The Campbell Revolution?: Power, Politics, and Policy in British Columbia

How are we to assess Gordon Campbell’s decade-long premiership of British Columbia? While to many he was an ideologue set on revolutionizing provincial politics, he was a far more complex figure - polarizing and unpopular, but also a shrewd party manager and successful political operator.

Beginning with a detailed account of Gordon Campbell’s pre-Liberal Party political activities, The Campbell Revolution? then takes a broad look at the policy options open to him in the context of the neolib...