Andre Blais Books
The Unsteady State: The 1997 Canadian Federal Election
By Richard Nadeau, Neil Nevitte, Andre Blais, Elisabeth Gidengil
"Unsteady State is an analysis of voter behaviour during the 1997 election. The book addresses the kinds of common-sense questions that interested voters and observers asked, such as: Did the media...
Read MoreLosers' Consent: Elections and Democratic Legitimacy
By Ola Listhaug, Christopher J. Anderson, Andre Blais, Shaun Bowler, Todd Donovan
"Democratic elections are designed to create unequal outcomes: for some to win others have to lose. This book examines the consequences of this inequality for the legitimacy of democratic political...
Read MoreThe Challenge of Direct Democracy
By Neil Nevitte, Andre Blais, Elisabeth Gidengil, Richard Johnston
In October 1992 Canada's political leaders asked voters to accept the Charlottetown Accord, a comprehensive package of constitutional amendments that was the product of years of negotiation, consul...
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