Suchergebnisse

1. Approaching the Study of Democracy / Cameron D. Anderson and Laura B. Stephenson -- Part I - Democracy in Theory: Normative Approaches. 2. Democracy: What and Why / Charles Jones -- 3. Is Majority Rule Democratic? / Richard Vernon -- Part II - Analyzing Democracy: Positivist Approaches. 4. Evaluating a Democracy: Are Citizens Engaged? / Cameron D. Anderson and Laura B. Stephenson -- 5. Conceptualizing and Measuring Democracy / David Armstrong -- 6. A Democratic Continuum? / Bruce Morrison -- 7. Membership Rules for Democratic Communities: Canada and the United States / Andrew Sancton and Christopher Alcantara -- 8. Representation and the Practice of Politics / Rob Leone and Josh Morgan -- 9. The Democratic Dimensions of Specialized Governments / Joseph Lyons -- Part III - Interpreting Democracy: Critical and Post-modern Approaches. 10. Hatred of Democracy / Dan Bousfield -- 11. Rethinking Democracy / Nandita Biswas Mellamphy.

""There is no doubt that this book will become a standard text in courses on voting and elections." Joanna Everitt, co-author of Advocacy Groups in the Canadian Democratic Audit" ""This is an excellent textbook for senior undergraduate and graduate courses in voting and elections, a supplementary text for more general courses in Canadian politics, and an important addition to the scholarly literature in the field. I will be using it in a number of my classes." Keith Archer, co-author of Quasi-Democracy? Parties and Leadership Selection in Alberta" "The recent string of minority governments has reminded Canadians that voting behaviour has serious consequences-on the composition of government as well as on the direction of public policy. Understanding the underlying meaning of election results is a key issue for policy makers and for students and scholars of politics. But can voting behaviour be explained, given that each vote represents the influence of countless impressions, decisions, and attachments?" "Voting Behaviour in Canada reveals the challenges of understanding election results as leading young scholars of political behaviour piece together a comprehensive portrait of the modern Canadian voter. By systematically exploring long-standing attachments, short-term influences, and proximate factors (campaign issues and poll results), the contributors offer a multi-faceted analysis of voting behaviour that incorporates the insights of theories developed to illuminate the influence of certain factors. Theoretically grounded and methodologically advanced, Voting Behaviour in Canada sheds new light on the choices we make as citizens and provides important insights into recent national developments."--Jacket

"Electing a Mega-Mayor represents the first ever comprehensive, survey-based, examination of a Canadian mayoral race, and provides a unique and detailed account of the 2014 mayoral election in Toronto. After making the case that local elections deserve more attention from scholars of political behaviour, this book offers readers an understanding of Toronto politics at the time of the 2014 election, and presents relevant background on the major candidates. It considers the importance that Torontonians attached to policy concerns and identifies the bases of support for the outgoing, scandal-ridden mayor, Rob Ford, and his brother Doug. In the penultimate chapter, the authors examine how Torontonians viewed their elected officials, and the city's performance, two years after the election. McGregor, Moore, and Stephenson conclude with a reflection on what the analysis of Toronto 2014 says about voters in large cities in general, and provide a short epilogue addressing the 2018 election results. Written in an accessible style, this is the first book on the politics of Toronto during the Ford era that focuses on the perspective of the voter."--

1. Introduction -- 2. The political and economic setting -- 3. The run-up to 2011 -- 4. The campaign -- 5. The parties' campaign message -- 6. From 1.0 to 2.0: The online campaign -- 7. The leaders' debate -- 8. The parties' campaign strategies -- 9. At the races: The Toronto Star's coverage of the election -- 10. Did the parties' campaign efforts affect voters? -- 11. Vote choice -- 12. Fighting for votes.

"In parliamentary systems like Canada, voters directly contribute to the election outcome only in their own riding. However, the focus of election campaigns is often national, emphasizing the leader rather than the local candidate, and national rather than regional polls. This suggests that elections are national contests, but election outcomes clearly demonstrate that support for parties varies strongly by province. Focusing on the 2015 Canadian election campaigns in British Columbia, Ontario, and Quebec, three large provinces with different subnational party systems, Provincial Battles, National Prize? evaluates whether we should understand elections in Canada as national wars or individual provincial clashes. The authors draw upon voter and candidate surveys, party campaign behaviour and media coverage of the election to document how political parties vary their messages and strategies across provinces, how the media communicate and frame those messages, and how voters ultimately respond. The study shows that provincial variations in party support reflect differences in voters' political preferences rather than differences in party messages or media coverage. A novel and comprehensive study, Provincial Battles, National Prize? is the first and only thorough treatment of the party, media, and voter aspects of a federal election campaign through a subnational lens."--