Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-220) and index.
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Introduction -- The founding 1987-1989 -- The maturing membership: the 1989 assembly -- Expanding beyond the west: 1900 to 1992 -- Opinion structure of delegates attending reform's 1992 assembly -- The road to official opposition -- The decommissioning.
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"The Limits of Participation is the only book-length analysis of Reform Party activists and early members. Outlining key stages in party evolution, such as the recruitment of activists into the party and the search for a national profile, this is the first comprehensive history of Reform Party development. This is a detailed study of the grassroots phenomenon that was the Reform Party and is the only systematic analysis of its evolving constitutional and organizational efforts. The Limits of Participation is a fascinating glimpse of a political party attempting to bridge the participatory demands of its members and the strategic plans of its leaders in a bid to secure national political power."--Jacket.