Bulletin n. 1/2013
June 2013
CONTENTS
  • Section A) The theory and practise of the federal states and multi-level systems of government
  • Section B) Global governance and international organizations
  • Section C) Regional integration processes
  • Section D) Federalism as a political idea
    • Eugénie Dostie-Goulet, André Blais, Patrick Fournier and Elizabeth Gidengil
    L'abstention sélective, ou pourquoi certains jeunes qui votent au fédéral boudent les élections municipales
    in Canadian Journal of Political Science--Revue canadienne de science politique , Volume 45 - Issue 04 ,  2012 ,  909 - 927
    Studies of electoral behaviour at the municipal level are rare. Even less frequent are those comparing behaviour in municipal elections and in elections at other levels of government. Our aim is to address this gap in the research, with particular interest paid to people who choose to abstain in a selective way. This study considers those who participate in federal elections but not in municipal elections. Stated alternatively, why might second-order elections be less attractive to voters than first-order elections? To address this question, we use a sample composed of young Montrealers aged 19 to 31. Four determinants were found to be important when explaining selective abstention : partisan identification, local attachment, political interest and use of municipal services.
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