CARLETON UNIVERSITY WINTER 2010 POLITICAL SCIENCE

PSCI 3004A PARTIES AND ELECTIONS IN CANADA Friday 8:35-11:25am Please confirm location on Carleton Central

Instructor; J. H. Pammett Office: D689 Loeb Office Hours: Tuesday 10-12 Thursday 9:30-11:30 and 2:30-3:30. Email: [email protected]

Description: This course examines the evolution of the Canadian party system, as well as the nature of individual political parties. In particular, it looks at the party campaigns in many Canadian federal elections, and the factors connected with electoral success and failure. Additional subjects considered are voting behaviour, participation in parties and elections, and referendums.

Textbooks: (required) – available for purchase at the University Bookstore Alain Gagnon and Brian Tanguay, Canadian Parties in Transition, 3rd edition (GT) Heather MacIvor, Election (E) Jon H. Pammett and Christopher Dornan, The Canadian Federal Election of 2006 (CFE2006) Jon H. Pammett and Christopher Dornan, the Canadian Federal Election of 2008 (CFE2008)

Course Arrangements:

Weekly attendance and participation 10% Presentations: 20% Term Paper: 30% Final examination: 40%

Weekly attendance and participation 10%. The course sessions will consist of a lecture, and class presentations leading to a discussion relating to the week’s topic. The presentations may be scheduled at the beginning or later in the class period, depending on the topic.

Presentations: 20% Presentation assignment sheets will be distributed at the first class, and students will be responsible for a 10 minute presentation in the appropriate class. This presentation will be a summary of a 5 page paper on the subject, which will be handed in at the same time. Half of this mark will be given for the presentation (i.e. 10%) and half for the paper (10%). Since each week’s presentations will relate to aspects

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of the same subject, those presenting each week are asked to coordinate with others presenting the same week. The paper will normally be handed back the following week with a mark, so students desiring early feedback on marks should choose a presentation date with that in mind.

Term Paper: 30% This will be supervised and marked by the Teaching Assistant, under the supervision of the instructor. These 15 page papers will deal with one of the suggested topics to be distributed. Papers are due in class on Monday, April 5. Late papers will be accepted until 4 pm on Friday April 9, with a penalty of one grade point on the paper. Papers will not be accepted after that date.

Final examination: 40% This will be held during the scheduled examination period, and marked by the instructor. Material in readings, lectures and discussions will all be tested in the examination.

CLASS SCHEDULE

January 8

Lecture: Introduction; nature and history of elections; early elections as a Canadian heritage, preConfederation elections Presentation sign-ups.

January 15

Lecture: Macdonald and Laurier dynasties and early elections Formation of early Canadian political parties

Presentation focus: Elections of 1878, 1891, 1896, 1911, Liberal-Conservative Party, Liberal (Grit’) Party

Reading: GT 1, 3 E 1, 2

Sources on the Macdonald and Laurier dynasties

J. Murray Beck, Pendulum of Power (Toronto, Prentice-Hall, 1968) Elections Canada, A History of the Vote in Canada (Ottawa, Elections Canada, 1997) Owen D. Carrigan, Canadian Party Programs, 1867-1968 (Toronto, Clark, 1968) Donald Creighton, John A. Macdonald (2 vols) (Toronto, Macmillan, 1955, John English, The Decline of Politics, The Conservatives and the Party System, 1901- 1920 (Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 1977)

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Blair Neatby, Laurier and a Liberal Quebec, a Study in Political Management (Toronto, McClelland and Stewart, 1973) Gordon T. Stewart, The Origins of Canadian Politics (Vancouver, University of British Columbia Press, 1986) Joseph Schull, Laurier, The First Canadian (Toronto, Macmillan, 1965) O.D. Skelton, The Life and Letters of Sir Wilfrid Laurier (Toronto, McClelland and Stewart, 1965) Dale Thomson, Alexander Mackenzie, Clear Grit (Toronto, Macmillan, 1960) Peter B. Waite, Canada 1874-1896 (Toronto, McClelland and Stewart, 1971)

January 22

Lecture: King dynasty Third parties and political movements

Presentation focus: Elections of 1921, 1926, 1930, 1935, 1949, Progressive Party, CCF Party, Social Credit party.

