Power of Persuasion

The Politics of the New Right in Ontario

By: Kristen Kozolanka

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Paperback | 1 January 2026

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The Power of Persuasion looks at how the New Right came to power in Ontario by using lessons learned from its successes in other countries (namely Great Britain, the US and New Zealand), to gain public consent for policies that were economically and socially harmful.

Author Kirsten Kozolanka contends that this New Right trajectory is neither haphazard nor narrowly constructed, but purposeful in its use of sophisticated communications tools-advertising, polling and marketing-but also by closing down government information channels in a war of persuasion and limitation that contained, controlled and confused both the media, and political and public opposition.

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Non-Fiction Politics & Government Regional Government Political Structure & Processes Political Ideologies & Movements Conservatism & Right-of-Centre Democratic Ideologies History Regional & National History History of the Americas

Introduction : shifting 'hegemonic plates' and the war of ideas	p. 1
Too much democracy?	p. 31
Spinning into control : new right communication and media management	p. 79
Persuasion and pre-established maps of meaning : the public sector strike of 1996	p. 123
The voice of the people or vested interests : the amalgamation of Toronto	p. 158
Too far, too fast or not at all : the Education Restructuring Act	p. 183
Days of action and inaction : the real crisis in legitimacy	p. 209
Persuasive communications or communicative democracy?	p. 242
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