Legislatures provides a democratic audit of Canada’s provincial and national representative assemblies. It argues that the problem existing in these bodies is not a lack of talent so much as a lack of ...

Jennifer Smith argues that federalism is part of the democratic problem
now; however, reformed, it can be part of the solution. Since theorists
disagree on the democratic credentials of federalism, it ...

When the Internet began to emerge as a popular new mode of
communication, many political scientists and social commentators
believed that it would revolutionize our democratic institutions.
Today, voter ...

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 ...

Political parties are at the centre of Canadian democracy. They choose
our prime ministers, premiers, and candidates for public office; they
decide which policy issues are considered in the provincial ...

Ian Greene offers an insider's perspective on the role of judges, lawyers, and expert witnesses; the cost of litigation; the representativeness of juries; legal aid issues; and questions of jury reform. ...

Open and competitive elections governed by widely accepted rules and procedures are essential to the legitimacy of any political system. Elections assesses the history and development of five building ...

What place do first ministers and their cabinets have in democratic life in Canada? Has cabinet become a prime ministerial focus group? Do political staff and central agency bureaucrats enhance or diminish ...

Authored by a team of Canada’s leading political scientists, the award-winning Canadian Democratic Audit represents one of the most ambitious examinations of Canadian democracy in recent political scholarship. ...

Advocacy Groups uses the Audit standards of responsiveness, inclusiveness, and participation to examine advocacy groups in Canada and assess the ways that they contribute to, or detract from, Canadian ...