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Referendums Around the World


Referendums Around the World

With a Foreword by Sir David Butler
1st ed. 2018

von: Matt Qvortrup

CHF 53.50

Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan
Format: PDF
Veröffentl.: 16.08.2017
ISBN/EAN: 9783319577982
Sprache: englisch

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<p>This book provides a comprehensive summary and analysis of all the nationwide referendums since 1793. Referendums are ubiquitous and they are increasingly becoming vehicles for political change – or sometimes vehicles of conservatism. In 2016, for example, the voters in the United Kingdom caused a major upheaval when they voted for leaving the European Union. Later in the same year, a majority of the voters in Colombia rejected a peace plan carefully negotiated by the political elites to end decades of civil war. Were these decisions prudent?&nbsp; Why were these issues submitted to referendums? Why did the majority of voters vote against the governments’ recommendations? Have ‘the people’ had grown tired of the old political class? Was this a new tendency? These are some of the questions addressed in this new edition<i>, </i>which will be compulsory reading for anyone interested in or concerned about populism and democracy.</p><p></p>
<p>Introduction: Theory, Practice and History;<i>Matt Qvortrup.-&nbsp;</i>1. Western Europe;&nbsp;<i>Matt Qvortrup</i><i>
</i>.-&nbsp;2. Switzerland;&nbsp;<i>Uwe Serdült</i><i>.-&nbsp;</i>3. Russia, the Former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe;&nbsp;<i>Ronald J. Hill and Stephen White</i><i>.-&nbsp;</i>4. North America and the Caribbean;&nbsp;<i>Todd Donovan</i><i>.-&nbsp;</i>5 Latin America;&nbsp;<i>David Altman</i><i>.-&nbsp;</i>6. Africa;&nbsp;<i>Norbert Kersting</i><i>.-&nbsp;</i>7. Australasia;&nbsp;<i>Matt Qvortrup, Caroline Morris and </i><i>Masahiro Kobori</i><i>.-&nbsp;</i>8. Two Hundred Years of Referendums;&nbsp;<i>Matt Qvortrup</i><i>.-&nbsp;</i>Appendix A:&nbsp; Nationwide Referendums 1793-2016.</p><p></p>
<p>Matt Qvortrup is Professor of Political Science at Coventry University, UK and Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts. His other books include <i>Referendums and Ethnic Conflict</i> (2014) and <i>Angela Merkel: Europe’s Most Influential Leader</i> (2016).</p>
This book provides a comprehensive summary and analysis of all the nationwide referendums since 1793. Referendums are ubiquitous and are increasingly becoming vehicles for political change – or sometimes vehicles of conservatism. In 2016, for example, the voters in the United Kingdom caused a major upheaval when they voted for leaving the European Union. Later in the same year, a majority of the voters in Colombia rejected a peace plan carefully negotiated by the political elites to end decades of civil war. Were these decisions prudent?&nbsp; Why were these issues submitted to referendums? Why did the majority of voters vote against the governments’ recommendations? Have ‘the people’ grown tired of the old political class? Was this a new tendency? These are some of the questions addressed in this new edition, which will be compulsory reading for anyone interested in or concerned about populism and democracy.<p></p>
Offers an exhaustive and global account of referendums to date Proves to be a timely reference work for interested readers in the wake of the recent referendums in Britain, Hungary and Italy Continues the legacy of David Butler’s and Austin Ranney’s Referendums Around the World (1994 and 1997) Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
“For better or for worse, referendums are increasingly challenging representative democracy as a driving force in political life. We need to understand them better – and in this essential volume, Matt Qvortrup and his distinguished colleagues present a gripping historical overview of this form of&nbsp; populism&nbsp; from the French revolution to Brexit.” (Lord Lipsey, Labour Peer and Former Adviser to Anthony Crosland and James Callaghan, UK)<p></p>

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