Academic Publications

Elections, Democracy, and Politicians

Ferland, Benjamin, Gaspard, Valere, & Savoy, Johan. (2025). “Power and ideology – A comparison of citizens’ and politicians’ satisfaction with democracy”. European Journal of Political Research. https://doi.org/10.1017/S147567652510039X

Gaspard, Valere. (2025). “Politicians, Electoral Integrity, and Electoral Management Bodies: A Cross‐National Study on Satisfaction With Democracy”. Politics and Governance, Vol 13. https://doi.org/10.17645/pag.9762

Gaspard, Valere & Stockemer, Daniel. (2025). “Democracy Under Scrutiny: Unpacking the Causes and Consequences of Democratic Dissatisfaction”. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-032-06596-4_1

Stockemer, Daniel, & Gaspard, Valere. (2025). “Canadian democracy at risk? A wakeup call from the perspective of English-speaking citizens”. Politics & Policy, Vol. 53, No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.70008

Gaspard, Valere. (2024). “Debating the voting age: how Canadian legislators grapple with the federal voting age”. American Review of Canadian Studies, Vol. 54, No. 2. https://doi.org/10.1080/02722011.2024.2349426

Canadian Politics, Parliament, and Political Institutions

Ferland, Benjamin, Gaspard, Valere, Savoy Johan, & Wutchiett, David. (2025). “Service Responsiveness to Minority Constituents: A Field Experiment with Canadian Legislators”. Canadian Journal of Political Science, Vol. 58, No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0008423924000817

Eaton, Piers, & Gaspard, Valere. (2024). “A convoy, an emergencies act, and a state of exception: How Canada’s Emergencies Act contradicts Carl Schmitt’s critiques of deliberative democracy”. British Journal of Canadian Studies, Vol. 36, No. 2. https://doi.org/10.3828/bjcs.2024.10

Gaspard, Valere. (2022). “Messaging, Partisanship and Politics: Discourse in Standing Committees in a Minority Parliament”. Canadian Parliamentary Review, Vol. 44, No. 4. https://www.revparlcan.ca/en/messaging-partisanship-and-politics-discourse-in-standing-committees-in-a-minority-parliament/ . [Version française : « Messages, partisanerie et politique : Le discours tenu dans les comités permanents sous un gouvernement minoritaire » : https://www.revparlcan.ca/fr/messages-partisanerie-et-politique-le-discours-tenu-dans-les-comites-permanents-sous-un-gouvernement-minoritaire/ ].

Electoral Systems, Electoral Management Bodies, and Election Laws

Rivard, Alex B., Gaspard, Valere, and Ferland, Benjamin. (2025). “Electoral Systems”, in “IPSA Companion to Political Science: A Practical Introduction to the 200 Most Important Concepts”. https://link.springer.com/rwe/10.1007/978-3-032-06918-4_69-1

Gaspard, Valere, Garnett, Holly Ann, and Goodman, Nicole. (2025). “Natural Hazards and Elections: the 2023 Wildfires in Alberta and Northwest Territories, Canada”. International IDEA Case Study: https://www.idea.int/publications/catalogue/impact-2023-wildfires-subnational-elections-canada?lang=en

Gaspard, Valere. (2024). “The surprising case of public participation in Canada’s redistribution process”. Canadian Parliamentary Review, Vol. 47, No. 1. https://www.revparlcan.ca/en/the-surprising-case-of-public-participation-and-social-media-usage-in-canadas-redistribution-process/ [Version française : « Le cas surprenant de la participation du public et de l’utilisation des médias sociaux dans le processus de redécoupage du Canada » https://www.revparlcan.ca/fr/le-cas-surprenant-de-la-participation-du-public-et-de-lutilisation-des-medias-sociaux-dans-le-processus-de-redecoupage-du-canada/ ].  

de Clercy, Cristine, & Gaspard, Valere. (2022). “Money, pavement and PEP: Assessing Canada’s new pre-election regulations on third party spending”. Journal of Parliamentary and Political Law, XVI, No. 3.

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