Mebs Kanji
Biographic Data
| ID | 259418 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mebs Kanji |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mebs |
| FAMILY NAME | Kanji |
| SIGNATURE | KANJI M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Concordia University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 69 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Digging into Dissatisfaction with Democracy
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Outlooks toward Democracy in Quebec
Support for democratic regime principles is generally strong and stable across advanced industrial democracies. However, as groups of society are becoming increasingly informed and critical and certain segments remain widely and consistently left out or disillusioned, opinions of democracy may suffer. Using a unique dataset (the Comparative Provincial Election Study) with a representative sample of Quebec voters, this analysis provides for the fi…
Outlooks toward Government Institutions in Quebec
The 2012 Quebec election campaign began with opposition parties claiming that factors such as corruption and false promises (among others) had made Quebecers leery of their government institutions. The time had come to clean house and get the province back on track to good governance and prosperity. In this paper, we employ new data from the Quebec component of the Comparative Provincial Election Project to examine Quebecers' outlooks toward vari…
What are the current preoccupations of economic voting research
The Canadian Election Studies
Why do Canadians vote the way they do? The primary objective of the ongoing Canadian Election Studies (CES) has been to investigate that question. After more than four decades of gathering and analyzing data, principal investigators of the CES come together in this volume to document the history of these surveys and consider their future. This wide-ranging collection of essays provides useful background and insights on the relevance of the CES, a…
Immigration, generation or what? Some exploratory research on value diversity, social cohesion and political support in Canada
Do shifting immigration patterns and increased ethnic diversity pose negative consequences for social solidarity and democratic governance in Canadian society? Studies on this subject often implicate the influx of different value systems as potentially upsetting the efficiencies of social and political integration. But very few studies have actually attempted to investigate the value differences between immigrants and native born Canadians. Also,…
Adaptation to Democracy among Immigrants in Australia
This article examines adaptation to democracy among immigrants who leave authoritarian regimes to settle in Australia. Two questions are addressed. First, do immigrants from authoritarian regimes successfully adapt to democracy, in terms of both supporting democracy and participating in the electoral process? And second, does the pre-migration socialization in authoritarian regimes influence immigrants’ democratic transition? Using the 2004 Austr…
Value Diversity and Support for Political Authorities in Canada
Canada is a diverse society with several historic divides, which makes democratic governance challenging. There are reasons to suppose that governing in Canada may be becoming even more complex, and this could have important implications for political support. It is also conceivable that the Canadian case may reflect some of the same challenges that could affect many other post-industrial democracies. Several structural and lifestyle changes have…
The Generational Value Divide and the Changing Context of Public Policy Making
A growing body of evidence suggests that different formative experiences and changing socialization patterns may be fueling an expanding value divide between younger and older generations. Such a development could affect social interaction and the prospects for generating social capital, which may pose a variety of consequences. It could also further complicate the already difficult task of democratic governance and have implications for politica…
Rationale and Implementation of the SLICK Project
Value Diversity and Support for Electoral Reform in Canada
Political representatives in Canada have traditionally been selected using a first-past-the-post electoral system. The major problem with this process of determining “who governs” is that larger parties are often rewarded the majority of seats in legislatures without winning a majority of popular support. Recently, the debate on electoral reform in Canada has begun to gain steam, as several provinces have started to look more seriously at alterna…
Authority Orientations and Political Support
In the mid 1970’s Samuel Huntington predicted that the new middle classes in many advanced industrial states would become more restless and “post-industrial politics” less benign (1974; also Crozier, Huntington and Watanuki 1975). The accumulated evidence provides some support for that prediction; citizens in a number of states have become more inclined to publicly express their dissatisfaction with governments (Inglehart 1997; Klingemann 1999; D…
