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UNINA9910462121103321 |
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Titolo |
Imperfect democracies [[electronic resource] ] : the democratic deficit in Canada and the United States / / edited by Patti Tamara Lenard and Richard Simeon |
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Vancouver, : UBC Press, c2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-71434-5 |
0-7748-2378-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (361 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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LenardPatti Tamara <1975-> |
SimeonRichard |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Democracy - United States |
Democracy - Canada |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction / Patti Tamara Lenard and Richard Simeon -- 1 The Democratic Deficit: Canada and the United States in Comparative Perspective / Pippa Norris -- 2 Citizen Expectations and Democratic Performance: The Sources and Consequences of Democratic Deficits from the Bottom Up / Neil Nevitte and Stephen White -- 3 Defining and Identifying a Democratic Deficit / David Beetham -- 4 Democracy in American Elections / Michael Mc Donald -- 5 Can Canada's Past Electoral Reforms Help Us to Understand the Debate over Its Method of Election? / John C. Courtney -- 6 Regulating Political Finance in Canada: Contributions to Democracy? / Lisa Young -- 7 Campaign Finance Reform in the United States / Robert G. Boatright -- 8 Imperfect Legislatures / David C. Docherty -- 9 Democracy's Wartime Deficits: The Prerogative Presidency and Liberal Democracy in the United States / Daniel J. Tichenor -- 10 The "Centre" of the Democratic Deficit: Power and Influence in Canadian Political Executives / GRAHAM White -- 11 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 -- 12 Citizen Representation |
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