Marc A. Bodet




Université Laval

Department of Political Science
Address: Pavillon Charles-De Koninck, Local 4437, 1030 avenue des Sciences humaines, Québec (QC)
Tel: 418-656-2131 #2875
Fax: 418-656-7861
Email: marcandre.bodet@pol.ulaval.ca







Education
Postdoctoral fellowship in political science (UBC); Ph.D. in political science (McGill University); M.Sc. en economics (Université de Montréal).


Research
Marc André Bodet is an Associate Professor at Université Laval, specializing in Quebec and Canadian politics in a comparative perspective. His research explores political parties and elections through various techniques of quantitative analysis, such as surveys and official electoral results. Currently, he is collaborating on research concerning the role of citizens in a responsive and responsible democracy.



Research Axis
Axis 2: Practicing Citizenship in a Skeptical World - The practice of democratic citizenship is undergoing a multifaceted transition. There are fundamental changes in conceptions of democratic citizenship and in its practice as well as the targets of citizen action. Scepticism about representative democracy as a system of governance is growing and citizens across established democracies are withdrawing from politics. Their perception about the political world is impacted by transformations in the news media practices and by online content, including social media. Voting and party politics have been the basis of conventional interpretations of citizenship, but there is ample evidence that this conception is much too limited. New forms of communication are providing citizens with novel ways to gather information and to engage in politics.



Students
Audrey Brennan, Ph.D.
(Start: 2018)
Why do political parties change their leadership selection procedures? This project has three main goals: 1. To combine to approaches that are usually studied separately in the scholarship: why do parties change their procedures and when. 2. To provide parties’ perspective on the matter. 3. To determine whether political parties have met the goals that they set to attain when they changed their leadership selection procedure. The project will be divided into two sections: causes and effects. 1. Causes In this section I will look at what motivates party elites to change the rules. I will also look at whether there are influences between parties and countries. To measure the influence, I will look at diffusion between many countries using the COSPAL database. 2. Effects In this section I will look at the effects of the selection rules on elections across countries. I will also look at how the leadership rules affected party members and activist (focusing on one or a few parties using interviews based on short questionnaires).


Publications
Strongholds and Battlegrounds: Measuring Party Support Stability in Canada
Journal: Canadian Journal of Political Science
Volume: 46
issue: 3
Year: 2012


L’impact de l’appel au devoir civique sur la participation électorale : Résultats d’une expérience durant la campagne provinciale de 2012
Journal: Étude préparée pour le Directeur général des élections du Québec
Year: 2013
Mélanie Rembert


Sacrificial Lambs, Women Candidates, and District Competitiveness in Canada
Journal: Electoral Studies
Volume: 32
issue: 1
Year: 2013
Melanee Thomas


“Representation at the Margins: The Impact of Governing Parties on Spending in Canada
Journal: Party Politics
Year: 2011


Fear and Disappointment: Explaining the Persistence of Support for Quebec Secession
Journal: Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties
Volume: 22
issue: 1
Year: 2012
First Page: 77
Last Page: 93
Emmanuelle Richez


Campaign News and Vote Intentions
Journal: Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties
Volume: 19
issue: 4
Year: 2009
First Page: 359
Last Page: 376
Stuart Soroka
Lori Young
Blake Andrew


“Voting Strategically in Canada and Britain
Journal: Duverger's Law of Plurality Voting: The Logic of Party Competition in Canada, India, the United Kingdom and the United States
Year: 2009
Eugénie Dostie-Goulet


General Empirical Laws in Political Science: Different Perspectives from Different Sub_elds
Year: 2013
Jonathan Paquin
Melanee Thomas
Stefanie von Hlatky
Conference Name: Canadian Political Science Association Conference


Follow the Money (or perhaps the ubiquitous green signs): Electoral Politics and Canada’s Economic Action Plan
Year: 2012
Andrew Owen
Conference Name: Canadian Political Science Association Conference