Reading: GT 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Sources on the King-St. Laurent dynasty

Dalton Camp, Gentlemen, Players and Politicians (Toronto, McClelland Steward, 1970) R. MacGregor Dawson, William Lyon Mackenzie King, A Political Biography (Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 1958) Henry Ferns and Bernard Ostry, The Age of Mackenzie King (Toronto, Lormier, 1976) Roger Graham, Arthur Meighen, A Biography (Toronto, Clarke Irwin, 1963) C.B. Macpherson, Democracy in Alberta, Social Credit and the Party System (Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 1953) W.L. Morton, The Progressive Party of Canada (Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 1950) H. Blair Neatby, William Lyon Mackenzie King, 1924-1932, The Lonely Heights (Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 1963) J.W. Pickersgill, My Years with Louis St. Laurent, A Political Memoir (Toronto, University of Toronto press, 1975) Daniel J. Robinson, The Measure of Democracy: Polling, Market Research and Public Life, 1930-1945 (Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 1999) Dale Thomson, Louis St. Laurent, Canadian (Toronto, Macmillan, 1967) Alan Whitehorn, Canadian Socialism: Essays on the CCF-NDP (Toronto, Oxford University Press, 1992) John R. Williams, The Conservative Party of Canada, 1920-1949 (Durham, N.C., Duke University press, 1956) Walter D. Young, Anatomy of a Party (Toronto, University of Toronto press, 1977)

January 29

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Lecture: Diefenbaker interlude Pearson/Trudeau dynasty

Presentation focus: Elections of 1957, 1968, 1962, 1968, 1972, 1974, 1979, 1980, New Democratic Party

Reading: GT 3, 4, 6

Sources on the 1957 and 1958 elections

Bothwell, Robert. 1979. C.D. Howe: A Biography. (Toronto: McClelland and Stewart). Fleming, Donald. 1985. So Very Near: The Political Memoirs of the Honourable Donald M. Fleming. Volume One - The Rising Years. (Toronto: McLelland and Stewart, 1985). Granatstein, J. L. 1986. Canada 1957-1967. The Years of Uncertainty and Innovation. The Canadian Centenary Series. Volume 19. Ramsey Cook (ed) (Toronto: McClelland and Stewart Limited). Mallory, J. R. 1957. “Canadian Election in Retrospect.” Queen’s Quarterly. Volume LXIV. Meisel, John. 1957. “Analysing The Vote.” Queen’s Quarterly. Volume LXIV. Meisel, John. 1962. The Canadian General Election of 1957. (Toronto: University of Toronto Press). Newman, Peter C. 1963. Renegade in Power. (Toronto: McClelland and Stewart). Pearson, Lester B. Pearson. 1973. Mike – The Memoirs of the Right Honourable Lester B. Pearson. Volume 2 1948-1957 (edited by John A. Munro and Alex I. Inglis (Toronto: University of Toronto Press). Pickersgill, J. W. 1975. My Years with Louis St. Laurent - A Political Memoir. (Toronto and Buffalo: University of Toronto Press). Regenstreif, Peter. 1965. The Diefenbaker Interlude: Parties and Voting in Canada. (Toronto: University of Toronto Press). Smith, Denis. 1995. Rogue Tory. (Toronto: MacFarlane Walter & Ross). Stursberg, Peter. 1975. Diefenbaker: Leadership Gained 1956-62. (Toronto: University of Toronto Press). Thomson, Dale C. 1967. Louis St. Laurent: Canadian. (Toronto: Macmillan of Canada). Thordarson, Bruce. 1974. Lester Pearson – Diplomat and Politician (Toronto: Oxford University Press).

