LEADER 04555nam 2200697Ia 450 001 9910785781003321 005 20230801224423.0 010 $a1-283-71434-5 010 $a0-7748-2378-X 024 7 $a10.59962/9780774823784 035 $a(CKB)2670000000241459 035 $a(EBL)3412812 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001079703 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11694049 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001079703 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11067806 035 $a(PQKB)11284745 035 $a(CEL)444295 035 $a(OCoLC)804030503 035 $a(CaBNVSL)slc00230718 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3412812 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10595686 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL402684 035 $a(OCoLC)923449193 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3412812 035 $a(DE-B1597)661658 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780774823784 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000241459 100 $a20111102d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aImperfect democracies$b[electronic resource] $ethe democratic deficit in Canada and the United States /$fedited by Patti Tamara Lenard and Richard Simeon 210 $aVancouver $cUBC Press$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (361 p.) 311 $a0-7748-2376-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction / 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 and the American Jury / Ethan J. Leib and David L. Ponet -- 13 Supplementary Democracy? Democratic Deficits and Citizens' Assemblies / Amy Lang and Mark E. Warren -- 14 Reflections on the Democratic Deficit in Canada and the United States / Simone Chambers and Patti Tamara Lenard. 330 $aCanada and the United States are consistently ranked among the most democratic countries in the world, yet voices expressing concern about the quality of these democracies are becoming louder and more insistent. Critics maintain that the two countries suffer from a "democratic deficit," a deficit that raises profound questions about the legitimacy and effectiveness of their democratic institutions. Imperfect Democracies brings together Canadian and American scholars to compare and contrast the democratic deficit in the two nations. Blending normative theory and empirical analysis, they focus on three key questions: Why talk about a democratic deficit? In what ways are Canadian and American democracies falling short? What can be done to remedy the deficit? An important contribution to the field of democratic theory and the study of democratic institutions, this timely book will spark debate on both sides of the border. 606 $aDemocracy$zUnited States 606 $aDemocracy$zCanada 607 $aCanada$xPolitics and government$y21st century 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y21st century 607 $aCanada$xPolitique et gouvernement$y21e sie?cle 607 $aE?tats-Unis$xPolitique et gouvernement$y21e sie?cle 607 $aCanada$2fast 607 $aUnited States$2fast 615 0$aDemocracy 615 0$aDemocracy 676 $a320.97109 701 $aLenard$b Patti Tamara$f1975-$01541916 701 $aSimeon$b Richard$0866230 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910785781003321 996 $aImperfect democracies$93794303 997 $aUNINA