| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 227 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Routledge/ECPR studies in European political science ; 62 |
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Routledge/ECPR studies in European political science ; 62.
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| Contents |
Chapter 1 Introduction / MAIJA SETÄLÄ -- part PART I Referendums and models of democracy -- chapter 2 From people's veto to instrument of elite consensus: The referendum experience in Ireland / BILL KISSANE -- chapter 3 Stabilizing or destabilizing? Direct- democratic instruments in different political systems / WILFRIED MARXER -- chapter 4 Ideological positions and the referendum in the Netherlands / ANK MICHELS -- part Part II The demand for referendums: Strategies and ideologies -- chapter 5 To structure political conflict: The institutionalization of referendums on European integration in the Nordic countries / NICK SITTER -- chapter 6 Elite motives for initiating referendums: Avoidance, addition and contradiction / GIDEON RAHAT -- chapter 7 The surge of referendums and the New Politics approach / TOR BJØRKLUND -- part Part III Referendum campaigns and voter behaviour -- chapter 8 Campaign tactics and outcomes in referendums: A comparative analysis / LAWRENCE LEDUC -- chapter 9 Intense but useless? Public debate and voting factors in two referendums in Spain / JOAN FONT -- chapter 10 Checks and balances in Swiss direct democracy / FRITZ SAGER -- chapter 11 Conclusions / THEO SCHILLER |
| Summary |
This volume analyses how the use of referendums affects the central functions and characteristics of representative democracy and provides a balanced account on the interaction between referendums, representative institutions and actors |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Referendum.
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Representative government and representation.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- Legislative Branch.
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Referendum
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Representative government and representation
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Volksstemmingen.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Setälä, Maija.
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Schiller, Theo.
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| LC no. |
2009004259 |
| ISBN |
9780203873427 |
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0203873424 |
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9780415481038 |
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0415481031 |
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9781135215064 |
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1135215065 |
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9781135215019 |
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1135215014 |
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9781135215057 |
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1135215057 |
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9780415849272 |
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0415849276 |
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1282256424 |
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9781282256422 |
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9786612256424 |
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6612256427 |
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