Chapter 7 Further Resources

Web Links

• Bloc Quebecois (www.blocquebecois.org); Conservative Party (www.conservative.ca); Green Party (www.greenparty.ca); Liberal Party (www.liberal.ca); New Democratic Party (www.ndp.ca). These are the home pages for the major political parties in Canada.

• Elections Canada (www.elections.ca/home.asp); Your Members of Parliament (http://www.parl.gc.ca/MembersOfParliament/MainMPsCompleteList.aspx?TimePeriod=current). Two sites, one for elections in Canada, and the other containing information for all Canadian members of parliament (House of Commons and Senate).

• Rock the Vote (www.rockthevote.com). Home page for Rock the Vote movement, containing links to events, music, artists, and research.

Podcasts

• “Can we fix elections in Canada?”, The Big Story, December 5, 2018. https://thebigstorypodcast.ca/2018/12/05/british-columbia-electoral-reform-referendum/
  
  This podcast episode discusses the advantages of having proportional representation electoral system in Canada. It also argues why it is hard to change the electoral system from the first-past-the-post system to the proportional representation system and what would Canada’s future look like with this switch?

• David Grossman, “Direct Democracy – Transforming or Undermining our Politics”, BBC, April 7, 2019. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01d84f4
  
  Direct democracy is meant to transform politics by giving voters more power This podcast episode explores why direct democracy will not work and why politicians’ are resisting it?

Further Readings

• Farrell, David M. (2011). Electoral Systems: A Comparative Introduction. Houndmills, UK: Palgrave.

• Kitshelt, Herbert, & Mathew Soberg (2007). Seats and Votes: The Effects and Determinants of Electoral Systems. New Haven: Yale University Press.

• Norris, Pippa (2004). Electoral Engineering: Voting Rules and Political Behavior. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

• Reilly, Ben, & Andrew Reynolds (1999). Electoral Systems and Conflict in Divided Societies. Washington, DC: National Academy.

• Rein, Taagapera, & Mathew Soberg (1989). Seats and Votes: The Effects and Determinants of Electoral Systems. New Haven: Yale University Press.

• Shaffer, Frederic Ch. (2008). The Hidden Costs of Clean Election Reform. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.

• Stoker, Gerry (2006). Why Politics Matters: Making Democracy Work. Houndmills, UK: Palgrave Macmillan.