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Referendum Democracy : Citizens, Elites and Deliberation in Referendum Campaigns / edited by Matthew Mendelsohn, Andrew Parkin

Mendelsohn, Matthew [Herausgeberin/-geber] ; Parkin, Andrew [Herausgeberin/-geber]

ebrary, Inc

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave, 2001

Online-Ressource (xviii, 277 p) : ill

Englisch

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978-1-4039-0096-8

978-1-349-42384-2 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

Springer eBook Collection

Elektronische Ressource: Zugang über Resolving-System (Lizenzangabe: Lizenzpflichtig)

Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.1057/9781403900968

JA71-80

320 ; 320.3     Ähnliche Literatur

bicssc: JPB ; bisacsh: POL000000

LOC-SH: Comparative politics ; Democracy ; Political science ; Elections ; Comparative government.

As the referendum becomes a more regular component of decision making, it leaves few, if any, institutions, processes and values of democracy untouched. Political actors of all kinds - including political parties and interest groups - seek to use the referendum device to further their own objectives. The end result is a different kind of democracy than existed before. This book lays out the comparative research agenda on the impact of referendums on the practice of liberal democracy