Comparative Study of Electoral Systems (CSES)
Conference and Plenary Session

The University of Toronto's Munk Centre for International Studies
Vivian & David Campbell Conference Facility, Toronto, Canada

September 6-7, 2009
Toronto, Canada

CSES would like to express its gratitude for the financial and organizational support provided by the following organizations for the events:

  • Elections Canada
  • University of Toronto
  • Center for the Study of Democratic Citizenship, McGill University
  • American National Science Foundation
  • Center for Political Studies, University of Michigan


    Conference Audience
    Question by Janet Sherbanowski of Elections Canada
    Session II: Youth and Generations

    André Blais thanks Ian McAllister for being Chair
    Hans Rattinger Announces the GESIS/Klingemann Prize
    Plenary Group Picture

    • CSES Conference
    Sunday, September 6, 2009

    Conference Agenda

    09:00-09:30 Welcome

    09:30-12:30 Session I: Turnout

    Chair: Ola Pettersson, International IDEA
    Discussant: Pedro Magalhães, Lisbon University

    1. Electoral Supply and Voter Engagement
      Christopher J. Anderson, Cornell University; and Miki Caul Kittilson, Arizona State University

    2. The Impact of Cosmopolitan Communications on Civic Engagement
      Pippa Norris, Harvard University; and Ronald Inglehart, University of Michigan

    3. Does Proportional Representation Boost Turnout: A Political Knowledge-based Explanation
      Henry Milner, Université de Montréal

    4. Economic Inequality and Electoral Participation. A Cross-Country Evaluation
      Antonio M. Jaime-Castillo, University of Granada and ASEP
    13:30-16:30 Session II: Youth and Generations

    Chair: Miriam Lapp, Elections Canada
    Discussant: Antonio M. Jaime-Castillo, University of Granada and ASEP

    1. Voter Preregistration Programs
      Michael P. McDonald, George Mason University

    2. Youth and Participation in the Political Process in South Asia (with a special focus on India)
      Sandeep Shastri, Jain University and Lokniti

    3. The Direct and Indirect Determinants of Electoral Participation. New Insight from Structural Equation Modeling
      François Gélineau, Université Laval; and Alexandre Morin-Chassé, Université Laval

    4. Family, Religion and Electoral Participation in Canada: An Intergenerational Comparative Analysis
      Livianna S. Tossutti, Brock University
    16:30-17:00 Wrap-up

    17:00-18:00 Oxford University Press Series Meeting

    Conference Participants

    The CSES conference was open to the public.

    CSES Plenary Session
    Monday, September 7, 2009

    Plenary Agenda

    09:00-09:30 Welcome

    09:30-10:00 Announcements and Updates

    10:00-10:30 CSES Module 4 Planning Committee

    10:30-12:00 CSES Module 4 Substantive Theme

    13:00-15:30 CSES Module 4 Substantive Theme (continued)

    15:30-16:00 Wrap-up and Adjourn

    Plenary Participants

    John Aldrich, Duke University, United States
    Ulises Beltrán, Centro de Investigacion y Docencia Economica (CIDE), Mexico
    André Blais, University of Montreal, Canada
    Yun-han Chu, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
    Jessica Fortin, CSES Secretariat, GESIS, Germany
    Rachel Gibson, The University of Manchester, United Kingdom
    Elisabeth Gidengil, McGill University, Canada
    Linda Luz B. Guerrero, Social Weather Stations, Philippines
    David Howell, CSES Secretariat, University of Michigan, United States
    Chi Huang, National Chengchi University, Taiwan
    Antonio M. Jaime-Castillo, University of Granada and ASEP, Spain
    Hans-Dieter Klingemann, Germany
    Pedro Magalhaes, University of Lisbon, Portugal
    Radoslaw Markowski, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
    Ian McAllister, The Australian National University, Australia
    Neil Nevitte, University of Toronto, Canada
    Yoshitaka Nishizawa, Doshisha University, Japan
    Heikki Paloheimo, University of Tampere, Finland
    Alain Pelletier, Elections Canada, Canada
    Ola Pettersson, International IDEA, Sweden
    Hans Rattinger, GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Germany
    Nick Ruderman, University of Toronto, Canada
    Michal Shamir, Tel Aviv University, Israel
    Sandeep Shastri, Jain University and Lokniti, India
    Jack Vowles, University of Exeter, United Kingdom
    Bernhard Weßels, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB), Germany
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