03689nam 2200673Ia 450 991077805580332120200520144314.01-135-21506-51-282-25642-497866122564240-203-87342-4(CKB)1000000000773554(EBL)446701(OCoLC)443273440(SSID)ssj0000234504(PQKBManifestationID)11203019(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000234504(PQKBWorkID)10238048(PQKB)10575456(MiAaPQ)EBC446701(Au-PeEL)EBL446701(CaPaEBR)ebr10326737(CaONFJC)MIL225642(PPN)198457626(EXLCZ)99100000000077355420090212d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrReferendums and representative democracy[electronic resource] responsiveness, accountability and deliberation /edited by Maija Setälä and Theo SchillerLondon Routledge20091 online resource (246 p.)Routledge/ECPR studies in European political science ;62Description based upon print version of record.0-415-84927-6 0-415-48103-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Contributors; Series editor's preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; Part I Referendums and models democracy; 2 From people's veto to instrument of elite consensus: The referendum experience in Ireland; 3 Stabilizing or destabilizing?: Direct- democratic instruments in different political systems; 4 Ideological positions and the referendum in the Netherlands; Part II The demand for referendums: Strategies and ideologies5 To structure political conflict: The institutionalization of referendums on European integration in the Nordic countries6 Elite motives for initiating referendums: Avoidance, addition and contradiction; 7 The surge of referendums and the New Politics approach; Part III Referendum campaigns and voter behaviour; 8 Campaign tactics and outcomes in referendums: A comparative analysis; 9 Intense but useless?: Public debate and voting factors in two referendums in Spain; 10 Checks and balances in Swiss direct democracy; Conclusions; IndexThis volume analyses how the use of referendums affects the central functions and characteristics of representative democracy. It provides a balanced account of the interaction between referendums and representative institutions and actors, seeking to evaluate whether referendums supplement or undermine representative democracy. Considering both normative and empirical questions, the volume also examines the particular circumstances under which referendums strengthen or weaken representative democracy. Providing a variety of theoretical and methodological approaches used in the studyRoutledge/ECPR studies in European political science ;62.ReferendumRepresentative government and representationReferendum.Representative government and representation.328.2/389.35bclMF 4500rvkSetälä Maija1503608Schiller Theo1503609MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778055803321Referendums and representative democracy3732133UNINA01464nam0 22003973i 450 RMS229187520251003044346.0978047012990620191008d2009 ||||0itac50 baengengusz01i xxxe z01nz01ncRDAcarrierRobust statisticsPeter J. Huber, Elvezio M. Ronchetti2. edHobokenWiley2009XVI, 354 p.24 cm.Wiley series in probability and statistics001TSA00140832001 Wiley series in probability and statistics702 1Shewhart, Walter Andrew <1891-1967>PUVV161312340Robust statisticsEVE0013748MILV12896667101StatisticaFIRCFIC000038E519.5MATEMATICA STATISTICA20519.521Scienze statisticheStatisticaScienze statisticheHuber, Peter J.MILV12896607012086Ronchetti, Elvezio M.MILV08317007070619ITIT-00000020191008IT-BN0095 NAP 01M/S $RMS2291875Biblioteca Centralizzata di Ateneo1 v. 01M/S (C) 22 862 01C 0800228625 VMA 1 v.Y 2012091020120910 01Robust statistics67101UNISANNIO