University of Toronto Department of Political Science

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Lawrence LeDuc Professor Emeritus
Area Group(s)	Canadian Government
Office Location Phone Number E-mail Address	AH 329 416-926-1300 x3232 leduc@chass.utoronto.ca
Background Research interests: Canadian and comparative political behaviour; political parties and elections; research methods and design. Books include Comparing Democracies 3: Elections and Voting in the 21st Century (2010); Dynasties and Interludes: Past and Present in Canadian Electoral Politics (2010); Direct Democracy: the International IDEA Handbook (2008); The Politics of Direct Democracy (2003); Absent Mandate, 3rd edition (1996); How Voters Change (1990); Political Choice in Canada (1980), and articles in journals such as Electoral Studies, Party Politics, Canadian Journal of Political Science, American Political Science Review, British Journal of Political Science, Comparative Political Studies, and the European Journal of Political Research. Education B.A., Assumption University M.A., Wayne State University Ph.D., University of Michigan Research Interests Canadian and Comparative Political Behaviour Political Parties and Elections Research Methods and Design Selected Publications Books Lawrence LeDuc et. al. (2010) Dynasties and Interludes: Past and Present in Canadian Electoral Politics. Toronto: Dundurn Press. Lawrence LeDuc (2003) The Politics of Direct Democracy. Peterborough, ON: Broadview Press. Lawrence LeDuc, Richard G. Niemi, Pippa Norris, eds. (2002) Comparing Democracies 2. London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage. Lawrence LeDuc et. al. (1996) Absent Mandate, 3rd edition. Toronto: Gage. Lawrence LeDuc et. al. (1990) How Voters Change. Oxford [England]: Clarendon Press ; New York: Oxford University Press. Lawrence LeDuc et. al. (1980) Political Choice in Canada. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson.