Andrew Owen, University of British Columbia

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Latest funding

Latent opinion and the question of democratic responsiveness
SSHRC · 2011 · Principal investigator
$57,890
Government performance and democratic accountability: beyond economic voting
SSHRC · 2011 · Principal investigator
$33,544

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Latent opinion and the question of democratic responsiveness

Principal investigatorSSHRC2011Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Owen, Andrew W.T.

Keywords: democracy; representation; representative government; public opinion and public policy; polling and political decision-making

$57,890

Government performance and democratic accountability: beyond economic voting

Principal investigatorSSHRC2011Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Owen, Andrew W.T.

Keywords: elections; public opinion; policy performance and electoral outcomes; political accountability; empirical theories of democracy

$33,544

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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