Political institutions create incentives (and disincentives) for people to vote and to be active in politics (Hadenius 2001). They structure the party landscape and define how political representation and accountability are achieved. Canada is in the middle of a wide-ranging effort to reform parliament and the Senate to reduce the democratic deficit. Electronic voting technologies and online platforms are considered to make more people voting or deliberating. Centre members have made important contributions to this debate, but several critical research questions remain.
Responsable: André Blais
Researchers involved: André Blais, Marc André Bodet, Jeremy Clark, Arnaud Dellis, Benjamin Forest, Elisabeth Gidengil, Jean-François Godbout, François Gélineau, Fenwick McKelvey, Richard Nadeau
Research projects:
- Comparer les propriétés des systèmes électoraux: les incitants différentiels à se porter candidat – Arnaud Dellis
- E-ballots and participatory budgeting process – Jeremy Clark
Projects completed:
- Making Electoral Democracy Work (MEDW) – André Blais, Christopher Achen, Martial Foucault, Elisabeth Gidengil, Thomas Gschwend, François Gélineau, Hanspeter Kriesi, Jean-François Laslier, Louis Masciotte, Karine Van der Straeten
- La dépendance temporelle dans les réformes électorales: l’impact du système électoral précédent sur le fonctionnement d’un nouveau système – Arnaud Dellis
- La mécanique de la représentation démocratique en politique publique: Une étude comparée de six systèmes parlementaires – Marc André Bodet
- Political financing, institutions and voting – Martial Foucault, Jean-François Godbout, Richard Nadeau
- One Person, One Vote? Blockchain Technologies and Experiments in Voting and Party Governance – Fenwick McKelvey, Jeremy Clark