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The clarity of referendums: An instrument for managing the (dis)continuity and perception of change [PDF]
Seen as a precondition for a referendum, clarity requires a clear referendum question and a clear majority for or against an outcome. In this article I argue clarity is not only an enabler of individual referendums but one way to politicize their context.
Miloš Matija
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Legitimation of the Referendum - the Standard Mechanism of Participatory Democracy
The referendum is a multidimensional instrument, attested and practiced worldwide, considered to be a compulsory feature of democracy, provided it is used under strict lawfulness.
Ușvat Laviniu Florin
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Commitment to the truth or defensive stance? Political strategies in the Brexit contest
This paper analyses politicians’ selection of adverbs of certainty and extreme case formulations (ECFs) in both the 1975 Referendum and the Brexit (2016).
Iñigo-Mora Isabel
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Scotland’s road to IndyRef2, between two Unions [PDF]
Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister of Scotland, has announced a second independence referendum will be held on 19 October 2023. Given the UK government’s refusal to negotiate a new independence referendum, the call for this referendum, popularly known as ...
Javier Antón Merino
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Referendum – instrument czy iluzja władzy polskiego suwerena?
Autor analizuje następujące problemy: polskie tradycje referendalne w XX w., obowiązujące uregulowanie referendum zawarte w Konstytucji Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z 1997 r.
Dariusz Dudek
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Referendum as an Indicator of the Model of Local Democracy (with Particular Emphasis on the Local Referendum in the United States of America) A model approach to local democracy is proposed through this paper.
Agnieszka Pawłowska
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The article provides a comparative analysis of the institution of the referendum in the countries of Eastern Europe. The forms, features of the structure and organization of the referendum process in Slovenia, Poland, Ukraine and Russia are characterized.
I.V. Aksenov
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Predicting referendum results in the Big Data Era
In addressing the challenge of Big Data Analytics, what has been of notable significance is the analysis of online search traffic data in order to analyze and predict human behavior.
Amaryllis Mavragani+1 more
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