Referendums and representative democracy: responsiveness, accountability and deliberation

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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.

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Full title :Referendums and representative democracy : responsiveness, accountability and deliberation / edited by Maija Setälä and Theo Schiller.

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Publication Date:2009.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Routledge
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:2009.

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Description:xvi, 227 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm.

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ISBN:9780415481038, 0415481031, 9780203873427, 0203873424
oclc:ocn310096836
LC Classification:JF491
Dewey Decimal:328.2/3

1. Introduction / Maija Setala -- Pt. I. Referendums and models of democracy -- 2. From people's veto to instrument of elite consensus: the referendum experience in Ireland / Bill Kissane -- 3. Stabilizing or destabilizing? Direct-democratic instruments in different political systems / Wilfred Marxer and Zoltan Tibor Pallinger -- 4. Ideological positions and the referendum in the Netherlands / Ank Michels -- Pt. II. demand for referendums: strategies and ideologies -- 5. To structure political conflict: the institutionalization of referendums on European integration in the / Nordic countries and Nick Sitter -- 6. Elite motives for initiating referendums: avoidance, addition and contradiction / Gideon Rahat -- 7. surge of referendums and the New Politics approach / Tor Bjorklund -- Pt. III. Referendum campaigns and voter behaviour -- 8. Campaign tactics and outcomes in referendums: a comparative analysis / Lawrence Leduc -- 9. Intense but useless? Public debate and voting factors in two referendums in Spain / Joan Font and Elisa Rodriguez -- 10. Checks and balances in Swiss direct democracy / Fritz Sager and Marc Buhlmann -- 11. Conclusions / Theo Schiller.

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89.35 democracy Gouvernement représentatif Kongress -- 2007 -- Helsinki Referèndum Repräsentative Demokratie Representative government and represent… Volksabstimmung Volksstemmingen