Title The Nisga'a treaty : polling dynamics and political communication in comparative context / J. Rick Ponting

Published Peterborough, Ont. : Broadview Press, ©2006

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Description 1 online resource (194 pages) Series Book collections on Project MUSE Contents Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Chapter One: Introduction -- Chapter Two: "It's One of the Things I Never Know If I Should Put On My Résumés": The Political Climate -- Chapter Three: "Like Shovelling Money off the Back of a Truck" -- Chapter Four: "It's Not About Politics": The Ad Campaign up Close -- Chapter Five: Questionnaire Construction and Content -- Chapter Six: The Polling Results and Their Use -- Chapter Seven: Gatekeeping, Analysis, and Interpretation of the Data in the Inner Circle -- Chapter Eight: Processing Public Opinion on Reconciliation in Australia -- Chapter Nine: Summary and Conclusion -- Postscript: The Impact of the Nisga'a Treaty in Northwestern British Columbia -- Appendices -- References -- Index Summary The Nisga'a Treaty presents an inside story of the socio-political dynamics behind the massive polling and advertising campaign through which the Government of British Columbia "sold" the Nisga'a Treaty to British Columbians. A complementary chapter on the polling done on the Aboriginal reconciliation issue in Australia provides further international context. J. Rick Ponting's research draws from archival sources, stunningly frank Freedom of Information documents, and lengthy interviews with bureaucratic and political elites. This book has two purposes: to contribute to the understanding of an important event in the history of relations between government and Indigenous people in British Columbia and Australia, and to contribute to an understanding of the dynamics of public opinion polling in all its phases. The book explores the processes of marketing government policy to the public, which is to say, the shaping of public opinion. Accordingly, it speaks directly to the basic democratic issue of whether governments should lead, follow, or ignore public opinion on important policy issues Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-187) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Print version record Subject Nisga'a Nation. Treaties, etc. 1999 April 27 -- Public opinion SUBJECT Treaties, etc. (Nisga'a Nation : 1999 April 27) fast (OCoLC)fst02058157 Subject Indian land transfers -- British Columbia -- Public opinion Public opinion -- British Columbia Government advertising -- British Columbia Aboriginal Australians -- Public opinion Public opinion -- Australia Niska Indians -- British Columbia -- Claims -- Public opinion Indians of North America -- British Columbia -- Treaties -- Public opinion Public opinion polls -- Case studies Indians of North America -- Land tenure -- British Columbia -- Public opinion POLITICAL SCIENCE -- World -- Canadian. Public opinion polls. Aboriginal Australians -- Public opinion. Government advertising. Public opinion. Australia. British Columbia. Genre/Form Electronic books Case studies. Form Electronic book ISBN 1551117908 9781551117904 9781442603189 1442603186

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