Sources on the 1962, 1963 and 1965 elections

Courtney, John C. (ed.). 1967. Voting in Canada. Scarborough, ON: Prentice-Hall Diefenbaker, John G. 1977. One Canada. Toronto: Macmillan Gordon, Walter. 1977. A Political Memoir. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Meisel, John (ed.). 1964. Papers on the 1962 Election. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. Meisel, John. 1963. “The Stalled Omnibus: Canadian Parties in the 1960's.” Social Research

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30: 367-90. Meisel, John. 1962. “The 1962 Election: Break-up of our Party System?” Queen’s Quarterly 69: 329-46. Newman, Peter C. 1963. Renegade in Power. Toronto: McLelland and Stewart Newman, Peter C. 1968. The Distemper of Our Times. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Pearson, Lester B. 1975. Mike: the Memoirs of the Right Honourable Lester B. Pearson. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. Regenstreif, Peter. 1963. “Some Aspects of National Party Support in Canada.” Canadian Journal of Economics and Political Science 29: 59-74. Regenstreif, Peter. 1965. The Diefenbaker Interlude: Parties and Voting in Canada. Toronto: University of Toronto Press Smiley, Donald V. 1962. “Canada’s Poujadists: a New Look at Social Credit.” The Canadian Forum 62: 121-23.

Sources on Trudeau and the 1968 election

Stephen Clarkson and Christina McCall, Trudeau and Our Times (Toronto, McClelland and Stewart, 1990, 1994) Richard Gwyn, The Northern Magus (Toronto, McClelland and Stewart, 1980) Christina McCall-Newman, Grits, an Intimate Portrait of the Liberal Party (Toronto, Macmillan, 1982) Donald Peacock, Journey to Power, The Story of a Canadian Election (Toronto, Ryerson, 1968) George Perlin, The Tory Syndrome, Leadership Politics in the Progressive Conservative Party (Montreal, McGill-Queens Press, 1980) George Radwanski, Trudeau (Toronto, Macmillan, 1978) Martin Sullivan, Mandate ’68, the Year of Pierre Elliott Trudeau (Toronto, Doubleday, 1968) Geoffrey Stevens, Stanfield (Toronto, McClelland and Stewart, 1973) Geoffrey Stevens, The Player: The Life and times of Dalton Camp (Toronto, Key Porter, 2003) Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Approaches to Politics (Toronto, Oxford University Press, 1970) Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Federalism and the French Canadians, (Toronto, Macmillan, 1968) Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Memoirs (Toronto, McClelland and Stewart, 1990) Anthony Westell, Paradox, Trudeau as Prime Minister (Toronto, Prentice-Hall, 1972)

Sources on the 1972 and 1974 elections

Clarke, Harold D., Jane Jenson, Lawrence LeDuc and Jon H. Pammett. 1979 Political Choice in Canada (Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson) Clarkson, Stephen. 2005 The Big Red Machine (Vancouver: UBC Press) Davey, Keith. 1986. The Rainmaker: A Passion for Politics (Toronto: Stoddart). McCall, Christina and Stephen Clarkson. 1994. Trudeau and Our Times. Volume 2. The Heroic Delusion. (Toronto: McClelland & Stewart).

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Morton, Desmond. 1986. The New Democrats 1961-1986: The Politics of Change (Toronto: Copp Clark Pitman). Penniman , Howard (ed). Canada at the Polls: The General Election of 1974. (Washington, D.C.: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research). Perlin, George C. 1980. The Tory Syndrome – Leadership Politics in the Progressive Conservative Party (Montreal: McGill-Queen’s Press). Stevens, Geoffrey. 1973. Stanfield. (Toronto: McClelland and Stewart Limited). Wearing, Joseph. 1981. The L-Shaped Party: The Liberal Party of Canada 1958-1980 (Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson)

Sources on the 1979 and 1980 elections

Clarke, Harold D., Jane Jenson, Lawrence LeDuc and Jon H. Pammett, 1984 Absent Mandate: The Politics of Discontent in Canada (Toronto: Gage) Clarkson, Stephen and Christina McCall, 1990 Trudeau and Our Times, Volume 1. The Magnificent Obsession (Toronto: McClelland and Stewart) Davey, Keith. 1986. The Rainmaker: A Passion for Politics (Toronto: Stoddart). Gwyn, Richard. 1980. The Northern Magus: and Canadians (Toronto: McClelland and Stewart). Humphreys, David L. 1978 Joe Clark: a Portrait (Ottawa: Deneau and Greenberg). McCall-Newman, Christina. 1982. Grits: An Intimate Portrait of the Liberal Party (Toronto: Macmillan). Martin, Patrick, Allan Gregg and George Perlin. 1983. Contenders: The Tory Quest for Power (Scarborough: Prentice-Hall Canada Inc.). Morton, Desmond. 1986. The New Democrats 1961-1986: The Politics of Change (Toronto:Copp Clark Pitman Ltd.). Penniman , Howard (ed). 1981 Canada at the Polls 1979 and 1980: A Study of the General Elections. (Washington, D.C.: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research). Perlin, George C. 1980. The Tory Syndrome: Leadership Politics in the Progressive Conservative Party (Montreal & Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press). Simpson, Jeffrey 1980 Discipline of Power: The Conservative Interlude and the Liberal Restoration (Toronto, Personal Library Publishers) Troyer, Warner. 1980. 200 Days: Joe Clark in Power (Toronto, Personal Library Publishers)

