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Partisanship, Intergovernmental Relations & the 2015 Federal Election - Dr. Anna Esselment
The dynamics of intergovernmental relations are complex. They can involve the ordinary, daily interaction of public servants from one level of government to another (federal to provincial and vice versa), or horizontally between provinces. But intergovernmental relations can also be quite political, especially at the higher echelons of power. How much does the partisan stripe of government matter when it comes to intergovernmental relations? How might these partisan influences affect the next federal election? This will be the focus of Dr. Anna Esselment’s talk on February 27. Anna Esselment is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Waterloo. She earned her PhD at the University of Western Ontario and her dissertation focused on partisanship and intergovernmental relations. Dr. Esselment currently researches and writes in the fields of Canadian politics, campaigns and elections, political marketing, and intergovernmental relations.
Want to get out the youth vote? Start (really, really) young
The Globe and Mail, September 22, 2015Online
URL: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/try-it-now/?articleId=26469094
Our daughter was about three months old when she attended her first campaign event. She could drop a pamphlet like a pro at five. Our son ...
As Election Day unfolds, exhausted political organizers move from changing minds to moving bodies
National Post, October 18, 2015Online
“For most of the campaign, much of the attention is diverted to the air war,” said Anna Esselment, an assistant professor of political science at the University of Waterloo...
A look back at 3 early campaign promises you may have forgotten
CTV News, October 14, 2015Online
According to University of Waterloo Political Science professor Anna Esselment, his early promise was directly aimed at core Conservative voters. "One of the first rules of campaigning is that you need to solidify your base, right from the outset," Esselement said on CTV's Canada AM on Wednesday. "(The promise) was smart in the sense that you want to talk to your base first and let them know that you're on their side."...
A lot more than symbolism’: Here’s why Cabinet name changes are a sign of what’s to come
National Post, November 4, 2015Online
John McCallum took on immigration, citizenship and refugees, an addition on the end intended to signal both to Canadians and the world how serious the new government is about tackling the crisis, according to Anna Esselment...
A new code for the ‘kids in short pants’
The Globe and Mail, December 14, 2015Online
URL: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/a-new-code-for-the-kids-in-short-pants/article27731793/
Anna Esselment is an assistant professor of political science at the University of Waterloo. Paul Wilson is an associate professor in the Clayton H. Riddell Graduate Program in Political Management at Carleton University.
The nature of political advising to prime ministers in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the UK
Published by Commonwealth & Comparative Politics
2014 Political advisors to heads of government occupy such a privileged sphere of influence that their role is a source of consternation among democratic idealists. Interviews with advisors to prime ministers of Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the UK inform a small body of ...
URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14662043.2014.919731
Fighting elections: Cross-level political party integration in Ontario
Published by Canadian Journal of Political Science
2010 Conventional wisdom about the structure of political parties in Canada has emphasized their confederal nature. In other words (and the New Democratic party excepted), parties with identical partisan complexions at the federal and provincial levels ...
URL: http://journals.cambridge.org/abstract_S0008423910000727
Canadian Journal of Political Science
Published by Canadian Journal of Political Science
2007 Is everything old new again? Gerald Baier's insightful book brings back into the mainstream a long neglected examination of federalism from the perspective of judicial review. His analysis of the courts' impact on the development of federalism involves a detailed study of division of powers jurisprudence in the United States, Australia, and Canada...
Birds of a feather? The role of partisanship in the 2003 Ontario government transition
Published by Canadian Public Administration
2011 The question posed in this article focuses on whether partisanship affects government transitions. The way governments assume power in Canada is an intriguing part of politics, but we have only a limited knowledge of transition mechanics. There has been ...
URL: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1754-7121.2011.00189.x/full
A Little Help from My Friends: The Partisan Factor and Intergovernmental Negotiations in Canada
Published by The Journal of Federalism
2012 This article takes a new approach to the study of federal–provincial relations by arguing that in the conduct of intergovernmental relations in Canada, whether on major constitutional issues or the mundane, ordinary intergovernmental negotiations, ...
URL: https://publius.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2012/09/25/publius.pjs041.full
Biography
Anna Esselment is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science. She earned her PhD at the University of Western Ontario where her research focused on the role of partisanship in intergovernmental relations in Canada. Broader areas of research and writing include political parties, campaigns and elections, political marketing, and Canadian institutions. Prior to commencing her PhD, Anna worked at Queen's Park as a policy advisor to then Opposition Leader Dalton McGuinty.