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Forcing Choice
The Risky Reward of Referendums|
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| Verlag: | Dundurn |
| Format: | EPUB |
| Veröffentl.: | 21.10.2017 |
| ISBN/EAN: | 9781459739147 |
| Sprache: | englisch |
| Anzahl Seiten: | 384 |
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Beschreibungen
<i>The Hill Times: Best Books of 2017</i>
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<b>What happens when crucial public issues are decided the people themselves?</b>
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<br> Canadians answered “Yes” or “No” to prohibiting alcohol, conscripting soldiers, and revamping our constitution. Forcing such crucial choices at the ballot box is high-stakes democracy, both here and overseas — as witnessed with Britain’s transformative 2016 “Brexit” referendum.
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<i>Forcing Choice</i> dissects Canada’s extensive use of ballot questions at all levels of government, and weighs the benefits of citizens making fundamental decisions for the nation. Holding referendums is tricky, and getting it wrong carries a high price.
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<br> This hard-hitting book draws on Boyer’s deep research on direct democracy and his experience advising governments about referendums, writing books, drafting and introducing the Canada Referendum Act, monitoring foreign referendums, and campaigning in Canadian ones.
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<b>What happens when crucial public issues are decided the people themselves?</b>
<br>
<br> Canadians answered “Yes” or “No” to prohibiting alcohol, conscripting soldiers, and revamping our constitution. Forcing such crucial choices at the ballot box is high-stakes democracy, both here and overseas — as witnessed with Britain’s transformative 2016 “Brexit” referendum.
<br>
<br>
<i>Forcing Choice</i> dissects Canada’s extensive use of ballot questions at all levels of government, and weighs the benefits of citizens making fundamental decisions for the nation. Holding referendums is tricky, and getting it wrong carries a high price.
<br>
<br> This hard-hitting book draws on Boyer’s deep research on direct democracy and his experience advising governments about referendums, writing books, drafting and introducing the Canada Referendum Act, monitoring foreign referendums, and campaigning in Canadian ones.
Direct voting on key issues is a measure of society’s democratic maturity. “Forcing choice,” says Patrick Boyer, shows that a nation respects the judgment of its people and that its government is prepared to heed their will, and it can strengthen the bond that unites a country. But, just as a general election, a referendum can be risky business.
Foreword by Peter Russell
<br>On Democracy
<br>Preface: A Word About Words
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<br>1 High-Risk Democracy
<br>2 Anvil of a Self-Governing People
<br>3 Our Own Democratic Landscape
<br>4 The Sovereign People of Canada
<br>5 Referendum Law Normalizes Democratic Life
<br>6 Referendums in Harmony with the Constitution
<br>7 Charter Protection of Minority Rights
<br>8 Just What Constitutes a “Majority”?
<br>9 No Such Thing as “Direct Democracy”
<br>10 Referendums and Elections: Alike, Yet So Different
<br>11 “Mandates” from the People
<br>12 How Hard Is Asking a Clear Question?
<br>13 Aren’t Some Issues Just Too Complex?
<br>14 To Vote on the Principle, or the Package?
<br>15 Continuing Adult Education
<br>16 Referendums Reveal, Do Not Create, Divisions
<br>17 Voting on Democracy
<br>18 Voting to Ratify, Join, and Subdivide Confederation
<br>19 Voting to Break Confederation: Round One, 1980
<br>20 Voting on Confederation’s Makeover: Getting to the Charlottetown Accord
<br>21 Voting to Break Confederation: Round Two, 1995
<br>22 Voting on Prohibition
<br>23 Voting on Conscription
<br>24 Voting on Aboriginal Questions
<br>25 Voting on Women’s Rights
<br>26 Voting on Food Supply Issues
<br>27 Balloting on Everything from Time of Day to a Fixed Link
<br>28 Democratic Accountability Through Municipal Ballot Questions
<br>29 Canada’s Place in a Universe of Referendums
<br>30 Rewards of Citizen-Centred Democracy
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<br>Appendix: Canadian Ballot-Issue Votes: National, Provincial, Territorial
<br>Acknowledgements
<br>Notes
<br>Bibliography
<br>Index
<br>On Democracy
<br>Preface: A Word About Words
<br>
<br>1 High-Risk Democracy
<br>2 Anvil of a Self-Governing People
<br>3 Our Own Democratic Landscape
<br>4 The Sovereign People of Canada
<br>5 Referendum Law Normalizes Democratic Life
<br>6 Referendums in Harmony with the Constitution
<br>7 Charter Protection of Minority Rights
<br>8 Just What Constitutes a “Majority”?
