Elections /

Open and competitive elections governed by widely accepted rules and procedures are essential to any political system's legitimacy. This volume, by eminent political scientist John Courtney, assesses the history and development of five "building blocks" of Canada's electoral regi...

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Autor Principal: Courtney, John C. (John Childs), 1936-
Formato: Licensed eBooks
Idioma:inglés
Publicado: Vancouver : UBC Press, ©2004.
Series:Canadian democratic audit.
Acceso en liña:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=382667
Table of Contents:
  • The rules of the electoral game
  • Who can vote?
  • From gerrymandering to independence: territorially based districts
  • Registering voters
  • Electoral machinery: from partisanship to professionalism
  • Representation, plurality voting, and the Democratic deficit
  • Auditing Canada's electoral system.