Overview
Featuring contributions from a highly respected roster of experts in various aspects of elections, this book covers the entire process, from the historical and legal dimensions, the campaigns and strategies, and the role of the media, to an overview of the theories and debates surrounding voter behaviour, and more.
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PART ONE: Overview
- Introduction (Heather MacIvor)
- Forty and Counting (John C. Courtney)
- Appendix 1: Canadian Federal Election Results, 1867–Present
- Appendix 2: A Brief History of Canadian Elections (Heather MacIvor)
PART TWO: Legal and Institutional Framework
- Understanding Electoral Systems (Dennis Pilon)
- Canada’s Election Law: Less Than Meets the Eye? (Heather MacIvor)
- Constituency Boundaries in Canada (Michael Pal and Sujit Choudhry)
PART THREE: Election Campaigning
- Constituency Campaigning in Canada (Munroe Eagles and Annika Hagley)
- Democracy and the Candidate Selection Process in Canada (Steve Patten)
- Campaign Strategy: Triage and the Concentration of Resources (Thomas Flanagan)
- Still Waiting for an Internet Prime Minister: Online Campaigning by Canadian Political Parties (Tamara A. Small)
- Polling as Modern Alchemy: Measuring Public Opinion in Canadian Elections (André Turcotte)
PART FOUR: The Canadian Voter
- Overview of Voter Behaviour Theories (Andrea Perrella)
- Voter Turnout (Lawrence LeDuc and Jon H. Pammett)
- Patterns of Party Identification (Joanna Everitt, Elisabeth Gidengil, Patrick Fournier, and Neil Nevitte)
- Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts: Political Cultures and Regions in Canada (Ailsa Henderson)
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