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Referendums and representative democracy : responsiveness, accountability and deliberation /
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.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
2009.
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| Colección: | Routledge/ECPR studies in European political science ;
62. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.