Steps toward making every vote count : electoral system reform in Canada and its provinces
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Steps toward making every vote count : electoral system reform in Canada and its provinces
Broadview Press, c2004
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Previously published under title: Making every vote count
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Steps Toward Making Every Vote Count brings together the best analyses from the best qualified observers on developments in the growing movement to reform Canada's electoral system. Among mature democracies, only the United States and Canada use the first-past-the-post (FPTP) system for electing all state and provincial, as well as national, lawmakers. In Canada the debate over the electoral system, which began in earnest after the 1997 federal election, is now moving from the university and think-tank seminar room to the floor of five provincial legislatures. Four key chapters present up-to-date accounts of developments in BC, Qu bec, PEI, and Ontario. They show the provinces moving at different speeds toward meeting an objective to propose a specific model of proportional representation that also ensures a continued role for directly elected representatives of specific geographic boundaries. Two chapters recount experiences in New Zealand and Scotland, which have adopted electoral plans attempting just such a balance. Others look at South Africa, Japan, France, and the United Stateseach selected for the light it casts on a specific aspect of electoral system reform.
The remaining chapters consider various practical implications of changing Canada's electoral system - now a very real prospect.
Table of Contents
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
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