POLI 221 Chapter Notes -Fair Vote Canada, Broadview Press, Sponsorship Scandal
10 Oct 2013
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Tanguay, a. brian, reforming representative democracy: taming canada"s. Democratic deficit in james bickerton and alain gagnon (eds. ) Need to revitalize democratic institutions, especially because of voters turnout at elections. Term first used in europe in 1970s. Commision b land au qu bec: minorities are underrepresented, too much power in too little hands and democratic institutions seem to lack power. Reform initiatives in many provinces (even if not public policies, just intentions) reflects the growing concern among political decision-makers about the health of democratic institutions in the country. Also, growing numbers of civil groups using the government to restore public faith in our democratic system (democracy watch, fair vote canada) Single most important indicator of democratic malaise is the declining voter turnouts. 17 of the 19 nations in the organization for economic and cooperative. Development (oecd) the voter turnouts are lower than in the 1950s.
