Journal of Happiness Studies, 2020 Can positive expectations help foster resiliency against adversity? In this study, we used high-frequency panel data, to examine how positive as compared to neutral and negative expectations can buffer the negative impact on subjective well-being ...
Efstratia Arampatzi +3 more
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Marrying European and Domestic Politics? The Marriage Referendum in Croatia and Value-Based Euroscepticism [PDF]
, 2017 On 1 December 2013, Croatia voted in a referendum on the constitutional definition of marriage. Whilst recent scholarship highlighted the symbolism nature of the referendum in domestic politics, its European dimension has not been reflected on.Using ...
Sircar, I., Slootmaeckers, K.
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El Referéndum sobre el Brexit: una historia inacabada // Brexit’s Referendum: an unfinished story
Revista de Derecho Político, 2016 Resumen En el artículo se analiza el referéndum sobre la pertenencia o salida del Reino Unido en la UE del 23 de junio de 2016, desde un punto de vista constitucional.
Josep Maria Castellà Andreu
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Intentionalist Interpretation of the Supreme Leader’s Authority in Issuing Referendum: The Subject of Article 110(3) of Iran’s Constitution [PDF]
Faṣlnāmah-i Pizhūhish-i Huqūq-i ̒Umūmī, 2020 The ambiguity regarding the concept considered by the members of the Review Council of the term "issuing referendum" in Article 110(3), has led to this fact that the real role of the Leader in referendum process and the scope of his authority over the ...
mohammad amin abrishami rad +1 more
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Scotland’s road to IndyRef2, between two Unions [PDF]
Revista d'Estudis Autonòmics i Federals, 2022 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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False Memories for Fake News During Ireland’s Abortion Referendum
Psychology Science, 2019 The current study examined false memories in the week preceding the 2018 Irish abortion referendum. Participants (N = 3,140) viewed six news stories concerning campaign events—two fabricated and four authentic.
G. Murphy +4 more
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Legitimation of the Referendum - the Standard Mechanism of Participatory Democracy
Journal of Legal Studies, 2017 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
Psychology of Language and Communication, 2021 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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The clarity of referendums: An instrument for managing the (dis)continuity and perception of change [PDF]
Pravni Zapisi, 2022 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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Spain’s referendum on the European Constitutional Treaty: a quantitative analysis within the conceptual framework of first and second order elections [PDF]
, 2010 In contrast to the attention devoted to the rejection of the EU Constitutional Treaty at French and Dutch referenda; the Spanish referendum, where this Treaty was ratified, remained under-researched by political scientists. This paper analyses the voting
Erkan, Ozgur
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