Author : Jack Lucas
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 24,97 MB
Release : 2021
Category : Local elections
ISBN : 1487528566
This collection offers an in-depth look at municipal voting behaviour during local elections in eight of Canada's largest cities.
Author : Elections Canada
Publisher : Chief Electoral Officer of Canada
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 48,89 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Political Science
ISBN :
Cet ouvrage couvre la période qui va de 1758 à nos jours.
Author : R. Michael McGregor
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 26,22 MB
Release : 2024-03-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0228020263
Municipal elections in Canada don’t look much like those held at the federal and provincial levels. A key difference is a significant discrepancy in voter turnout, but relatively little is known about why far fewer people vote in city elections. Voters show less interest in local government, seeing it as less influential than other levels, yet they believe their views matter more to local politicians. Political Engagement in Canadian City Elections explores this apparent contradiction by asking who participates in politics, how they go about it, and why. Drawing from the Canadian Municipal Election Study, a novel survey of electors in eight large cities across the country in 2017 and 2018, contributors consider factors ranging from the universal – such as the demographic profile of voters or how economic conditions affect them – to the specific – for example, participation in school board and council elections. There are more municipal elections than any other kind in Canada. The discoveries in Political Engagement in Canadian City Elections collectively represent a major leap forward in our understanding of voter activity at the community and municipal level.
Author : Zoltan Hajnal
Publisher : Public Policy Instit. of CA
Page : 85 pages
File Size : 21,60 MB
Release : 2001
Category : California
ISBN : 1582130337
Author : Jack Lucas
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 44,71 MB
Release : 2024-03-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1487553714
One of the most peculiar features of municipal politics in Canada is how frequently local politicians, activists, and scholars disagree about how to describe the municipal arena. For some, municipal politics is distinct from other levels of government, a world of non-ideological elections, pragmatic and technical policymaking, and issue-by-issue policy coalitions. Others argue that municipal politics is similar to politics at other scales, with persistent axes of political disagreement and a recognizable “left” and “right.” This recurring debate features prominently in municipal election campaigns across Canada. In Ideology in Canadian Municipal Politics, Jack Lucas investigates municipal ideology in Canada. Using data from original surveys of municipal politicians and the Canadian public, the book reveals how municipal politics is clearly structured by left-right ideology. It shows that municipal politicians represent their constituents’ ideological preferences quite well: they understand their constituents’ ideological perspectives, they align with their constituents’ preferences, and they are elected in part because of their ideological alignment with voters. A lively and accessible study, Ideology in Canadian Municipal Politics will appeal to readers interested in municipal politics, political ideology, and political representation.
Author : Harold D. Clarke
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 42,63 MB
Release : 2019-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1487594801
Absent Mandate develops the crucial concept of policy mandates, distinguished from other interpretations of election outcomes, and addresses the disconnect between election issues and government actions. Emphasizing Canadian federal elections between 1993 and 2015, the book examines the Chretien/Martin, Harper and Trudeau governments and the campaigns that brought them to power. Using data from the Canadian Election Studies and other major surveys, Absent Mandate documents the longstanding volatility in Canadian voting behaviour. This volatility reflects the flexibility of voters' partisan attachments, the salience of party leader images, and campaigns dominated by discussion of broad national problems and leaders rather than by coherent sets of policy proposals. The failure of elections to provide genuine policy mandates stimulates public discontent with the political process and widens the gap between the promise and the performance of Canadian democracy.
Author : Nicole Goodman
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 41,51 MB
Release : 2024-06-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0228021790
In an attempt to reverse declining rates of voter participation, governments around the world are turning to electronic voting to improve the efficiency of vote counts, and increase the accessibility and equity of the voting process for electors who may face additional barriers. The Covid-19 pandemic has intensified this trend. Voting Online focuses on Canada, where the technology has been widely embraced by municipal governments with one of the highest rates of use in the world. In the age of cyber elections, Canada is the only country where governments offer fully remote electronic elections and where traditional paper voting is eliminated for entire electorates. Municipalities are the laboratories of electoral modernization when it comes to digital voting reform. We know conspicuously little about the effects of these changes, particularly the elimination of paper ballots. Relying on surveys of voters, non-voters, and candidates in twenty Ontario cities, and a survey of administrators across the province of Ontario, Voting Online provides a holistic view of electronic elections unavailable anywhere else.
Author : Kristin R. Good
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 657 pages
File Size : 14,17 MB
Release :
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ISBN : 1442634979
Author : Darrell Bricker
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 32,45 MB
Release : 2013-02-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1443416479
For almost its entire history, Canada has been run by the political, media and business elites of Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal. But in the past few years, these groups have lost their power—and most of them still do not realize it’s gone. The Laurentian Consensus, the term John Ibbitson has coined for the dusty liberal elite, has been replaced by a new, powerful coalition based in the West and supported by immigrant voters in Ontario. How did this happen? Most people are unaware that the keystone economic and political drivers of this country are now Western Canada and immigrants from China, India and other Asian countries. Politicians and businesspeople have underestimated how conservative these newcomers are making our country. Canada, with its ever-evolving economy and fluid demographic base, has become divorced from the traditions of its past and is moving in an entirely new direction. In The Big Shift, Darrell Bricker and John Ibbitson argue that one of the world’s most consensual countries is becoming polarized, exhibiting stark differences between East and West, cities and suburbs, Canadianborn citizens and immigrants. The winners—in both politics and business— will be those who can capitalize on the tremendous changes that the Big Shift will bring.
Author : James Lightbody
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 578 pages
File Size : 33,82 MB
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1551117533
"City Politics, Canada will both irritate and please, but it should be read—it raises all the important questions about urban governance in Canada." - Caroline Andrew, Centre on Governance, University of Ottawa
