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Canadian legislative behavior under a free vote : the case of capital punishment / by Dianne Pothier.

Location

Public Safety Canada Library

Resource

e-Books

Call Number

Internet

Authors

Bibliography

Bibliography: pages 250-256.

Description

1 online resource (xi, 258 pages)

Note

Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton university, 1977.

Summary

This thesis attempts to identify suitable ways of studying legislative behavior under a free vote through an analysis of the 1966, 1967 1973 and 1976 debates on capital punishment.

Subject

Online Access

Contents

1. Introduction: the study of Canadian legislative behavior. -- 2. Capital punishment in Canada: an historical overview. -- 2.1. The legislative history of capital punishment in Canada. -- 2.2. Public attitudes toward the death penalty. -- 3. Analysing free votes from the perspective of the party. -- 3.1. The various meanings of "free votes". -- 3.2. Adapting party norms to a free vote situation. -- 4. Analysing free votes from the perspective of the individual MP. -- 4.1. Role analysis. -- 4.2. Personal characteristics of MP's. -- 5. Conclusion. -- Appendix A: Divisions of the Canadian House of Commons on capital punishment: main motions, 1966 to 1976. -- Appendix B: Questions used by the Canadian Institute of public opinion in its surveys on attitudes about capital punishment. -- Appendix C: A note on interviewing techniques.

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