LeDuc, Lawrence
Lawrence LeDuc’s recent research focuses on: the declining voter turnout for elections in western democracies, the political participation of youth, reform of electoral institutions and processes, direct democracy , and the role of elections and referendums in processes of democratization and political change.
Media Experience: Dr. Leduc is a frequent TV political commentator on CTV newsworld, and also has a wealth of outreach experience in Radio and Print media formats.
Research Interest: Canadian and comparative political behavior, Research methods and design
Listing Details
| Institution: | University of Toronto |
| Fields of Expertise: | Collective Identity Democracy and Political Participation Education and Technology Political Parties and Elections Social Movements and Political Mobilization Youth |
| Research groups: | Democracy/Populism/Nationalism,RG ECSA-C Democracy,The ECSA-C members |
| Email: | leduc@chass.utoronto.ca |
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| Languages: | English |
| Publications: | Comparing Democracies 3: Elections and Voting in the 21st Century (with Richard G. Niemi and Pippa Norris). London, Sage Publications, 2009 “Coalition Government: When It Happens, How It Works”, in Peter H. Russell and Lorne Sossin, Parliamentary Democracy in Crisis. University of Toronto Press, 2009. “Referendum Democracy: Information, Campaigns and Voting”, in Zsolt Enyedi, Referendums in Hungary and Around the World. Budapest: DKMKA, 2009). Direct Democracy: the International IDEA Handbook (with Virginia Beremendi, Andrew Ellis, Bruno Kaufman, Miriam Kornblith, Paddy McGuire, Theo Schiller and Palle Svensson). Stockholm, International IDEA, 2008. “Opinion Formation and Change in Referendum Campaigns”, in Claes de Vrees, The Dynamics of Referendum Campaigns: an International Perspective. London, Palgrave, 2007). “Referendums and Deliberative Democracy”, paper presented to the World Congress of the International Political Science Association, Fukuoka, Japan, 2006 “Saving the Pound or Voting for Europe?: Expectations for Referendums on the Constitution and the Euro”, Journal of Elections, Parties and Public Opinion 15 (2005), pp. 169-196 |
