Partisan Odysseys: Canada’s Political Parties

"Partisan Odysseys is well-written, engaging, and an important body of work that offers a condensed look at the history of Canada’s political parties. Partisan Odysseys ‘falls between the cracks of history and political science. It reflects a wide reading of materials and may be read as a history of the parties through the lens of Canadian history or as a history of Canada through the lens of the history of the parties.’"

Kate Malloy, The Hill Times

“Partisan Odysseys is a timely celebration of Canadian-style democracy in an era of minority parliaments and the guillotine of surprise elections. It’s a first-rate observance of a hundred years of hell-raising. It makes you proud to be Canadian.”

Holly Doan, Blacklock’s Reporter

"Partisan Odysseys: Canada’s Political Parties, by the well-known and respected political scientist Nelson Wiseman, summarizes the emergence, successes, failures, and fates of almost two dozen political parties from the early nineteenth century to today. Among the book’s many pleasures are numerous conclusions about national governance that are not generally accepted or well known. Those who know or know of Nelson Wiseman will not be disappointed by this work."

Ron Hikel, Literary Review of Canada

"Calling upon a wide range of resources, Partisan Odysseys offers political science students an accessible overview of the story of Canada as presented through the lens of its political parties."

Peter Woolstencroft, Department of Political Science, University of Waterloo

"In answering the question of how we got to where we are today, Partisan Odysseys presents an engaging overview of more than 215 years of federal Canadian party history that is both chronologically organized and easy to follow, providing the reader with an understanding of the evolution of this history, including where the parties came from and how issues have changed over time."

David McGrane, Department of Political Studies, University of Saskatchewan