Blais André
Professor
Department of Political Science
University of Montreal
Canada
Biography
Blais André is a Professor Holder of the Canada Research Chair in Electoral Studies Contact : T elephone 514-343-6111 # 40564 Pav. PAV.M.CARON-L.GROULX-3200 JB \ bur. C4040 at University of Montreal, Department of Political Science, Canada.
Research Interest
His field of research is the study of elections. I am currently leading a major research project ( Making Electoral Democracy Work ) that examines and compares voter and party behavior in 26 elections in five countries (Canada, France, Spain, Germany, and Switzerland) through surveys and research. an analysis grid of party strategy. I am particularly interested in individual and contextual factors (especially election rules) that affect the decision to vote or abstain as well as the decision to vote sincerely or strategically. In the last few years I have started experimenting in the laboratory. I am finally the chairman of the Steering Committee of the Comparative Study of Electoral Systems (CSES), which compares voter behavior in more than 50 countries. I also hold the Canada Research Chair in Electoral Studies.
Publications
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William Cross and André Blais. Politics at the Center: The Selection and Removal of Leaders in the Anglo Parliamentary Democracies. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012.
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André Blais, Cengiz Erisen and Ludovic Rheault. Strategic Voting and Coordination Problems in Proportional Systems: An Experimental Study . Political Research Quarterly, 2014.
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Jean-François Laslier, André Blais, Damien Bol, Sona Golder, Philipp Harfst, Laura Stephenson and Karine Van der Straeten. The EuroVotePlus Experiement . European Union Politics, 2015.