Orientations Towards Authority and Congruency Theory
This paper employs the 1981 and 1990 World Values Surveys to demonstrate that publics in advanced industrial states have become less deferential both in general, as well as in the polity, the family, and the workplace. In addition, this analysis also provides broad-gauged prime facie support for the claim that authority orientations across different domains are generalizable: attitudes toward authority in the polity, the family, and the workplace…
Environmental Support, Concern and Action
ENVIRONMENTAL SUPPORT, CONCERN AND ACTION: AN EXPLORATORY CROSSNATIONAL ANALYSIS Mebs Kanji, Mebs Kanji Mebs Kanji is a Ph.D. candidate in the department of Political Science at the University of Toronto, Canada. Neil Nevitte is Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto, Canada. Their research interests are in the areas of value change and political participation. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google …
North American Environmentalism and Political Integration
Introduction Recent scholarship suggests that, over the last decade or so, North Americans have undergone a widescale convergence in values: Americans, Canadians, and Mexicans have become more alike. (Nevitte and Inglehart 1993; Nevitte 1996, 1994; Inglehart, Nevitte, and Basanez 1996). The recent ratification of NAFTA, furthermore, marks a significant turning point for North American relations; it shows that while citizens of these three countri…
Adaptation to Democracy among Immigrants in Australia
This article examines adaptation to democracy among immigrants who leave authoritarian regimes to settle in Australia. Two questions are addressed. First, do immigrants from authoritarian regimes successfully adapt to democracy, in terms of both supporting democracy and participating in the electoral process? And second, does the pre-migration socialization in authoritarian regimes influence immigrants’ democratic transition? Using the 2004 Austr…
Authority Orientations and Political Support
In the mid 1970’s Samuel Huntington predicted that the new middle classes in many advanced industrial states would become more restless and “post-industrial politics” less benign (1974; also Crozier, Huntington and Watanuki 1975). The accumulated evidence provides some support for that prediction; citizens in a number of states have become more inclined to publicly express their dissatisfaction with governments (Inglehart 1997; Klingemann 1999; D…
What are the current preoccupations of economic voting research
Rationale and Implementation of the SLICK Project
Environmental Support, Concern and Action
ENVIRONMENTAL SUPPORT, CONCERN AND ACTION: AN EXPLORATORY CROSSNATIONAL ANALYSIS Mebs Kanji, Mebs Kanji Mebs Kanji is a Ph.D. candidate in the department of Political Science at the University of Toronto, Canada. Neil Nevitte is Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto, Canada. Their research interests are in the areas of value change and political participation. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google …
Value Diversity and Support for Electoral Reform in Canada
Political representatives in Canada have traditionally been selected using a first-past-the-post electoral system. The major problem with this process of determining “who governs” is that larger parties are often rewarded the majority of seats in legislatures without winning a majority of popular support. Recently, the debate on electoral reform in Canada has begun to gain steam, as several provinces have started to look more seriously at alterna…
Orientations Towards Authority and Congruency Theory
This paper employs the 1981 and 1990 World Values Surveys to demonstrate that publics in advanced industrial states have become less deferential both in general, as well as in the polity, the family, and the workplace. In addition, this analysis also provides broad-gauged prime facie support for the claim that authority orientations across different domains are generalizable: attitudes toward authority in the polity, the family, and the workplace…
North American Environmentalism and Political Integration
Introduction Recent scholarship suggests that, over the last decade or so, North Americans have undergone a widescale convergence in values: Americans, Canadians, and Mexicans have become more alike. (Nevitte and Inglehart 1993; Nevitte 1996, 1994; Inglehart, Nevitte, and Basanez 1996). The recent ratification of NAFTA, furthermore, marks a significant turning point for North American relations; it shows that while citizens of these three countri…
Environmental Support, Concern and Action
ENVIRONMENTAL SUPPORT, CONCERN AND ACTION: AN EXPLORATORY CROSSNATIONAL ANALYSIS Mebs Kanji, Mebs Kanji Mebs Kanji is a Ph.D. candidate in the department of Political Science at the University of Toronto, Canada. Neil Nevitte is Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto, Canada. Their research interests are in the areas of value change and political participation. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google …
Orientations Towards Authority and Congruency Theory
