| Description |
1 online resource (257 p.) |
| Contents |
Cover -- The Referendum in Britain: A History -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- Literature Review and Added Value -- A Discourse on Method -- A Note on Terminology -- 1: Emergent Democracy: The Period up to 1945 -- Introduction -- External Influences -- The Origins of the Referendum Idea in the UK -- Dicey and the Referendum -- The Nature of the Debate, 1890-1945 -- The Party Political and Ideological Perspective -- Conclusion -- 2: Pressure and experimentation 1945-1979 -- Introduction -- Referendums after 1945 -- The 1970s Breakthrough -- Implications and Debate |
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Referendums and Government -- Conclusion -- 3: Reform and Europe: The Period Since 1979 -- 1979-1997: Disuse and Revival -- The Revival of the Referendum -- Recognizing the Resurgence -- 1997-Present: The Return of the Referendum -- The Impact of Referendums -- The Legislative Framework -- Conservative Attitudes to Referendums in the Second Phase and Beyond -- The Constitution Committee report of 2010 -- Further Scrutiny -- Excursus: Cyber Campaigning -- Conclusion -- Conclusion -- APPENDIX: Major Referendums in the UK, 1973-2014 (for 2016 European Union Referendum, see Introduction) |
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Northern Ireland 'Border Poll' -- Further Reading -- 1975 European Community Referendum -- Further Reading -- 1979 Devolution Referendums -- 1979 Scottish Devolution Referendum -- Further Reading -- 1997 Devolution Referendums -- 1997 Welsh Devolution Referendum -- Further Reading -- 1998 Greater London Authority Referendum -- Further Reading -- 1998 Belfast/Good Friday Agreement Referendum -- Further Reading -- 2004 North East Regional Assembly and Local Government Referendums -- Further Reading -- 2011 Welsh Devolution Referendum -- Further Reading |
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United Kingdom Alternative Vote (AV) Referendum -- Further Reading -- Scottish Independence Referendum -- Further Reading -- 2016 European Union Referendum -- Index |
| Summary |
This book places the European Referendum of 2016 into a historical context that began in the late nineteenth century through to the present day. It provides a constitutional and international perspective, and ask how far the original ideas lying behind the referendum were fulfilled in practice |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Blick, Andrew
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Qvortrup, Matt
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| ISBN |
9780192556714 |
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0192556711 |
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