February 5

Lecture: The Mulroney interlude Splintering of the party system The Chretien dynasty

Presentation focus: Elections of 1984, 1988, 1993, 2000, Reform Party, Bloc Quebecois

Reading: GT 5

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Sources on Mulroney and the 1984 election

Jack Cahill, John Tturner: The Long Run (Toronto, McClelland and Stewart, 1984) Stephen Clarkson and Christina McCall, Trudeau and Our Times (Toronto, McClelland and Stewart, 1990, 1994) Keith Davey, The Rainmaker: A Passion for Politics ((Toronto, Stoddart, 1986) Alan Frizzell and Anthony Westell, The Canadian General Election of 1984 (Ottawa, Carleton University Press, 1985) Barry J. Kay, Steven D. Brown, James E. Curtis, Ronald D. Lambert and John M. Wilson, “The Character of Electoral Change: A Preliminary Report from the 1984 Election Study,” in Joseph Wearing, ed, The Ballot and Its Message: Voting in Canada (Toronto, Copp Clark Pitman, 1991). L. Ian MacDonald, Mulroney, The Making of the Prime Minister (Toronto, McClelland and Stewart, 1984) Patrick Martin, Allan Gregg, and George Perlin, Contenders: The Tory Quest for Power (Scarborough, Prentice-Hall, 1983) Rae Murphy, Robert Chodos and Nick Auf der Maur, , The Boy from Baie Comeau, (Toronto, Lorimer, 1984) Howard Penniman, ed, Canada at the Polls, 1984 (Washington, American Enterprise Institute, 1988) John Sawatsky, Mulroney, the Politics of Ambition (Toronto, Macfarlane Walter & Ross, 1991) Gregg Weston, Reign of Error: The Inside Story of ’s Troubled Leadership (Toronto, McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1988)

Sources on the 1988 election, the Free Trade Agreement, and the Meech Lake Accord

David Bercuson, Jack Granatstein and W. R. Young. 1986. Sacred Trust?: Brian Mulroney and the Conservatives in Power. Toronto: Doubleday Duncan Cameron (ed.). 1988. The Free Trade Deal. Toronto: Lorimer Caplan, Gerald, Kirby, Michael and Segal, Hugh. 1989. Election: the Issues, the Strategies, the Aftermath. Toronto: Prentice-Hall Graham Fraser. 1989. Playing for Keeps: the Making of the Prime Minister, 1988. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Allan Frizzell, Jon H. Pammett and Anthony Westell (eds.). 1989. The Canadian General Election of 1988. Ottawa: Carleton University Press Andrew Gollner and Daniel Salee (eds.). 1988. Canada under Mulroney: an End of Term Report. Montreal: Vehicule Press Peter Hogg. 1988. The Meech Lake Constitutional Accord: Annotated. Toronto: Carswell Richard Johnston, André Blais, Henry Brady and Jean Crête. 1991. “Free Trade and the Dynamics of the 1988 Election”, in Joseph Wearing, The Ballot and Its Message. Toronto: Copp Clark, Richard Johnston, André Blais, Henry Brady and Jean Crête. 1992. Letting the People Decide: Dynamics of a Canadian Election. McGill-Queen’s University Press. 7

Lawrence LeDuc. 1991. "Voting for Free Trade?: the Canadian Voter and the 1988 Federal Election", in Paul Fox and Graham White (eds), Politics: Canada, 7th edition. Toronto: McGraw Hill Ryerson Robert Mason Lee. 1989. One Hundred Monkeys. Toronto: Macfarlane and Ross Greg Weston. 1988. Reign of Error: Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson.

