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OverviewThe Hill Times: Best Books of 2017 What happens when crucial public issues are decided the people themselves? 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. Forcing Choice 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. 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: J. Patrick BoyerPublisher: Dundurn Group Ltd Imprint: Dundurn Group Ltd Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.626kg ISBN: 9781459739123ISBN 10: 1459739124 Pages: 384 Publication Date: 28 December 2017 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsForeword by Peter Russell On Democracy Preface: A Word About Words 1 High-Risk Democracy 2 Anvil of a Self-Governing People 3 Our Own Democratic Landscape 4 The Sovereign People of Canada 5 Referendum Law Normalizes Democratic Life 6 Referendums in Harmony with the Constitution 7 Charter Protection of Minority Rights 8 Just What Constitutes a “Majority”? 9 No Such Thing as “Direct Democracy” 10 Referendums and Elections: Alike, Yet So Different 11 “Mandates” from the People 12 How Hard Is Asking a Clear Question? 13 Aren’t Some Issues Just Too Complex? 14 To Vote on the Principle, or the Package? 15 Continuing Adult Education 16 Referendums Reveal, Do Not Create, Divisions 17 Voting on Democracy 18 Voting to Ratify, Join, and Subdivide Confederation 19 Voting to Break Confederation: Round One, 1980 20 Voting on Confederation’s Makeover: Getting to the Charlottetown Accord 21 Voting to Break Confederation: Round Two, 1995 22 Voting on Prohibition 23 Voting on Conscription 24 Voting on Aboriginal Questions 25 Voting on Women’s Rights 26 Voting on Food Supply Issues 27 Balloting on Everything from Time of Day to a Fixed Link 28 Democratic Accountability Through Municipal Ballot Questions 29 Canada’s Place in a Universe of Referendums 30 Rewards of Citizen-Centred Democracy Appendix: Canadian Ballot-Issue Votes: National, Provincial, Territorial Acknowledgements Notes Bibliography IndexReviewsPatrick Boyer is Canada's resident expert on referendums and plebiscites. - John Godfrey, The Financial Post In Canada no one has given quite so much thought to that now-popular democratic instrument as former MP Patrick Boyer, who has written about referendums for a half century. * Jim Coyle, Toronto Star * A passionate defence of referenda ... meticulously researched * Blacklock's Reporter * How Patrick Boyer finds the time and energy to be an active parliamentarian, an amateur historian, and a political theorist all at once escapes my understanding, but I am glad he does so. * Patrick Watson, CBC broadcaster and author of The Struggle for Democracy * Patrick Boyer is without doubt the doyen of referendum scholars in Canada. * Professor Peter Russell, University of Toronto * Canadians involved in the working of democracy - and many beyond Canada - have reason to be grateful to Mr. Boyer. * Professor David Butler, Oxford University * Mr. Boyer has been carrying on his campaign to modernize our political system at a time when most of his colleagues, their consultants, and large chunks of our academic and media communities, were still imprisoned by the orthodoxies of the old politics. * Professor Michael Bliss, University of Toronto * Patrick Boyer is Canada's resident expert on referendums and plebiscites. * John Godfrey, Financial Post * Patrick Boyer has earned a reputation as one of the most thoughtful members of the House of Commons. * Maclean's * Patrick Boyer is Canada s resident expert on referendums and plebiscites. - John Godfrey, The Financial Post Author InformationJ. 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. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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