Dominance and Decline

Elisabeth Gidengil is Hiram Mills Professor and Director of the Centre for the Study of Democratic Citizenship at McGill University. Neil Nevitte is Professor of Political Science and cross-appointed as Professor at the School of Public Policy and Governance and the School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto. André Blais is Professor of Political Science and Canada Research Chair in Electoral Studies at the Université de Montréal. Joanna Everitt is a professor and Dean of the Faculty of Arts at the University of New Brunswick.Patrick Fournier is Professor of Political Science at the Université de Montréal.

• List of Figures and TablesAcknowledgementsIntroduction 1. Explaining Vote Choice2. The Changing Social Bases of Party Support3. Values and Beliefs4. Party Loyalties5. Does the Economy Matter?6. The Issues and the Vote7. Party Leaders: "The Superstars" of Canadian Politics?8. Strategic Considerations9. The Greens and the Perils of Being a "Single-Issue" Party10. Electoral Dynamics in Quebec11. The Shifting Contours of Canadian Elections Appendix A: Estimating the Multistage ModelsAppendix B: Values and BeliefsAppendix C: The Determinants of Vote Choice ReferencesIndex