Sources on the 1993 election and the 1992 referendum

Carty, R. Kenneth, Cross, William and Young, Lisa, Rebuilding Canadian Party Politics, Vancouver: UBC Press, 2000. Clarke. Harold D. et al., Absent Mandate: Canadian Electoral Politics in an Era of Restructuring, 3rd edition, Toronto: Gage Educational Publishing Company, 1996. Clarke, Harold D., Kornberg, Allan, and Wearing, Peter, A Polity on the Edge: Canada and the Politics of Fragmentation, Peterborough: Broadview Press Ltd., 2000. Cornellier, Manon, The Bloc, Toronto: James Lorimer & Company, 1995. Dabbs, Frank, Preston Manning: The Roots of Reform. Vancouver: Greystone Books, 1997. Frizzell, Alan, Pammett, Jon H. & Westell, Anthony, The Canadian General Election of 1993. Ottawa: Carleton University Press, 1994. Johnston, Richard, Blais, André Gidengil, Elisabeth, Nevitte, Neil, The Challenge of Direct Democracy: The 1992 Canadian Referendum. Montreal, McGill-Queen's University Press, 1996. Lisée, Jean-François. Le Tricheur: Robert Bourassa et les Québécois 1990-1991., Montréal: Boréal, 1994. Lisée, Jean-François, Le Naufrageur: Robert Bourassa et les Québécois 1991-1992, Montréal : Boréal, 1994. Martin, Lawrence, The Antagonist: Lucien Bouchard and the Politics of Delusion Toronto: Viking, 1997. McLaughlin, David, Poisoned Chalice: The Last Campaign of the Progressive Conservative Party?, Toronto: Dundurn Press, 1994. Mulroney, Brian, Memoirs: 1939-1993, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Ltd, 2007 Newman, Peter C., The Canadian Revolution 1985-1995: From Deference to Defiance. Toronto: Viking, 1995. Spicer, Keith, Citizens’ Forum on Canada’s Future, Ottawa: Supply and Services Canada, 1991.

Sources on the 1997 and 2000 federal elections and the 1995 Quebec referendum

Andersen, Robert and John Fox. 2001. Pre-election Polls and the Dynamics of the 1997 Canadian Federal Election. Electoral Studies 20: 87-108 Carty, R. Kenneth, William Cross and Lisa Young. 2000. Rebuilding Canadian Party Politics. Vancouver, University of British Columbia Press. Clarke, Harold D., Allan Kornberg and Peter Wearing. 2000. A Polity on the Edge: Canada and the Politics of Fragmentation. Toronto: Broadview

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Greenspon, Edward and Wilson-Smith, Anthony, Double Vision: The Inside Story of the Liberals in Power, Toronto: Doubleday Canada, 1996. LeDuc, Lawrence. 1998. "The Canadian Federal Election of 1997." Electoral Studies 17: 132-37. LeDuc, Lawrence. 2002. “The Canadian Federal Election, November 2000." Electoral Studies, 21: 655-59. Manning, Preston. Think Big: My Adventures in Life and Democracy, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2002. Martin, Lawrence. Chrétien: The Will to Win, Toronto: Lester Publishing Ltd, 1995. Martin, Lawrence. Iron Man: The Defiant Reign of Jean Chrétien, Toronto: Viking Canada, 2003. Nevitte, Neil, Blais, André, Gidengil, Elisabeth & Nadeau, Richard. (1999). Unsteady State: The 1997 Canadian Federal Election. Toronto: Oxford University Press Canada. Nevitte, Neil, Blais, André, Gidengil, Elisabeth & Nadeau, Richard. (2002). Anatomy of a Liberal Victory: Making Sense of the 2000 Canadian Election. Toronto: Broadview. Pammett, Jon H. & Dornan, Christopher. (Eds.). (1998). The Canadian General Election of 1997. Toronto: Dundurn Press Pammett, Jon H. & Dornan, Christopher. (Eds.). (2001). The Canadian General Election of 2000. Toronto: Dundurn Press Simpson, Jeffrey. The Friendly Dictatorship, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2001. Turcotte, André. 1996. “A la prochaine…again: the Québec Referendum of 1995.” Electoral Studies 15: 399-403

