Should we change how we vote? : evaluating Canada's electoral system

Should we change how we vote? : evaluating Canada's electoral system /

"During the 2015 federal election, the Liberal Party pledged that, if elected, they would end the "first past the post" electoral system, where whichever candidate receives the most votes wins a riding even if they have not received a majority of all votes cast. After the Liberals ass...

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Other Authors: Potter, Andrew (Editor), Weinstock, Daniel, 1963- (Editor), Loewen, Peter John, 1979- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2017
Subjects:
Canada. > Parliament > Elections.
Voting > Canada.
Elections > Canada.
Proportional representation > Canada.
Representative government and representation > Canada.
Election law > Canada.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: pt. ONE GUIDING PRINCIPLES
  • 1. Evaluating How We Vote
  • Again / Ken Carty
  • 2. Complex Normative Landscape of Electoral Systems / Daniel Weinstock
  • 3. Democratic Stability, Representation, and Accountability: A Case for Single-Member Plurality Elections in Canada / Peter Loewen
  • 4. Electoral Reform Is Not a Rights Issue / Emmett Macfarlane
  • 5. Imaginary Worlds of Electoral System Reform / Christopher Cochrane
  • pt. TWO EVIDENCE AND EXPERIENCE
  • 6. Voter Choice and Accountability: A Case for Caution about Electoral Reform / Elizabeth Goodyear-Grant
  • 7. Electoral System Reform: Implications for Internal Party Democracy / William Cross
  • 8. Democratic Deliberation and Electoral Reform / Colin M. Macleod
  • 9. Can Proportional Representation Lead to Better Political System Performance? / Mark E. Warren
  • 10. What Is the Problem that Electoral Reform Will Solve? / Lydia Miljan
  • pt. THREE ISSUES AND ALTERNATIVES
  • 11. Electoral System and Parliament's Diversity Problem: In Defense of the Wrongfully Accused / Erin Tolley
  • 12. Indigenous Representation, Self-Determination, and Electoral Reform / Melissa S. Williams
  • 13. Addressing Representational Deficits in Canadian Legislatures / Elisabeth Gidengil
  • pt. FOUR HOW SHOULD WE DECIDE?
  • 14. Public Consultation on Electoral Reform Through Referenda or Plebiscite: Recent Experience in British Columbia / Keith Archer
  • 15. Should We Have a Referendum? / Dominique Leydet
  • 16. Modest Case for Constitutional Limits on Electoral Reform in Canada / Hoi L. Kong
  • 17. Which Procedure for Deciding Election Procedures? / Arash Abizadeh.

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