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Imperfect Democracies : The Democratic Deficit in Canada and the United States.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Press, 2012Copyright date: ©2012Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (361 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780774823784
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Imperfect DemocraciesDDC classification:
  • 320.97109
LOC classification:
  • JL186.5 -- .I57 2012eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 The Democratic Deficit -- 2 Citizen Expectations and Democratic Performance -- 3 Defining and Identifying a Democratic Deficit -- 4 Democracy in American Elections -- 5 Can Canada's Past Electoral Reforms Help Us to Understand the Debate over Its Method of Election? -- 6 Regulating Political Finance in Canada -- 7 Campaign Finance Reform in the United States -- 8 Imperfect Legislatures -- 9 Democracy's Wartime Deficits -- 10 The "Centre" of the Democratic Deficit -- 11 Extending the Franchise to Non-Citizen Residents in Canada and the United States -- 12 Citizen Representation and the American Jury -- 13 Supplementary Democracy? -- 14 Reflections on the Democratic Deficit in Canada and the United States -- Contributors -- Index.
Summary: This timely book evaluates and compares alleged democratic deficits in Canada and the United States and proposes solutions to remedy them.
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Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 The Democratic Deficit -- 2 Citizen Expectations and Democratic Performance -- 3 Defining and Identifying a Democratic Deficit -- 4 Democracy in American Elections -- 5 Can Canada's Past Electoral Reforms Help Us to Understand the Debate over Its Method of Election? -- 6 Regulating Political Finance in Canada -- 7 Campaign Finance Reform in the United States -- 8 Imperfect Legislatures -- 9 Democracy's Wartime Deficits -- 10 The "Centre" of the Democratic Deficit -- 11 Extending the Franchise to Non-Citizen Residents in Canada and the United States -- 12 Citizen Representation and the American Jury -- 13 Supplementary Democracy? -- 14 Reflections on the Democratic Deficit in Canada and the United States -- Contributors -- Index.

This timely book evaluates and compares alleged democratic deficits in Canada and the United States and proposes solutions to remedy them.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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