February 12

Lecture: The current party and electoral situation

Presentation focus: 2004, 2006, 2008, the Conservative Party, Liberal Party, Green Party

Reading: CFE2006 1 CFE2008 1

Sources on the 2004, 2006 and 2008 elections

Jean Chrétien. 2007. My Years as Prime Minister (Toronto: Alfred A. Knopf). Tom Flanagan. 2007. Harper’s Team (Montreal & Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press) Alain Gagnon and Brian Tanguay (eds). 2007. Canadian Political Parties in Transition, 3rd edition (Toronto: Broadview) Lawrence LeDuc. 2005. “The Federal Election in Canada: June 2004", Electoral Studies 24: 338-44 Lawrence LeDuc. 2007. “The Federal Election in Canada: January 2006", Electoral Studies 26: 716-720 Paul Martin. 2008. Hell or High Water: My Life In and Out of Politics (Toronto: McClelland & Stewart)

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Jon H. Pammett and Christopher Dornan, eds. 2005. The Canadian Federal Election of 2004 (Toronto: Dundurn)

February 26

Lecture: The structure of Canadian Elections Presentation focus: The franchise, electoral systems, regulations, finance

Reading: GT 13 E 3, 4, 5

SOURCES FOR THE TOPICS FROM FEBRUARY 26 TO MARCH 26 CAN BE FOUND IN THE LISTS OF REFERENCES IN THE ASSIGNED READINGS.

March 5

Lecture: Election campaigns Evolution of campaign techniques Advertising

Presentation focus: Local campaigning; Radio and Television campaigning; Internet campaigning; Negative advertising; Polling;

Reading: CFE2006 3-6. 8, 10 CFE2008 3-6, 8 GT 5, 16, 17 E 6, 8, 9, 10

March 12

Lecture: Nature of Canadian political parties Frameworks of analysis Internal life of parties, leadership selection

Presentation focus:

Reading: CFE2006 7 GT 8. 9, 15, 19, 22 E 7

March 19

Lecture: Voting Behaviour in Canada

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Nature of partisanship Effects of issues, leaders, parties

Presentation focus: Religion and voting; Social Class and voting; Party identification and voting; Leaders and voting; Local candidates and voting; Issues and voting.

Reading: CFE 2006 11 CFE 2008 9 GT 7 E 11, 13

March 26

Lecture: Electoral Participation Voter turnout

Presentation focus: electoral reform in BC; electoral reform in Ontario; electoral reform in PEI; lowering the voting age; electronic voting

Reading: CFE 2006 12 CFE 2008 9 GT 14, 20, 21 E 12

April 5 (Monday)

Lecture: Referendums

Reading: Choose one item from this list.

Lawrence LeDuc, Pippa Norris and Richard Niemi, Comparing Democracies 2 Chapter 3 Lawrence LeDuc, The Politics of Direct Democracy Ian Budge, The New Challenge of Direct Democracy David Butler and Austin Ranney, eds., Referendums Around the World: The Growing Use of Direct Democracy Matthew Mendelsohn and Andrew Parkin, eds., Referendum Democracy: Citizens, Elites and Deliberation in Referendum Campaigns. Shaun Bowler and Todd Donovan, Demanding Choices: Opinion, Voting and Direct Democracy vid Butler and Austin Ranney, eds., Referendums: a Comparative Study of Practice and Theory Austin Ranney, ed., The Referendum Device Michael Gallagher and Pier Uleri, The Referendum Experience In Europe.

