Elisabeth Gidengil: 2 books
Dominance and Decline
Making Sense of Recent Canadian Elections
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2012
Coming out of the 2000 Canadian federal election, the dominance of the Liberal Party seemed assured. By 2011 the situation had completely reversed: the Liberals suffered a crushing defeat, failing even to become the official opposition and recording their lowest ever share of the vote. Dominance and...
Multi-Level Electoral Politics
Beyond the Second-Order Election Model
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2017
National-level elections receive more attention from scholars and the media than elections at other levels, even though in many European countries the importance of both regional and European levels of government has grown in recent years. The growing importance of multiple electoral arenas suggests...