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Examines Canadian elections since 1988 to consider the validity of research supporting the idea that they are vulnerable to leader effects. Why Canadian research deems leadership relevant in the Canadian context is considered in terms of institutional features, party convergence & size, & electoral flux. The extant evidence is viewed as modest, & it is wondered whether the research is really addressing personality. This is taken up in a discussion of prime ministers, touching on leaders as embodied preferences of policy orientations based on sociodemographic & regional signals & character & competence spheres of personality. Individual & net personality effects are then estimated for the four elections between 1988 & 1997. Why leadership is a main focus in Canadian campaigns is contemplated before looking at a particular indirect effect that led to understating the salience of personality perception in the 1988 election. It is concluded that voters do account for leader personality in their voting decisions. 2 Tables, 4 Figures, 1 Appendix. J. Zendejas

Die Verfasser informieren über eine Vielzahl aktueller Initiativen und Untersuchungen in Bezug auf Antwortverweigerung bei Haushaltsbefragungen (Querschnitt und Längsschnitt), die von Statistics Canada durchgeführt wurden. Zu den behandelten Untersuchungen zählen der Labour Force Survey (LFS) und die auf dem LFS basierenden weiteren Untersuchungen, der General Social Survey und mehrere gesondert durchgeführte Haushaltsbefragungen. Die Verfasser fragen nach Determinanten der Teilnahmebereitschaft sowie nach Möglichkeiten, positiv auf diese einzuwirken. Sie stellen zudem Techniken zur Auswahlfehlerkorrektur vor. (ICEÜbers)

"Canada: Very "Civil" Military Relations" published on by Oxford University Press.