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024 7 _a10.3138/9781442602823
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035 _a(DE-B1597)9781442602823
035 _a(DE-B1597)551087
035 _a(OCoLC)1163878936
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072 7 _aPOL007000
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082 0 4 _a328.23
084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aLeDuc, Larry
_eautore
245 1 4 _aThe Politics of Direct Democracy :
_bReferendums in Global Perspective /
_cLarry LeDuc.
264 1 _aToronto :
_bUniversity of Toronto Press,
_c[2003]
264 4 _c©2003
300 _a1 online resource (224 p.)
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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520 _aDevices such as initiatives, referendums, and other types of direct votes have increased in use throughout the world over the past two decades. Switzerland utilizes referendums as an integral part of its process of government, and Australia and Ireland use them to effect constitutional changes. Initiative and referendum devices are also widely employed in many American states. In Canada, there is an increasing discussion at all levels of government about the use of referendums to foster greater "democratization" of political life. Considering its growing popularity among many political reformers, the referendum remains much understudied. This book aims to provide a comprehensive, up-to-date survey of direct democratic institutions and devices as they have developed both in the thinking of modern political theorists and in actual political practice in the world's major democratic nations. Among the cases specifically considered are the California and Swiss models, the two Quebec sovereignty referendums, the 1999 Australian referendum on the monarchy, the 2000 Danish referendum on the Euro, Irish referendums on divorce and abortion, and the votes in Sweden on nuclear energy and European Union membership.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Nov 2023)
650 4 _aCoursebook.
650 7 _aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Political ideologies / Democracy.
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850 _aIT-RoAPU
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781442602823
856 4 2 _3Cover
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