Imperfect democracies the democratic deficit in Canada and the United States / edited by Patti Tamara Lenard and Richard Simeon.
| Other author | Simeon, Richard, 1943- |
| Other author | Lenard, Patti Tamara, 1975- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Vancouver ; Toronto : UBC Press, |
| Description | 350 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| 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 note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Other forms | Also issued in electronic format. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2014397147 |
| ISBN | 9780774823760 |
| ISBN | 0774823763 |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |