Referendums Around the World
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-57797-5 (ISBN)
This book provides a comprehensive summary and analysis of all the nationwide referendums since 1793. Referendums are ubiquitous and they are increasingly becoming vehicles for political change - or sometimes vehicles of conservatism. In 2016, for example, the voters in the United Kingdom caused a major upheaval when they voted for leaving the European Union. Later in the same year, a majority of the voters in Colombia rejected a peace plan carefully negotiated by the political elites to end decades of civil war. Were these decisions prudent? Why were these issues submitted to referendums? Why did the majority of voters vote against the governments' recommendations? Have 'the people' had grown tired of the old political class? Was this a new tendency? These are some of the questions addressed in this new edition, which will be compulsory reading for anyone interested in or concerned about populism and democracy.
Matt Qvortrup is Professor of Political Science at Coventry University, UK and a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts. His other books include Referendums and Ethnic Conflict (2014) and Angela Merkel: Europe’s Most Influential Leader (2016).
Introduction: Theory, Practice and History;Matt Qvortrup.- 1. Western Europe; Matt Qvortrup .- 2. Switzerland; Uwe Serdült.- 3. Russia, the Former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe; Ronald J. Hill and Stephen White.- 4. North America and the Caribbean; Todd Donovan.- 5 Latin America; David Altman.- 6. Africa; Norbert Kersting.- 7. Australasia; Matt Qvortrup, Caroline Morris and Masahiro Kobori.- 8. Two Hundred Years of Referendums; Matt Qvortrup.- Appendix A: Nationwide Referendums 1793-2016.
"This delightful volume reviews the history of referendums around the world dating back to the French Revolution, focusing on one continent per chapter (plus one for Switzerland, which has held 'roughly half of all nationwide referendums in history'); it presents many rich tables of data that detail the outcome of thousands of popular votes. ... Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty." (M. R. Michelson, Choice, Vol. 55 (9), May, 2018)
“This delightful volume reviews the history of referendums around the world dating back to the French Revolution, focusing on one continent per chapter (plus one for Switzerland, which has held ‘roughly half of all nationwide referendums in history’); it presents many rich tables of data that detail the outcome of thousands of popular votes. … Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty.” (M. R. Michelson, Choice, Vol. 55 (9), May, 2018)
| Erscheinungsdatum | 15.09.2017 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | XVIII, 307 p. 7 illus., 4 illus. in color. |
| Verlagsort | Cham |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 148 x 210 mm |
| Gewicht | 425 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Politik / Gesellschaft |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie | |
| Schlagworte | Brexit referendum • British politics • Colombian peace plan referendum • Croatian gay marriage referendum • debates surrounding referendums • Democracy • Europe • European politics • history of direct democracy • history of referendums around the world • History: specific events & topics • History: specific events & topics • Hungarian refugee referendum • Indyref • Irish gay marriage referendum • Italian constitutional referendum • Political History • Political Science & Theory • Political Science and International Studies • Political Science & Theory • Political structures: democracy • politics & government • Politics & government • Popular science • Popular Science in Political Science and Internati • populism and democracy • populism and referendums • referendums in Africa • referendums in Australasia • referendums in Europe • referendums in Latin America • referendums in North America • Scottish independence referendum • theory and practice of referendums • United Kingdom, Great Britain • United States of America, USA • US gun control referendums • US politics |
| ISBN-10 | 3-319-57797-2 / 3319577972 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3-319-57797-5 / 9783319577975 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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