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Does proportional representation foster voter turnout

Abstract. This paper examines the record of western democracies to measure the impact of differing electoral formulae on the rate of voter turnout. The record of 509 national elections in 20…
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Parties as Franchise Systems

The article begins by identifying a number of apparently dissonant characteristics of modern party organization, suggesting that they define patterns of internal organizational relationships that are…
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When Citizens Decide

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Rebuilding Canadian Party Politics

Figures and Tables Acknowledgments 1. Party Politics at Century's End 2. The Party Question in Canada 3. Challenging the Consensus: Two New Parties 4. Struggling to Survive: Three Old Parties 5.…
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The Psychological Impact of Electoral Laws: Measuring Duverger's Elusive Factor

Duverger's law regarding the impact of electoral systems on party competition depends upon two effects: the mechanical and the psychological. The former is well defined and well documented, whereas…
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Do local campaigns matter? Campaign spending, the local canvass and party support in Canada

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The Politics of Tecumseh Corners: Canadian Political Parties as Franchise Organizations

  • R. K. Carty
  • Political Science
    Canadian Journal of Political Science/Revue…
  • 1 December 2002
Canadian political parties are charged with aggregating the interests of a diverse and changing electorate in order to balance particularistic local demands with general national interests. This…
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Politics Is Local: National Politics at the Grassroots

Politics is Local examines a critical but often neglected aspect of party politics: the local. Virtually everything available on parties and elections in Canada focuses on parties as national…

Canadian political parties in the constituencies

Deliberation, information, and trust: the British Columbia Citizens' Assembly as agenda setter

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