Author: R. Michael McGregor
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1487509642
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 208
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This book offers a thorough account of the attitudes and behaviour of electors towards the 2014 Toronto Mayoral Election.
Author: Jack Lucas
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1487553714
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 202
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One of the most peculiar features of municipal politics in Canada is how frequently local politicians, activists, and scholars disagree about how to describe the municipal arena. For some, municipal politics is distinct from other levels of government, a world of non-ideological elections, pragmatic and technical policymaking, and issue-by-issue policy coalitions. Others argue that municipal politics is similar to politics at other scales, with persistent axes of political disagreement and a recognizable “left” and “right.” This recurring debate features prominently in municipal election campaigns across Canada. In Ideology in Canadian Municipal Politics, Jack Lucas investigates municipal ideology in Canada. Using data from original surveys of municipal politicians and the Canadian public, the book reveals how municipal politics is clearly structured by left-right ideology. It shows that municipal politicians represent their constituents’ ideological preferences quite well: they understand their constituents’ ideological perspectives, they align with their constituents’ preferences, and they are elected in part because of their ideological alignment with voters. A lively and accessible study, Ideology in Canadian Municipal Politics will appeal to readers interested in municipal politics, political ideology, and political representation.
Author: Jack Lucas
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1487528566
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 281
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This collection offers an in-depth look at municipal voting behaviour during local elections in eight of Canada's largest cities.
Author: Éric Bélanger
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1487540094
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 219
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While Quebec is well known for its provincial-level party politics and thriving nationalism, voting behaviour and electoral campaigning at the municipal level have failed to gain much attention to date. Voting in Quebec Municipal Elections seeks to transform the state of municipal elections research in Quebec through a systematic study of the 2017 Montreal and Quebec City elections. Drawing upon data from the Canadian Municipal Election Study, the authors demonstrate not only the importance of Quebec municipal politics, but the many ways that municipal elections research can inform our broader understanding of voting behaviour in the province. This volume considers the features particular to the Quebec local context, such as the importance of language and nationalism, the effects of local party labels for down-ballot races, and the role of ideology. Voting in Quebec Municipal Elections represents the largest-ever collection of work on local elections in the province’s history, making a significant contribution to our understanding of the municipal voter in Quebec.
Author: Nicole Goodman
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0228021790
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 144
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In an attempt to reverse declining rates of voter participation, governments around the world are turning to electronic voting to improve the efficiency of vote counts, and increase the accessibility and equity of the voting process for electors who may face additional barriers. The Covid-19 pandemic has intensified this trend. Voting Online focuses on Canada, where the technology has been widely embraced by municipal governments with one of the highest rates of use in the world. In the age of cyber elections, Canada is the only country where governments offer fully remote electronic elections and where traditional paper voting is eliminated for entire electorates. Municipalities are the laboratories of electoral modernization when it comes to digital voting reform. We know conspicuously little about the effects of these changes, particularly the elimination of paper ballots. Relying on surveys of voters, non-voters, and candidates in twenty Ontario cities, and a survey of administrators across the province of Ontario, Voting Online provides a holistic view of electronic elections unavailable anywhere else.
Author: Toby S. James
Publisher: International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA)
ISBN: 9176716279
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 724
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Elections often have to be held in emergency situations. The Covid-19 pandemic was one of the most serious emergency situations that the world has seen. The rapid spread of the virus presented a huge humanitarian threat—but also an unparalleled challenge to electoral stakeholders globally seeking to protect electoral integrity during times of uncertainty. This volume identifies how the pandemic affected electoral integrity, what measures were put in place to protect elections and what worked in defending them. It brings together a comprehensive set of 26 country case studies to explore how elections were affected on the ground, what measures were put in place and what worked. These case studies are of elections which took place in the eye of the storm when practitioners and policymakers were operating under uncertainty and without the benefit of hindsight. To learn lessons in a more systematic way, this volume also provides a thematic analysis of electoral integrity during the pandemic using crossnational studies. This provides the big picture for policymakers, practitioners and academics looking back at the crisis. The volume therefore seeks to contribute towards the future development of policy and practice. However, it does so by using academic research methods and concepts which enable greater confidence in the policy lessons, as well as contributing directly to the scholarship on democracy, democratization and elections. The volume includes 11 areas of recommendation based on the evidence collected in this volume to protect electoral integrity in any future emergency situation.
Author: Jan Wong
Publisher: Anchor Canada
ISBN: 0385673485
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 320
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Many people have predicted that she'll never eat lunch in this town again. But as "Lunch With" proves each week, there's always another unsuspecting celebrity ready to break bread with columnist Jan Wong. Now's your chance to dine with her while she dishes, disses and dissects the likes of Suzanne Somers, Jeffrey Archer, Margaret Trudeau, Dr. Ruth, Preston Manning, Atom Egoyan, Don Cherry, Margaret Atwood, Mordecai Richler, Bryan Adams, Sarah Polley, Eartha Kitt, Helen Gurley Brown and many more, in sixty of her funniest, most trenchant, often barbed and occasionally moving "Lunch With" columns. With an introduction on the lunching phenomenon, some appetizing background on arranging the interviews, and (for dessert) some reactions from readers and guests, this compilation is a deliciously wicked treat from start to finish.
Author: George Golubovskis
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 059518281X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 166
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These essays relay an essence of how Canada has transformed itself in the past generation or so. Some may refer to these essays as an ethnographic overview. Others would note this book is simply a collection of observations of someone who has lived and worked on both sides of the border; in short, an observer without a single home country, but who actually is lucky to have two.
Author: James D. Rasmussen
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1532023855
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 131
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Redemption of a City is a fictional, futuristic look at consequences of a technically and economically challenged present and future contentment. The story is fast-paced with a look at controversial subject matters and situations, based upon the fictional aspects of the story. Stephanie is an Investigative Journalist in the city of Chicago in the year 2056. She is investigating the events of the past 44 years that have led to the current state of her city. She exposes corruption and deception. But her biggest discovery is unbelievable. Will the story end here? The sequel to Redemption of a City, entitled The Search for Them, will be released in fall 2017.
Author: Peter F. Trent
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0773539328
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 700
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The story of the fight against the forced merger of Montreal municipalities and the world's first metropolitan de-merger.
