“Dyadic representation” has received considerable attention in the US, but much less
attention in parliamentary systems where party discipline strongly limits representatives' …

Past work on attitudes toward the use of referenda finds that the most politically informed
citizens are more sceptical of its use than their less informed counterparts. An intriguing …

Recent commentary on the state of multilateralism begins from an alarming premise: a
popular backlash against globalization is underway. The prospects for multilateralism …

There were many opinions about why all these voting system reform initiatives failed. Anti-
reform forces declared their efforts were decisive in discrediting the proposed alternative …

This article examines the representational preferences of the represented, a perspective
which has been largely neglected by political scientists in Canada. Using focus group …

In the summer of 2005, with the passage of the Civil Marriage Act, Canada became the third
country to extend full rights to same-sex marriages. This article explores passage of the …

A principal function of representative democracy is to provide a mechanism through which
public opinion and public policy are reliably and regularly connected. There should, on the …

This article investigates legislators' willingness to talk about gender and women during
policy making discussions, asking whether it is conditional on their sex or partisanship in …

While many minority groups including women and ethnic minorities have made (albeit
sometimes limited) progress towards more equal representation in government over the past …

Close relations with Europe, especially but not only with the United Kingdom, have long
been a consensual tenet of Canadian foreign policy, which has supported European …