Activities
Workshop: Voters Adrift. Consequences of Electoral Dealignment in Representative Democracies
2 December 2016 3 December 2016
Université de Montréal, Département de science politique, Pavillon Lionel-Groulx, C-2059
In many advanced democracies, voters appear to be ‘adrift’ (Andeweg, 1982). Indeed, linkages between citizens and parties are weakening. As a result, voter turnout rates are decreasing, election results are increasingly unstable and party systems are hugely volatile. Political parties, however, are traditionally considered to be at the very heart of democracy. As a result, […] Read more
