Should We Change How We Vote?: Evaluating Canada’s Electoral System

✍ Scribed by Andrew Potter (editor); Daniel M. Weinstock (editor); Peter Loewen (editor)

• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Year: 2017
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 249
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

An evaluation of the current electoral system in response to calls for its reform.

An evaluation of the current electoral system in response to calls for its reform.

✦ Table of Contents

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SHOULD WE CHANGE HOW WE VOTE ?
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Copyright
Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface: A Note from Charles Bronfman
Introduction: The History and Politics of Electoral Reform
PART ONE: GUIDING PRINCIPLES
1. Evaluating How We Vote – Again
2. The Complex Normative Landscape of Electoral Systems
3. Democratic Stability, Representation, and Accountability: A Case for Single-Member Plurality Elections in Canada
4. Electoral Reform Is Not a Rights Issue
5. The Imaginary Worlds of Electoral System Reform
PART TWO: EVIDENCE AND EXPERIENCE
6. Voter Choice and Accountability: A Case for Caution about Electoral Reform
7. Electoral System Reform: Implications for Internal Party Democracy
8. Democratic Deliberation and Electoral Reform
9. Can Proportional Representation Lead to Better Political System Performance?
10. What Is the Problem that Electoral Reform Will Solve?
PART THREE: ISSUES AND ALTERNATIVES
11. The Electoral System and Parliament’s Diversity Problem: In Defense of the Wrongfully Accused
12. Indigenous Representation, Self-Determination, and Electoral Reform
13. Addressing Representational Deficits in Canadian Legislatures
PART FOUR: HOW SHOULD WE DECIDE?
14. Public Consultation on Electoral Reform Through Referenda or Plebiscite: Recent Experience in British Columbia
15. Should We Have a Referendum?
16. A Modest Case for Constitutional Limits on Electoral Reform in Canada
17. Which Procedure for Deciding Election Procedures?
Notes
Contributors