This paper employs the 1981 and 1990 World Values Surveys to demonstrate that publics in advanced industrial states have become less deferential both in general, as well as in the polity, the family, and the workplace. In addition, this analysis also provides broad-gauged prime facie support for the claim that authority orientations across different domains are generalizable: attitudes toward authority in the polity, the family, and the workplace…
Authority Orientations and Political Support
In the mid 1970’s Samuel Huntington predicted that the new middle classes in many advanced industrial states would become more restless and “post-industrial politics” less benign (1974; also Crozier, Huntington and Watanuki 1975). The accumulated evidence provides some support for that prediction; citizens in a number of states have become more inclined to publicly express their dissatisfaction with governments (Inglehart 1997; Klingemann 1999; D…
Rationale and Implementation of the SLICK Project
Value Diversity and Support for Electoral Reform in Canada
Political representatives in Canada have traditionally been selected using a first-past-the-post electoral system. The major problem with this process of determining “who governs” is that larger parties are often rewarded the majority of seats in legislatures without winning a majority of popular support. Recently, the debate on electoral reform in Canada has begun to gain steam, as several provinces have started to look more seriously at alterna…
The Generational Value Divide and the Changing Context of Public Policy Making
A growing body of evidence suggests that different formative experiences and changing socialization patterns may be fueling an expanding value divide between younger and older generations. Such a development could affect social interaction and the prospects for generating social capital, which may pose a variety of consequences. It could also further complicate the already difficult task of democratic governance and have implications for politica…
Value Diversity and Support for Political Authorities in Canada
Canada is a diverse society with several historic divides, which makes democratic governance challenging. There are reasons to suppose that governing in Canada may be becoming even more complex, and this could have important implications for political support. It is also conceivable that the Canadian case may reflect some of the same challenges that could affect many other post-industrial democracies. Several structural and lifestyle changes have…
Adaptation to Democracy among Immigrants in Australia
This article examines adaptation to democracy among immigrants who leave authoritarian regimes to settle in Australia. Two questions are addressed. First, do immigrants from authoritarian regimes successfully adapt to democracy, in terms of both supporting democracy and participating in the electoral process? And second, does the pre-migration socialization in authoritarian regimes influence immigrants’ democratic transition? Using the 2004 Austr…
The Canadian Election Studies
Why do Canadians vote the way they do? The primary objective of the ongoing Canadian Election Studies (CES) has been to investigate that question. After more than four decades of gathering and analyzing data, principal investigators of the CES come together in this volume to document the history of these surveys and consider their future. This wide-ranging collection of essays provides useful background and insights on the relevance of the CES, a…
Immigration, generation or what? Some exploratory research on value diversity, social cohesion and political support in Canada
Do shifting immigration patterns and increased ethnic diversity pose negative consequences for social solidarity and democratic governance in Canadian society? Studies on this subject often implicate the influx of different value systems as potentially upsetting the efficiencies of social and political integration. But very few studies have actually attempted to investigate the value differences between immigrants and native born Canadians. Also,…
Outlooks toward Government Institutions in Quebec
The 2012 Quebec election campaign began with opposition parties claiming that factors such as corruption and false promises (among others) had made Quebecers leery of their government institutions. The time had come to clean house and get the province back on track to good governance and prosperity. In this paper, we employ new data from the Quebec component of the Comparative Provincial Election Project to examine Quebecers' outlooks toward vari…
What are the current preoccupations of economic voting research
Outlooks toward Democracy in Quebec
Support for democratic regime principles is generally strong and stable across advanced industrial democracies. However, as groups of society are becoming increasingly informed and critical and certain segments remain widely and consistently left out or disillusioned, opinions of democracy may suffer. Using a unique dataset (the Comparative Provincial Election Study) with a representative sample of Quebec voters, this analysis provides for the fi…
Digging into Dissatisfaction with Democracy
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
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