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Referendums as a political party gamble: A critical analysis of the Kurdish referendum for independence [PDF]

International Political Science Review, 2019
This article brings the case of the Kurdish referendum for independence into the wider literature on independence referendums. It examines the decision to hold an independence referendum and explores the pre-referendum conditions and the post-referendum consequences. The article argues that the referendum in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq was held due to
Dylan O’Driscoll, Bahar Baser
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Australia and the Scottish Independence Referendum [PDF]

, 2016
The chapter analyzes data from print and online media, including online broadcaster sites, and includes an overview of the Australian media landscape. It also notes the significant percentage of Australians (8.9%) who are Scottish or of Scottish descent. There was considerable Australian interest in the referendum. While there was focus on the Scottish
McNair, Brian
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The Scottish Independence Referendum: Constitutional and Political Implications

, 2016
The September 2014 Scottish independence referendum was an event of profound constitutional and political significance, not only for Scotland, but for the United Kingdom as a whole.
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The Independence Referendum of 2014

2020
AbstractThe Scottish independence referendum of 2014 was a rare event in an advanced democracy. Under the Edinburgh Agreement between the UK and Scottish governments, both sides accepted the process and the question and pledged to respect the result. The debate revolved around the meaning of Scottish and British identities; the economic consequences of
Michael Keating, Nicola McEwen
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The Scottish Independence Referendum of 2014

2021
The discovery of North Sea oil in the 1960s was followed by significant support for the pro-independence SNP. A devolved Scottish Parliament was established in 1999, which unionists hoped would undermine support for independence. However, in 2011 the SNP secured an overall majority, and the UK government accepted that an independence referendum should ...
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Scottish Independence Referendum: Risky or Not?

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2017
On September 18th, 2014, with a historic 84.7% turnout, Scottish voters declared their wish to stay as part of the UK with 55.3% No versus 44.7% Yes votes. During the period that leads to the referendum both sides made financial and economic claims that effected the actual outcome.
Mehmet F. Dicle, Betul Dicle
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The Scottish Independence Referendum 2014

Journal of Law and Society, 2014
On 18 September, in a historic referendum, the people of Scotland voted by 55.3 per cent to 44.7 per cent to remain in the United Kingdom. This article provides an immediate response. It is inevitably provisional and broadbrush in character and cannot cover all of the varied and conflicting perspectives on the referendum and its consequences; it is ...
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Democracy, Realism and Independence Referendums

2020
The chapter analyses the factors conducive to recognizing independence referendums. After a tour d’horizon of the history of referendums on independence and a summary of the legal position, the chapter argues that independence referendums are most likely to be implemented when this in the interest of the three Western Powers on the UN Security Council.
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Referendums on Independence, 1860–2011

The Political Quarterly, 2014
There have been more than 50 independence referendums since the middle of the 19th Century when Texas, Virginia and Tennessee—albeit unsuccessfully—voted to leave the USA. A handful of plebiscites were held in each decade after 1945, but most independence referendums were held after the break‐down of communism.
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Independence referendums in international law

2022
Daniel Moeckli, Nils Reimann
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