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Elisabeth Gidengil - Citizens - 9780774809191 - V9780774809191
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Citizens

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Description for Citizens Hardback. The first comprehensive assessment of citizen engagement in Canada, this volume raises challenging questions, not just about the interests and capabilities of Canadians as democratic citizens, but also about the performance of our democratic institutions. Series: Canadian Democratic Audit. Num Pages: 224 pages, 27 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JPHV; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556. Weight in Grams: 399.

Citizens are central to any meaningful definition of democracy. What does it say about the health of Canadian democracy when fewer citizens than ever are exercising their right to vote and party membership rolls are shrinking? Are increasingly well-educated citizens turning away from traditional electoral politics in favour of other forms of democratic engagement or are they simply withdrawing from political participation altogether?

The first comprehensive assessment of citizen engagement in Canada, this volume raises challenging questions about the interests and capabilities of Canadians as democratic citizens, as well as the performance of our democratic institutions. It is essential reading for ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Series
Canadian Democratic Audit
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Vancouver, Canada
ISBN
9780774809191
SKU
V9780774809191
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About Elisabeth Gidengil
The authors are all professors of political science. Elisabeth Gidengil is at McGill University, André Blais and Richard Nadeau are at Université de Montréal, and Neil Nevitte is at the University of Toronto.

Reviews for Citizens
I strongly recommend this volume to those concerned with the state of Canadian democracy, as well as to instructors of senior undergraduate and graduate courses in political behaviour. The authors turn what could have been a mundane recitation of data into a thoughtful and important reflection on the social, policy and electoral consequencesof the democratic divide.
Livianna Tossutti, Brock ... Read more

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