Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Contents 5
3. List of Tables and Figures 7
4. Notes on Contributors 9
5. Preface 11
6. Introduction 15
7. A Brief Introduction to Electoral Reform 19
8. PART I. PROPOSALS FOR REFORMING THE CANADIAN ELECTORAL SYSTEM
9. The Case for Proportional Representation in Canada 37
10. How to Renew Canadian Democracy: PR for the Commons, FPTP Elections for the Senate, and Political Financing by Individuals Only 51
11. New Challenges Demand New Thinking about our Antiquated Electoral System 63
12. MMP is Too Much of Some Good Things 79
13. The Alternative Vote: An Electoral System for Canada 85
14. Electoral Reform and Canada's Parties 91
15. Electoral Reform is not as Simple as it Looks 101
16. PART II. ELECTORAL REFORM IN CANADA IN HISTORICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL CONTEXT
17. The History of Voting System Reform in Canada 111
18. Will Canada Seriously Consider Electoral System Reform? Women and Aboriginals Should 123
19. Electing Representative Legislatures: Lessons from New Zealand 133
20. From Westminster Plurality to Continental Proportionality: Electoral System Change in New Zealand 145
21. The Defects of Its Virtues: New Zealand's Experience with MMP 157
22. Electoral System Reform in the United Kingdom 171
23. This Time Let the Voters Decide: The Proportional Representation Movement in the United States 179
24. Appendix: Electoral Systems in the Democratic World 189
25. Bibliography 196