Steps Toward Making Every Vote Count : Electoral Ssytem Reofrm in Canada and Its Provinces by Henry Milner (2004, Trade Paperback)

Broadview Press

1551116480

9781551116488

30983575

Henry Milner

Steps Toward Making Every Vote Count : Electoral Ssytem Reofrm in Canada and Its Provinces

Trade Paperback

English

2004

Textbook

320 Pages

9in

1in

6in

17.6 Oz

Jl193

2

This clear, crisply written, and well-rounded book will be a handy reference guide to those following what has become an important debate in contemporary Canadian politics.

List of Tables and Figures Notes on Contributors Preface Introduction: Political Drop-Outs and Electoral System Reform Henry Milner Part I: The Pros and Cons of Reforming the Canadian Electoral System 1. Regionalism and Party Systems: Evaluating Proposals to Reform Canada's Electoral System Harold J. Jansen and Alan Siaroff 2. That Bleak? Fathoming the Consequences of Proportional Representation in Canada Louis Massicotte 3. Problems in Electoral Reform: Why the Decision to Change Electoral Systems is Not Simple Richard S. Katz 4. Reminders and Expectations about Electoral Reform John C. Courtney Part II: Recent Experience in Other Countries 5. Stormy Passage to a Safe Harbour? Proportional Representation in New Zealand Jack H. Nagel 6. Making Every Vote Count in Scotland: Devolution and Electoral Reform

2004

Political Process / General, Political Process / Campaigns & Elections, History & Theory, World / Canadian

2004-303511

324.6/3/0971

Scholarly & Professional

22

Political Science