Citizens

Continuing the series evaluating how well Canadian democracy is performing at the onset of the 21st century, four political scientists from three universities investigate how engaged Canadians are in the country's democratic life, and which Canadians are most and least engaged. The results, they say, reveal provide insights into the inclusiveness of Canadian democracy and into whose needs and wants are most likely to be addressed by government and whose may get ignored. Distributed by the University of Washington Press. Annotation c2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

The authors are all political scientists. Elisabeth Gidengil teaches at McGill University; Andre Blais and Richard Nadeau teach at the Universite de Montreal; and Neil Nevitte is at the University of Toronto.