroll, William K.
dc.date.accessioned2012-04-30T18:05:21Z
dc.date.available2012-04-30T18:05:21Z
dc.date.copyright2012en_US
dc.date.issued2012-04-30
dc.degree.departmentDept. of Sociologyen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en_US
dc.description.abstractThe professionalization of political parties has significantly altered the means by which parties interact with voters and supporters. The current study is an attempt to examine what these changes in political communication mean for the ability of parties to organize supporters and mobilize them both in a campaign setting and in the longer-term struggle. Habermasian and Gramscian perspectives on the relational aspects of political communication highlight the challenges presented by the growing unidirectionality of communication and the concomitant atrophying of intermediary institutions. Beyond this, the work of Bottici and McLuhan is used to expose the effects of the 'arational' aspects of these changes in both form and content. To test the plausibility of the theoretical insights obtained, the case of the New Democratic Party of Canada is considered. The study concludes by considering the potential of new technological developments for resolving or mitigating concerns identified throughout the thesis.en_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/3950
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rights.tempAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjectpolitical communicationen_US
dc.subjectpolitical sociologyen_US
dc.subjectsociologyen_US
dc.subjectsociological theoryen_US
dc.subjectcommunications theoryen_US
dc.subjectpolitical scienceen_US
dc.subjectNew Democratic Partyen_US
dc.subjectCCFen_US
dc.subjectCanadian politicsen_US
dc.subjectJurgen Habermasen_US
dc.subjectMarshall McLuhanen_US
dc.subjectAntonio Gramscien_US
dc.subjectChiara Botticien_US
dc.subjectsocial movementsen_US
dc.subjectstrategic communicationsen_US
dc.subjectmobilizationen_US
dc.subjecthistorical sociologyen_US
dc.titleRules of engagement: how current tactics corrode the relationship between progressive parties and their bases, and potential means of re-mobilizing the Left.en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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