Examining electoral accountability through the dynamics of government support : party popularity, the economy and political context

Evidence of electoral accountability in Canada, in terms of the performance of the economy, has been contradictory and weak. This dissertation demonstrates that this confusion is largely a product of methodological flaws in the modelling of economic popularity. These flaws are corrected through the...

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Main Author: Pickup, Mark
Language:English
Published: 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/16991