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Political Science Elections

Voting in Quebec Municipal Elections

A Tale of Two Cities

edited by Éric Bélanger, Cameron D. Anderson & R. Michael McGregor

Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Initial publish date
Mar 2022
Category
Elections, Canadian, Urban
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781487540074
    Publish Date
    Mar 2022
    List Price
    $32.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781487540098
    Publish Date
    Feb 2022
    List Price
    $32.95
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781487540067
    Publish Date
    Mar 2022
    List Price
    $85.00

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Description

While Quebec is well known for its provincial-level party politics and thriving nationalism, voting behaviour and electoral campaigning at the municipal level have failed to gain much attention to date.

 

Voting in Quebec Municipal Elections seeks to transform the state of municipal elections research in Quebec through a systematic study of the 2017 Montreal and Quebec City elections. Drawing upon data from the Canadian Municipal Election Study, the authors demonstrate not only the importance of Quebec municipal politics, but the many ways that municipal elections research can inform our broader understanding of voting behaviour in the province. This volume considers the features particular to the Quebec local context, such as the importance of language and nationalism, the effects of local party labels for down-ballot races, and the role of ideology.

 

Voting in Quebec Municipal Elections represents the largest-ever collection of work on local elections in the province’s history, making a significant contribution to our understanding of the municipal voter in Quebec.

About the authors

Éric Bélanger is professor of political science at McGill University and co-author of The National Question and Electoral Politics in Quebec and Scotland.

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Cameron D. Anderson is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Western Ontario.

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R. Michael McGregor is an assistant professor in the Department of Politics and Public Administration at Ryerson University.

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