Dominance and Decline - Making Sense of Recent Canadian Elections

Informationen zum Autor Elisabeth Gidengil is Hiram Mills Professor and Director of the Centre for the Study of Democratic Citizenship at McGill University. Klappentext Dominance and Decline provides a comprehensive, comparative account of Canadian election outcomes from 2000 through to 2008. Zusammenfassung Dominance and Decline provides a comprehensive! comparative account of Canadian election outcomes from 2000 through to 2008. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Figures and Tables Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Explaining Vote Choice 2. The Changing Social Bases of Party Support 3. Values and Beliefs 4. Party Loyalties 5. Does the Economy Matter? 6. The Issues and the Vote 7. Party Leaders: "The Superstars" of Canadian Politics? 8. Strategic Considerations 9. The Greens and the Perils of Being a "Single-Issue" Party 10. Electoral Dynamics in Quebec 11. The Shifting Contours of Canadian Elections Appendix A: Estimating the Multistage Models Appendix B: Values and Beliefs Appendix C: The Determinants of Vote Choice References Index

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• Authors: Andre Blais, Joanna Everitt, Patrick Fournier, Elisabeth Gidengil, Elisabeth Nevitte Gidengil, Neil Nevitte
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.03.2012
• EAN: 9781442603899
• ISBN: 978-1-4426-0389-9
• No. of pages: 240
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education