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Making Every Vote Count : Reassessing Canada's Electoral System / 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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Online Access: Full Text (via De Gruyter)
Other Authors: Milner, Henry (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Elections > Canada.
Voting > Canada.
Representative government and representation > Canada.
Elections.
Representative government and representation.
Voting.
Canada.
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Tables and Figures
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • A Brief Introduction to Electoral Reform / MacIvor, Heather
  • PART I. PROPOSALS FOR REFORMING THE CANADIAN ELECTORAL SYSTEM
  • The Case for Proportional Representation in Canada / Milner, Henry
  • How to Renew Canadian Democracy: PR for the Commons, FPTP Elections for the Senate, and Political Financing by Individuals Only / Kent, Tom
  • New Challenges Demand New Thinking about our Antiquated Electoral System / Leduc, Lawrence
  • MMP is Too Much of Some Good Things / Weaver, Kent
  • The Alternative Vote: An Electoral System for Canada / Flanagan, Tom
  • Electoral Reform and Canada's Parties / Courtney, John C.
  • Electoral Reform is not as Simple as it Looks / Katz, Richard S.
  • PART II. ELECTORAL REFORM IN CANADA IN HISTORICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL CONTEXT
  • The History of Voting System Reform in Canada / Pilon, Dennis
  • Will Canada Seriously Consider Electoral System Reform? Women and Aboriginals Should / Studlar, Donley
  • Electing Representative Legislatures: Lessons from New Zealand / Arseneau, Thérèse
  • From Westminster Plurality to Continental Proportionality: Electoral System Change in New Zealand / Aimer, Peter
  • The Defects of Its Virtues: New Zealand's Experience with MMP / Nagel, Jack H.
  • Electoral System Reform in the United Kingdom / Reynolds, Andrew
  • This Time Let the Voters Decide: The Proportional Representation Movement in the United States / Richie, Rob / Hill, Steven
  • Appendix: Electoral Systems in the Democratic World
  • Bibliography

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