Researchers

Jean-François Godbout
Université de Montreal
Department of Political Science
Address: PAVILLON M.CARON-L.GROULX-3200 Jean Brillant \ bur. C-4027
Tel: 514-343-6111 #54798
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Education
Ph.D. Northwestern University
Research
Jean-François Godbout is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Université de Montréal. He studies political institutions in Canada from a comparative perspective and is mainly interested in legislative behaviour. He is currently carrying out research on analysing legislative speeches in the Parliament of Canada. He is one of the editors-in-chief of the Canadian Journal of Political Science and is Director of l'Observatoire des fédérations, a research unit of the Centre d’études et de recherches internationales de l’Université de Montréal (CÉRIUM).
Research Interests
Research Axis
  • Axis 3: Representing and Governing Citizens in Critical Times - After learning and practicing democratic citizenship, the next critical steps are representation and governance. Democratic institutions are key elements. They shape the norms and incentives for active citizenship and they link citizens and their representatives in ways that foster accountability, legitimacy and representation. In Québec and Canada, as well as in other countries, confidence of citizens toward the institutions is low, as many dislike the way that members of parliaments behave and consider that politicians don’t honour their promises, hence various political endeavours to reform these institutions. Research on this axis will focus on the role of electoral systems, parliaments, parliamentary debates, and political parties.
Themes
Publications
La dimension régionale du vote économique canadien aux élections fédérales de 1988 à 2000
Journal: Revue canadienne de science politique/Canadian Journal of Political
Volume: 35
Issue: 3
Year: 2002
First page:567
Last page: 588
Éric Bélanger
Class, Party, and South/Non-South Differences: An Update
Journal: American Politics Research
Volume: 32
Issue: 1
Year: 2004
First page:52
Last page: 67
Richard Nadeau
Richard G. Niemi
Harold W. Stanley
Economic Voting and Political Sophistication in the U.S.: A Reassessment
Journal: Political Research Quarterly
Volume: 60
Issue: 3
Year: 2007
First page:541
Last page: 554
Éric Bélanger
How Sophisticated Can a Voter Be to Make Causal Attributions? A Response to Gomez and Wilson’s Comment
Journal: Political Research Quarterly
Volume: 60
Issue: 3
Year: 2007
First page:559
Last page: 560
Éric Bélanger
Predicting Party Group Affiliation from European Parliament Debates
Year: 2008
Bjørn Høyland
Conference: European Consortium for Political Research Meeting of the Standing Group on the European Union,
A Matter of Degree: Policy Preferences and the Probability to Vot
Year: 2008
Avec Mathieu Turgeon
Place: Boston
Conference: merican Political Science Association Meeting
The Freshman Dilemma: Legislative Behavior and Electoral Vulnerability.'
Year: 2008
Place: Chicago
Conference: Midwest Political Science Association Meeting
“Speech and Legislative extremism in the U.S. Senate.”
Journal: Do They Walk Like They Talk? Speech and Action in Policy Processes
Year: 2009
Bei Yu
Place: New York
Publisher: Springer
A Vote Function Model to Forecast Canadian Federal Election Outcomes
Year: 2009
Place: Paris/TO
Conference: Economic Voting and VP functions symposium, l'American Political Science Association Meeting
Legislative Coalitions and Minority Governments in Canada
Year: 2009
Bjørn Høyland
Conference: Canadian Political Science Association Meeting, Midwest Political Science Association Meeting, American Political Science Association Meeting
Measuring the Influence of Turnout on House Election Results: An Instrumental Variable Approach
Year: 2009
Conference: Western Political Science Association Meeting, Midwest Political Science Association Meeting,
Lawmaking for a New Nation: Canadian House of Commons (1867-1878)
Year: 2010
Bjørn Høyland
Place: Montréal
Conference: Canadian Political Science Association Meeting
Why do Parties Merge? The Case of the Conservative Party of Canada?
Journal: Parliamentary Affairs
Volume: 63
Issue: 1
Year: 2010
First page:41
Last page: 65
Éric Bélanger
A Vote Function Model to Forecast Canadian Federal Election Outcomes
Journal: PS: Political Science and Politics
Volume: 43
Issue: 4
Year: 2010
First page:691
Last page: 699
Éric Bélanger
Forecasting Canadian Federal Elections
Journal: PS: Political Science and Politics
Volume: 43
Issue: 4
Year: 2010
First page:691
Last page: 699
Recension de l’ouvrage “Le parlementarisme canadien. Qua- trième édition revue et augmentée de Réjean Pelletier et Manon Tremblay.”
Journal: Revue canadienne de science politique
Volume: 44
Issue: 1
Year: 2011
The Influence of Party Discipline on Electoral Outcomes
Year: 2011
Place: Waterloo
Conference: Canadian Political Science Association Meeting
Probability of Pivotal Vote in Multi-Candidate Plurality Elections
Year: 2011
Ludovic Rhéault
Place: Waterloo
Conference: Canadian Political Science Association Meeting
``Legislative Turnover in the Canadian House of Commons (1867-2008)."
Year: 2011
Place: Chicago
Conference: Midwest Political Science Association Meeting,
`Lawmaking for a New Nation: The Canadian House of Commons (1867-1904).
Year: 2011
Bjørn Høyland
Place: Chicago
Conference: Midwest Political Science Association Meeting
The Probability of Pivotal Outcome in Multi-Candidate Plurality Elections.'
