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Paul Webb, University of Sussex and Tim Bale, Queen Mary University of London Why do some people switch political parties? After all, if someone is committed enough to a particular vision of politics, wouldn’t they be relatively immune to the charms of its competitors? It turns out, however, that switching parties at grassroots membership level is by no means uncommon, …

South Asian immigration to Canada increased in the 70s and 80s. A picture circa 1975, taken in the Toronto neighbourhood of South Riverdale (‘Little India’). (City of Toronto Archives/Series 1465; Urban Design photographs) Asmita Bhutani, University of Toronto and Ambika Tenneti, University of Toronto As recent South Asian immigrants to Toronto, we write this article in response to personal contentious …