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C.H. de Vreese and H. Semetko, Political Campaigning in Referendums. Mads Qvortrup, A Comparative Study of Referendums: Government by the People Lawrence LeDuc and Jon Pammett, "Referendum Voting: Attitudes and Behaviour in the 1992 Constitutional Referendum," CJPS Vol 23: No: 1 (March 1995). Richard Johnston, et al, The Challenge of Direct Democracy: The 1992 Canadian Referendum Party Politics: special issue on direct democracy 12:5 (September, 2006)

Presentation focus: Prohibition referendum; Conscription referendum; Charlottetown referendum; Quebec referendum 1980; Quebec referendum 1995

Academic Accommodations

For students with Disabilities: Students with disabilities requiring academic accommodations in this course must register with the Paul Menton Centre for Students with Disabilities (500 University Centre) for a formal evaluation of disability-related needs. Registered PMC students are required to contact the centre (613-520-6608) every term to ensure that the instructor receives your request for accommodation. After registering with the PMC, make an appointment to meet with the instructor in order to discuss your needs at least two weeks before the first assignment is due or the first in-class test/midterm requiring accommodations. If you require accommodation for your formally scheduled exam(s) in this course, please submit your request for accommodation to PMC by November 16, 2009 for December examinations and March 12, 2010 for April examinations.

For Religious Observance: Students requesting accommodation for religious observances should apply in writing to their instructor for alternate dates and/or means of satisfying academic requirements. Such requests should be made during the first two weeks of class, or as soon as possible after the need for accommodation is known to exist, but no later than two weeks before the compulsory academic event. Accommodation is to be worked out directly and on an individual basis between the student and the instructor(s) involved. Instructors will make accommodations in a way that avoids academic disadvantage to the student. Instructors and students may contact an Equity Services Advisor for assistance (www.carleton.ca/equity).

For Pregnancy: Pregnant students requiring academic accommodations are encouraged to contact an Equity Advisor in Equity Services to complete a letter of accommodation. Then, make an appointment to discuss your needs with the instructor at least two weeks prior to the first academic event in which it is anticipated the accommodation will be required.

Plagiarism: The University Senate defines plagiarism as “presenting, whether intentional or not, the ideas, expression of ideas or work of others as one’s own.” This can include:

• reproducing or paraphrasing portions of someone else’s published or unpublished material, regardless of the source, and presenting these as one’s own without proper citation or reference to the original source; • submitting a take-home examination, essay, laboratory report or other assignment written, in whole or in part, by someone else; • using ideas or direct, verbatim quotations, or paraphrased material, concepts, or ideas without appropriate acknowledgment in any academic assignment; • using another’s data or research findings; • failing to acknowledge sources through the use of proper citations when using another’s works and/or failing to use quotation marks;

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• handing in "substantially the same piece of work for academic credit more than once without prior written permission of the course instructor in which the submission occurs.

Plagiarism is a serious offence which cannot be resolved directly with the course’s instructor. The Associate Deans of the Faculty conduct a rigorous investigation, including an interview with the student, when an instructor suspects a piece of work has been plagiarized. Penalties are not trivial. They include a mark of zero for the plagiarized work or a final grade of "F" for the course.

Oral Examination: At the discretion of the instructor, students may be required to pass a brief oral examination on research papers and essays.

Submission and Return of Term Work: Papers must be handed directly to the instructor and will not be date-stamped in the departmental office. Late assignments may be submitted to the drop box in the corridor outside B640 Loeb. Assignments will be retrieved every business day at 4 p.m., stamped with that day's date, and then distributed to the instructor. For essays not returned in class please attach a stamped, self-addressed envelope if you wish to have your assignment returned by mail. Please note that assignments sent via fax or email will not be accepted. Final exams are intended solely for the purpose of evaluation and will not be returned.

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Course Requirements: Failure to write the final exam will result in a grade of ABS. FND (Failure No Deferred) is assigned when a student's performance is so poor during the term that they cannot pass the course even with 100% on the final examination. In such cases, instructors may use this notation on the Final Grade Report to indicate that a student has already failed the course due to inadequate term work and should not be permitted access to a deferral of the examination. Deferred final exams are available ONLY if the student is in good standing in the course.

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Carleton Political Science Society: The Carleton Political Science Society (CPSS) has made its mission to provide a social environment for politically inclined students and faculty. Holding social events, debates, and panel discussions, CPSS aims to involve all political science students in the after-hours academic life at Carleton University. Our mandate is to arrange social and academic activities in order to instill a sense of belonging within the Department and the larger University community. Members can benefit through numerous opportunities which will complement both academic and social life at Carleton University. To find out more, please email [email protected], visit our website at poliscisociety.com, or come to our office in Loeb D688.

Official Course Outline: The course outline posted to the Political Science website is the official course outline.

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