Imperfect democracies the democratic deficit in Canada and the United States / edited by Patti Tamara Lenard and Richard Simeon.

Contents The democratic deficit : Canada and the United States in comparative perspective / Pippa Norris -- Citizen expectations and democratic performance : the sources and consequences of democratic deficits from the bottom up / Neil Nevitte and Stephen White -- Defining and identifying a democratic deficit / David Beetham -- Democracy in American elections / Michael McDonald -- Can Canada's past electoral reforms help us to understand the debate over its method of election? / John C. Courtney -- Regulating political finance in Canada : contributions to democracy? / Lisa Young -- Campaign finance reform in the United States / Robert G. Boatright -- Imperfect legislatures / David C. Docherty -- Democracy's wartime deficits : the prerogative presidency and liberal democracy in the United States / Daniel J. Tichenor -- The "centre" of the democratic deficit : power and influence in Canadian political executives / Graham White -- Extending the franchise to non-citizen residents in Canada and the United States : how bad is the democratic deficit? / Patti Tamara Lenard and Daniel Munro -- Citizen representation and the American jury / Ethan J. Leib and David L. Ponet -- Supplementary democracy? Democratic deficits and citizens' assemblies / Amy Lang and Mark E. Warren -- Reflections on the democratic deficit in Canada and the United States / Simone Chambers and Patti Tamara Lenard.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Other formsAlso issued in electronic format.
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LCCN 2014397147
ISBN9780774823760
ISBN0774823763

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