Tracing the Evolution of Interest for Attacks Against Humanitarian Workers in News Media
Year: 2012
Elise Leclerc-Gagné
Adam Mahon
Conference Name: ISA Conference


Endogeneity in Votersʼ Self-Positioning
Year: 2011
Richard Johnston
Conference Name: American Political Science Association Annual Conference


Policy Convergence and Punctuated Equilibrium: The Case of Canadian Provinces Revisited
Year: 2011
Conference Name: Canadian Political Science Association Conference


Sacrificial Lambs No More? Women Candidates and Party Competitiveness in Canada
Year: 2011
Melanee Thomas
Conference Name: Canadian Political Science Association Conference, Midwest Political Science Association Annual Conference


Strongholds and Battlegrounds: Local Electoral Competition in Canada”,
Year: 2010
Conference Name: Canadian Political Science Association Conference


Does Proportional Representation Foster Closer Congruence Between Citizens and Policy Makers?
Journal: Comparative Political Studies
Volume: 39
issue: 10
Year: 2006
First Page: 1243
Last Page: 1262


Does the Composition of Government Reflect Citizens' Party Preferences?
Journal: Political Science Research and Methods
Year: 2016


Construire un échantillon représentatif: Le cas de Vote au Pluriel - Québec
Journal: Revue Canadienne de Science Politique
Volume: 47
issue: 4
Year: 2014
First Page: 697
Last Page: 745


Linking Party Preference and the Composition of Government : A New Standard for Evaluating the Performance of Electoral Democracy
Journal: Political Science Research and Methods - First View
Year: 2016
First Page: 1
Last Page: 17


L'efficacité de l'échantillonnage passif pour obtenir un portrait représentatif de l'électorat: Le cas de Vote au pluriel – Québec
Journal: Revue canadienne de science politique
Volume: 47
issue: 4
Year: 2014
First Page: 697
Last Page: 715
Marc André Bodet
François Gélineau


Gouverner à la marge: l’équilibre ponctuée dans le context des provinces canadiennes
Journal: Les surveillants de l’État
Year: 2014
Alexandre Tourigny


Gouverner à la marge: l'équilibre ponctué dans le contexte des provinces canadiennes
Journal: Les surveillants de l'État
Year: 2014
Alexandre Tourigny
Publisher: Presses de l'Université Laval


Canadian Public Opinion about the Military: Assessing the Influences on Attitudes toward Defence Spending and Participation in Overseas Combat Operations
Journal: Canadian Journal of Political Science
Volume: 47
issue: 3
Year: 2014
First Page: 503
Last Page: 518
Scott Fitzsimmons
Allan Craigie


L'efficacité de l'échantillonage passif pour obtenir un portrait représentatif de l'électorat: Le cas de Vote au Pluriel - Québec
Journal: Revue Canadienne de Science Politique
Volume: 47
issue: 4
Year: 2014
First Page: 697
Last Page: 715


Come Hell or High Water: An Investigation on the Effects of Natural Disaster on Incumbent Vote Choice
Journal: Electoral Studies
Volume: 43
Year: 2016
First Page: 85
Last Page: 94
Thomas Melanee


L'efficacité des interventions institutionnelles visant à accroître la représentation politique des populations sousreprésentées dans les pays de l'OCDE: Une revue systématique de la portée des études
Year: 2018
Samuel Veillette, Félix Bélanger
Mathieu Ouimet
Eric Montigny
Steve Jacob
Place: Québec
Publisher: Presses de l'Université Laval


Interpreting National Trajectories with Gellner, Anderson and Smith: The case of Quebec
Journal: Journal of Self-Government
Volume: 29
issue: 1
Year: 2019
First Page: 17
Last Page: 50


Les élections partielles au Québec: Caractéristiques et tendances
Journal: Politique et Sociétés
Volume: 36
issue: 3
Year: 2019
First Page: 115
Last Page: 139