The Canadian Election Studies: Assessing Four Decades of Influence - Hardcover

9780774819114: The Canadian Election Studies: Assessing Four Decades of Influence

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0774819111 ISBN 13: 9780774819114

Publisher: UBC Press, 2012

Why do Canadians vote the way they do? For more than 40 years, the primary objective of the ongoing Canadian Election Studies (CES) has been to investigate that question - to explain what makes people decide to vote (or not to vote), what makes them decide who to support, and why parties gain or lose ground from one election to another. After more than four decades of gathering and analyzing data, principal investigators of the CES come together in this volume to document the history of these surveys and consider their future.

This wide-ranging collection of essays provides useful background and insights on the relevance of the CES. Contributors outline how the CES project began and how far it has come, assess the quantity and types of data that have been collected, and explore the theoretical and methodological developments that have transpired since the Studies' inception. Looking toward the future, they discuss what we have yet to investigate, highlight the challenges that lie ahead, and lend some long-range perspective to the debate about where to steer the CES in the years ahead.

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Book Description:

An account of the evolution and history of the Canadian Election Studies, an assessment of lessons learned, and a consideration of their future.

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Why do Canadians vote the way they do? For more than forty years, theprimary objective of the ongoing Canadian Election Studies (CES) hasbeen to investigate that question. This volume brings togetherprincipal investigators of the Studies to document the history of thisimpressive collection of surveys, examine what has been learned, andconsider their future. The wide-ranging collection of essays providesuseful background and insights on the relevance of the CES and lendsperspective to the debate about where to steer the CES in the yearsahead.

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