Year: 2011
Ludovic Rheault
Place: San Antonio
Conference: Annual Meeting of the Public Choice Society
Two Sides of the Same Coin: Polarization and Moderation in U.S. House Elections, 1972-2008.
Year: 2011
Daniel Lee
Place: Chicago
Conference: Midwest Political Science Association Meeting
Legislative Voting in the Canadian Parliament
Journal: Revue canadienne de science politique/Canadian Journal of Political Science
Volume: 44
Issue: 2
Year: 2011
First page:367
Last page: 388
Bjørn Høyland
Coalition Voting and Minority Governments in Canada
Journal: Commonwealth and Comparative Politics
Volume: 49
Issue: 4
Year: 2011
First page:457
Last page: 485
Bjørn Høyland
Le "Parti libéral démocrate" du Canada: une fausse bonne idée?
Journal: L'Idée fédérale
Year: 2011
Frédéric Mérand,
Fench Legislative Voting.''
Year: 2012
Martial Foucault
Place: Chicago
Conference: Midwest Political Science Association Meeting
The Influence of Party Loyalty on Electoral Outcomes
Year: 2012
Andrea Lawlor
Place: edmonton
Conference: Congrès annuel de l'association canadienne de science politique
Agenda Control, Partisanship and Voting Unity in the Canadian House of Commons (1867-1908)
Year: 2012
Bjørn Høyland
Conference: Congrès annuel de l'Association canadienne de sciene politique
The Quebec Paradox.'
Year: 2012
Place: Ottawa
Conference: Congrès annuel de la Societé québécoise de science politique
Language and Ideology in Congress
Journal: British Journal of Political Science
Volume: 42
Issue: 1
Year: 2012
First page:31
Last page: 55
Daniel Diermeier
Bei Yu
Stefan Kaufmann
"Les élections au Québec de 1973 à 2012.”
Journal: Les Québécois aux urnes : Les partis, les médias et les citoyens en campagne.
Year: 2013
Place: Montréal
Editors: UdeM
“Le rôle des dépenses électorales.”
Journal: Les Québécois aux urnes : Les partis, les médias et les citoyens en campagne.
Year: 2013
Martial Foucault
Place: Montréal
Publisher: UdeM
“Le Congrès.”
Journal: Le système politique américain, Cinquième édition revue et augmentée.
Year: 2013
Harold. W. Waller
"Legislative Voting in France"
Year: 2013
Martial Foucault
Place: Chicago
Conference: Congrès de l'Association américaine de science politique
"Parliamentary Voting in Canada''
Year: 2013
Bjørn Høyland
Place: Chicago
Conference: Congrès de l'Association américaine de science politique
The Consolidation of Parties in the Canadian House of Commons (1911-1962)
Year: 2013
Place: Victoria
Conference: Canadian Political Science Association Meeting
"The Influence Of Money In Politics"
Year: 2013
Martial Foucault
Place: Victoria
Conference: Canadian Political Science Association Meeting,
French Legislative Voting in the Fifth Republic
Year: 2013
Martial Foucault
Place: Chicago
Conference: Midwest Political Science Association Meeting
Turnout and Presidential Coattails in Congressional Elections
Journal: Public Choice
Volume: 157
Issue: 1
Year: 2013
First page:333
Last page: 356
The Emergence of Parties in the Canadian House of Commons (1867-1908)
Journal: Revue canadienne de science politique/Canadian Journal of Political
Volume: 46
Issue: 4
Year: 2013
First page:773
Last page: 797
Bjørn Høyland
French Legislative Voting in the Fifth Republic
Journal: French Politics
Volume: 11
Issue: 4
Year: 2013
First page:307
Last page: 331
Martial Foucault
Uniting the Left? The Potential for a NDP-Liberal Party Merger
Journal: Reviving Social Democracy: The Near Death and Surprising Rise of the Federal NDP
Year: 2014
Frédéric Mérand
Place: Vancouver
Publisher: UBC Press
Parliamentary Politics and Legislative Behaviour
Journal: Comparing Canada: Methods and Perspectives on Canadian Politics.
Year: 2014
Place: Vancouver
Publisher: UBC Press
“Les institutions parlementaires.”
Journal: La politique quebecoise et canadienne : Une approche pluraliste.
Year: 2014
Place: Montréal
Publisher: UQAM
Party Development in the Early Decades of the Australian Parliament: A New Perspective (1791-1840)
Journal: Australian Journal of Political Science
Volume: 51
Issue: 3
Year: 2016
First page:478
Last page: 495
Le developpement des partis politiques au Bas-Canada (1791-1840)
Journal: La Revue d'histoire d'Amerique francaise
Volume: 70
Issue: 1
Year: 2016
First page:83
Last page: 111
Eve Bourgeois
Incomplete Unity? Parties and Voting in the Parliament of Canada
Year: 2018
Place: Toronto
Publisher: Presses de l’Université de Toronto
Pourquoi la discipline de parti au Parlement?
Journal: La politique en questions, seconde édition
Year: 2018
Place: Montréal
Publisher: Les Presses de l'Université du Québec
L'analyse des scrutins parlementaires
Journal: Traité d'études parlementaires
Year: 2018
Florence Vallée-Dubois
Place: Luxembourg
Publisher: Édition Larcier
The Preferences of Voters and Non-Voters in Canada (1988-2008)
Journal: Duty and Choice: Voter Turnout and Decision Making in the World's Electoral Systems
Year: 2018
Mathieu Turgeon
Place: Toronto
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
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