<br>9 No Such Thing as “Direct Democracy”
<br>10 Referendums and Elections: Alike, Yet So Different
<br>11 “Mandates” from the People
<br>12 How Hard Is Asking a Clear Question?
<br>13 Aren’t Some Issues Just Too Complex?
<br>14 To Vote on the Principle, or the Package?
<br>15 Continuing Adult Education
<br>16 Referendums Reveal, Do Not Create, Divisions
<br>17 Voting on Democracy
<br>18 Voting to Ratify, Join, and Subdivide Confederation
<br>19 Voting to Break Confederation: Round One, 1980
<br>20 Voting on Confederation’s Makeover: Getting to the Charlottetown Accord
<br>21 Voting to Break Confederation: Round Two, 1995
<br>22 Voting on Prohibition
<br>23 Voting on Conscription
<br>24 Voting on Aboriginal Questions
<br>25 Voting on Women’s Rights
<br>26 Voting on Food Supply Issues
<br>27 Balloting on Everything from Time of Day to a Fixed Link
<br>28 Democratic Accountability Through Municipal Ballot Questions
<br>29 Canada’s Place in a Universe of Referendums
<br>30 Rewards of Citizen-Centred Democracy
<br>
<br>Appendix: Canadian Ballot-Issue Votes: National, Provincial, Territorial
<br>Acknowledgements
<br>Notes
<br>Bibliography
<br>Index
J. Patrick Boyer served as Canada’s Parliamentary Secretary for External Affairs, and works for democratic development overseas. He is the author of twenty-three books on Canadian history, law, politics, and governance. Patrick lives in Muskoka and Toronto.
<ul>
<li>Covers Canadian referendums from the 1800s to the present, a deep and varied history of politicking, journalism, punditry, and advocacy. </li>An MP and lifelong political insider details the do’s and don’ts of direct democracy
<li>In the wake of the 2016 “Brexit” vote in Britain, referendums are once again back in the popular consciousness, and rightly so: nobody can ignore the risk and importance of ballot questions, including the ones coming soon in Canada</li>
<li>Author J. Patrick Boyer is one of Canada’s leading experts on questions of direct democracy, has written three prior books on the subject, introduced legislation on ballot questions in Parliament, debated direct democracy on national media, advised premiers on referendums, campaigned, and worked with foreign governments on referendum laws</li>
<li>Grounded in research, scholarship, and parliamentary experience, a definitive work written to engage general readers</li>
</ul>
<li>Covers Canadian referendums from the 1800s to the present, a deep and varied history of politicking, journalism, punditry, and advocacy. </li>An MP and lifelong political insider details the do’s and don’ts of direct democracy
<li>In the wake of the 2016 “Brexit” vote in Britain, referendums are once again back in the popular consciousness, and rightly so: nobody can ignore the risk and importance of ballot questions, including the ones coming soon in Canada</li>
<li>Author J. Patrick Boyer is one of Canada’s leading experts on questions of direct democracy, has written three prior books on the subject, introduced legislation on ballot questions in Parliament, debated direct democracy on national media, advised premiers on referendums, campaigned, and worked with foreign governments on referendum laws</li>
<li>Grounded in research, scholarship, and parliamentary experience, a definitive work written to engage general readers</li>
</ul>
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