Making Every Vote Count : : Reassessing Canada's Electoral System /

Making Every Vote Count : : Reassessing Canada's Electoral System / / ed. by Henry Milner.

Among the political institutions inherited from Canada's British past is the system by which people are elected to office. This electoral system, used by only a small minority of stable democracies, is usually referred to by a metaphor whose origins lie in the British passion for horse racing:...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
MitwirkendeR:
Aimer, Peter,
Arseneau, Thérèse,
Courtney, John C.,
Flanagan, Tom,
Hill, Steven,
Katz, Richard S.,
Kent, Tom,
Leduc, Lawrence,
MacIvor, Heather,
Milner, Henry,
Nagel, Jack H.,
Pilon, Dennis,
Reynolds, Andrew,
Richie, Rob,
Studlar, Donley,
Weaver, Kent,
HerausgeberIn:
Milner, Henry,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]
©2004
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (320 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Tables and Figures
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • A Brief Introduction to Electoral Reform
  • PART I. PROPOSALS FOR REFORMING THE CANADIAN ELECTORAL SYSTEM
  • The Case for Proportional Representation in Canada
  • How to Renew Canadian Democracy: PR for the Commons, FPTP Elections for the Senate, and Political Financing by Individuals Only
  • New Challenges Demand New Thinking about our Antiquated Electoral System
  • MMP is Too Much of Some Good Things
  • The Alternative Vote: An Electoral System for Canada
  • Electoral Reform and Canada's Parties
  • Electoral Reform is not as Simple as it Looks
  • PART II. ELECTORAL REFORM IN CANADA IN HISTORICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL CONTEXT
  • The History of Voting System Reform in Canada
  • Will Canada Seriously Consider Electoral System Reform? Women and Aboriginals Should
  • Electing Representative Legislatures: Lessons from New Zealand
  • From Westminster Plurality to Continental Proportionality: Electoral System Change in New Zealand
  • The Defects of Its Virtues: New Zealand's Experience with MMP
  • Electoral System Reform in the United Kingdom
  • This Time Let the Voters Decide: The Proportional Representation Movement in the United States
  • Appendix: Electoral Systems in the Democratic World
  • Bibliography

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