LEADER 03665nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910455155303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-135-21506-5 010 $a1-282-25642-4 010 $a9786612256424 010 $a0-203-87342-4 035 $a(CKB)1000000000773554 035 $a(EBL)446701 035 $a(OCoLC)443273440 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000234504 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11203019 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000234504 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10238048 035 $a(PQKB)10575456 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC446701 035 $a(PPN)198457626 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL446701 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10326737 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL225642 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000773554 100 $a20090212d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aReferendums and representative democracy$b[electronic resource] $eresponsiveness, accountability and deliberation /$fedited by Maija Seta?la? and Theo Schiller 210 $aLondon $cRoutledge$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (246 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledge/ECPR studies in European political science ;$v62 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-84927-6 311 $a0-415-48103-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aBook 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 ideologies 327 $a5 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; Index 330 $aThis volume analyses how the use of referendums affects the central functions and characteristics of representative democracy. It provides a balanced account of the interaction between referendums and representative institutions and actors, seeking to evaluate whether referendums supplement or undermine representative democracy. Considering both normative and empirical questions, the volume also examines the particular circumstances under which referendums strengthen or weaken representative democracy. Providing a variety of theoretical and methodological approaches used in the study 410 0$aRoutledge/ECPR studies in European political science ;$v62. 606 $aReferendum 606 $aRepresentative government and representation 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aReferendum. 615 0$aRepresentative government and representation. 676 $a328.2/3 701 $aSeta?la?$b Maija$0954210 701 $aSchiller$b Theo$0954211 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455155303321 996 $aReferendums and representative democracy$92158178 997 $aUNINA