LEADER 03884nam 22005655 450 001 9910338020203321 005 20240418225809.0 010 $a3-030-04197-2 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-04197-7 035 $a(CKB)4100000007823622 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5746928 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-04197-7 035 $a(PPN)259459739 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000007823622 100 $a20190402d2019 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Politics of Referendum Use in European Democracies /$fby Saskia Hollander 205 $a1st ed. 2019. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2019. 215 $a1 online resource (351 pages) $cillustrations 311 0 $a3-030-04196-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1 Introduction: The Politics of Referendum Use in Europe -- 2 Referendums and Democratic Theory -- 3 Referendums and Institutional Theory -- 4 Referendum Provisions and Use in 28 Countries -- 5 Referendum Practice in France -- 6 Referendum Practice in Denmark -- 7 Referendum Practice in the United Kingdom -- 8 Referendum Practice in Sweden -- 9 Referendum Practice in the Netherlands -- 10 Conclusions: The Drivers of Referendum Use in Europe. 330 $aThis book demonstrates that the generally assumed dichotomy between referendums and representative democracy does not do justice to the great diversity of referendum types and of how referendums are used in European democracies. Although in all referendums citizens vote directly on issues rather than letting their political representatives do this for them, some referendums are more direct than others. Rather than reflecting the direct power of the People, most referendums in EU countries are held by, and serve the interests of, the political elites, most notably the executive. The book shows that these interests rarely match the justifications given in the public debate. Instead of being driven by the need to compensate for the deficiency of political parties, decision-makers use referendums primarily to protect the position of their party. In unravelling the strategic role played by national referendums in decision-making, this book makes an unconventional contribution to the debate on the impact of referendums on democracy. Saskia Hollander is a political scientist and Director of Knowledge Management at The Broker, a knowledge brokering organisation in the field of inclusive politics and economies, based in The Hague, The Netherlands. Her previous publications include the edited book Creative Crises of Democracy (with J. Gijsenbergh, T. Houwen and W. de Jong, 2012). 606 $aDemocracy 606 $aElections 606 $aComparative government 606 $aDemocracy$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/911050 606 $aEuropean Politics$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/911130 606 $aElectoral Politics$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/911070 606 $aComparative Politics$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/911040 607 $aEurope$xPolitics and government 615 0$aDemocracy. 615 0$aElections. 615 0$aComparative government. 615 14$aDemocracy. 615 24$aEuropean Politics. 615 24$aElectoral Politics. 615 24$aComparative Politics. 676 $a328.2094 676 $a328.23 700 $aHollander$b Saskia$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01064898 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910338020203321 996 $aThe Politics of Referendum Use in European Democracies$92541375 997 $aUNINA