TY - BOOK AU - Young,Walter D. TI - The Anatomy of a Party: The National CCF 1932-61 T2 - Heritage SN - 9780802061171 U1 - 329.9/71 PY - 1969///] CY - Toronto : PB - University of Toronto Press, KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties KW - bisacsh N1 - restricted access N2 - Although it never achieved national power, the CCF exerted a major influence on the shape of Canadian politics and kept the banner of democratic socialism flying in a hostile landscape. In the first full-scale study of a Canadian political party, Dr. Young examines the development of the CCF from its origin as a loose confederation of labour parties and agrarian protest movements in 1932 to its formal alliance with the Canadian Labour Congress in 1961 as the New Democratic Party. The central theme is the relationship between two fundamental aspects of the CCF: its nature as a movement and as a political party UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781487584726 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781487584726/original ER -