"This book reviews the research on campaigns and elections and investigates the effects of campaigning in referendums, drawing on panel survey data, media content data, focus groups, and interviews with journalists and campaign managers. The authors argue that the media coverage…
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.
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.
The prospect of Quebec secession remains a threat to the integrity of the Canadian state and the well-being of Canadians. This was demonstrated by the defeat of the sovereignist force in the Quebec referendum of 1995. This book looks at the questions and circumstances surroundin…