title: André Blais
text: # André Blais
  
  André Blais (born 24 January 1947) is a Canadian political scientist who is a professor in the department of political science at the University of Montreal. At this university, he holds the University Research Chair in Electoral Studies, and formerly held two Tier I Canada Research Chairs in Electoral Studies there. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, a former president of the Canadian Political Science Association, and a former chair of the Comparative Study of Electoral Systems.
  
  ## Selected works
  
  * Blais, André (2000). To Vote or not to Vote. The merits and limits of rational choice theory. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN 0-8229-4129-5.
  * Nevitte, Neil; Blais, André; Gidengil, Elisabeth; Nadeau, Richard (2000). Unsteady State: The 1997 Canadian Federal Election. Don Mills, Ontario: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-541466-0.
  * Fournier, Patrick; van der Kolk, Henk; Carty, R.Kenneth; Blais, André; Rose, Jonathan (2011). When Citizens Decide. Lessons from citizen assemblies on electoral reform. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-956784-3.
  