About Amanda Bittner Amanda Bittner is a professor of political science and director of the Gender and Politics Laboratory at Memorial University. Books by Amanda Bittner Foundations of Canadian Political Behaviour Stability and Change in the 21st Century edited by Amanda Bittner, J. Scott Matthews & Stuart Soroka Mothers and Others The Role of Parenthood in Politics edited by Melanee Thomas & Amanda Bittner Parties, Elections, and the Future of Canadian Politics edited by Amanda Bittner & Royce Koop Platform or Personality? The Role of Party Leaders in Elections by (author) Amanda Bittner