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100 1 $aLeDuc, Lawrence.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n96035142
245 14 $aThe politics of direct democracy :$breferendums in global perspective /$cLawrence LeDuc.
260 $aPeterborough, Ont. :$bBroadview Press,$c[2003], ©2003.
300 $a214 pages :$billustrations ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 193-209) and index.
505 00 $tIntroduction: Understanding Referendums -- $g1.$tReferendums in Democratic Societies -- $g2.$tTheoretical, Conceptual, and Procedural Problems -- $g3.$tReferendums on Constitutional Issues -- $gA.$tCanada's 1992 Constitutional Referendum -- $gB.$tThe 1993 Russian Constitutional Referendum -- $gC.$tElectoral Reform in New Zealand -- $gD.$tA Bill of Rights and a Republic? The Australian Constitutional Referendums of 1988 and 1999 -- $g4.$tReferendums on Treaties and International Agreements -- $gA.$tSpain's 1986 Referendum on NATO -- $gB.$tThe 1992 French Referendum on the Maastricht Treaty -- $gC.$tThe Nordic Referendums on European Union Membership -- $gD.$tDenmark Says "No" Again: The 2000 Referendum on the European Currency -- $g5.$tReferendums on Sovereignty, National Self-Determination, and Devolution -- $gA.$tThe Quebec Sovereignty Referendums -- $gB.$tThe 1991 Independence Referendum in Ukraine -- $gC.$tLocal Self-Government for Scotland and Wales -- $gD.$tStatehood for Puerto Rico? -- $g6.$tReferendums on Public Policy Issues -- $gA.$tSweden's 1980 Referendum on Nuclear Power -- $gB.$tIreland's Referendums on Divorce and Abortion -- $gC.$tThe "California Model" -- $gD.$tSwitzerland: Government by Referendum? -- $g7.$tCitizens, Parties, and Voters -- $g8.$tThe Present and Future of Direct Democracy.
520 1 $a"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."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aReferendum.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85112202
650 0 $aDirect democracy.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2003003061
650 6 $aRéférendum.
650 6 $aDémocratie directe.
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