Referendum Democracy
Subtitle: Citizens, Elites and Deliberation in Referendum Campaigns
Contributors: Matthew Mendelsohn (Editor); Andrew Parkin (Editor)
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: December 7, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 297
ISBN-13: 9780333918890
Subjects: Elections & referenda; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; Government - Legislative Branch; Political Science / Political Parties; General; Political Process - Political Parties; Democracy; Referendum
First sentence: The use of referendums and initiatives has increased sharply over the past quarter century, both in the United States (Cronin, 1989; Waters, 1999) and in other democratic countries around the world (Butler and Ranney, 1994; Dalton, 1996; Uleri, 1996; Setala, 1999a).