2013
DOI: 10.1017/s0008423913000231
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Fair Isn't Always Equal: Constituency Population and the Quality of Representation in Canada

Abstract: Abstract. Is there a conflict between the principles of representation by population and the representation of communities of interest? In Canada, the legal requirement to design electoral districts based on pre-existing regions and communities of interest has produced large discrepancies in district populations. Several authors claim that this situation has a deleterious effect on the representational experiences of those citizens living in more populous districts. This paper examines whether the population o… Show more

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“…This sort of test of the responsiveness of public officials is not unprecedented. For example, Loewen and MacKenzie conducted a study that involved sending emails to members of parliament in Canada from fictitious constituents to test whether constituency population size influenced the helpfulness of the responses, as measured by two blind coders (Thomas et al, 2013).…”
Section: Email Testmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This sort of test of the responsiveness of public officials is not unprecedented. For example, Loewen and MacKenzie conducted a study that involved sending emails to members of parliament in Canada from fictitious constituents to test whether constituency population size influenced the helpfulness of the responses, as measured by two blind coders (Thomas et al, 2013).…”
Section: Email Testmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Für Kanada findet sich kein systematischer Zusammenhang zwischen der Bevölkerungsgröße eines Wahlkreises und der Demokratiezufriedenheit von Befragten in diesen Wahlkreisen bzw. ob sie von Politiker*innen im Wahlkampf kontaktiert wurden (Thomas et al 2013). In Dänemark finden Lassen und Serritzlew (2011) hingegen bei einer Analyse auf Stadtebene, dass sich Befragte in bevölkerungsreicheren Städten systematisch weniger in der Lage sehen, die lokale Politik zu verstehen und sich an ihr zu beteiligen ("internal political efficacy").…”
Section: Introductionunclassified
“…Although very different from conventional notions of policy representation, service representation has become an important part of the elected representative’s job (Herrick 2011; Ellickson and Whistler 2001), and scholars have identified a number of factors associated with practices of service representation (e.g. Freeman and Richardson Jr 1996; Jewell 1982; Ellickson and Whistler 2001; Johannes 1980; Halligan et al 1988; Herrick 2011; Thomas et al 2013).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%