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Letting the People Decide: Dynamics of a Canadian Election
ISBN: 9780773563643
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / McGill-Queen''s University Press
Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter
Subjects: Canada. Parliament -- Elections 1988; Political parties -- Canada; Canada. Parliament -- Elections;

Letting the People Decide is an account of the 1988 Canadian federal election its dynamics and its place in history. The authors analyse the election in terms of both the final result and the campaign dynamics that produced that result. They place the election in context as one in a century of elections, documenting how the party system has come full circle in relation to Quebec, and almost as far in its regional foundations within English Canada. Their analysis is based on concepts drawn from the theory of social choice.

Richard Johnston is Canada Research Chair in Public Opinion, Elections, and Representation at the University of British Columbia.