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How Far Can Citizens Influence the Decision-Making Process? Analysis of the Effectiveness of Referenda in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary in 1989–2015

Baltic Journal of European studies, 2015
This article explores the political role of a referendum in Central European countries, in particular in Hungary, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic. In this article, political effectiveness is understood as a possibility to influence the decision-making ...
Kużelewska Elżbieta
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The end of the beginning? Taking forward local democratic renewal in the post-referendum North East. [PDF]

, 2007
This article draws upon the author’s commissioned research on the nature of regional governance following the 2004 Referendum in the North East on elected regional assemblies.
Cabinet Office, Campaign for the English Regions and Local Government Information Unit, Cousins J., Department of Communities &, Federal Trust, Fred Robinson, Goodchild B., House of Commons Select Committee on Communities and Local Government, Hudson R., Hudson R., Humphrey L., Keith Shaw, Knock K., Leach R., Lindsay I., McCall C., Milburn A., North East Constitutional Convention, O'Neill M., ODPM, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Pearce G., Pimlott B, Rallings C., Robinson F., Robinson F., Robinson F., Sandford M., Shaw K., Skelcher C., Stoker G., Tickell A.   +31 more
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U.S. Consumer Preferences for Cage‐Free Eggs and Hen Housing Policies

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Farm animal welfare (FAW) continues to be a divisive issue in the egg industry. In the United States, 10 states and most major retailers have implemented policies or voluntary pledges to transition to 100% cage‐free egg sales. We use best‐worst scaling and discrete choice experiments to evaluate U.S.
Vincenzina Caputo, Aaron J. Staples, Jayson L. Lusk, Glynn T. Tonsor   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Transit Manipulation by the Koch Brothers: Analyzing the Relationship between the Division of Power in the United States Government, Societal Benefits, Voter and Rider Composition, Referendum Language and Cost of Improvement Under the Lens of the 2018 Nashville Transit Improvement Program Referendum [PDF]

, 2020
Transit Manipulation by the Koch Brothers: Analyzing the Relationship between the Division of Power in the United States Government, Societal Benefits, Voter and Rider Composition, Referendum Language and Cost of Improvement Under the Lens of the 2018 ...
Lee, Samantha
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A scoping review of non‐binary research in “Australian” social sciences: Community, solidarity, resilience and resisting marginalisation

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
Abstract Non‐binary and genderqueer identities are increasingly discussed in public discourse and academia, but there remains a dearth of academic literature centred on non‐binary people's lives and experiences. When non‐binary people are included in research, it is frequently as an additive to explorations of trans identities and subsumed under the ...
Lucy Nicholas, Sal Clark, Chloe Falzon
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Was the abolition of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission an act of dispossession?

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
Abstract The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) has been described as one of the most comprehensive regional and national governance structures for Indigenous people in Australia. This paper looks briefly at its operational life between 1990 and 2005 and focusses on its abolition, arguing that this was an act of dispossession. The
Tui Crumpen
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Constitutional Restrictions and Prohibitions of the legislative Referendum (Ustavne omejitve in prepovedi zakonodajnega referenduma) [PDF]

Zbornik Znanstvenih Razprav, 2014
With the amendment of article 90 of the Constitution of the Republic of Slovenia, following the model of comparable European states, Slovenia too introduced restrictions and prohibitions on the legislative referendum.
Igor Kaučič
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Euroscepticism is most common in Wales, the Midlands and among the over-60s.The wording of any potential referendum question will be crucial [PDF]

, 2012
Support is growing for a referendum on the UK’s membership of the European Union. Thomas Raines examines the demographics of British Euroscepticism and notes that the wording of any referendum question is ...
Raines, Thomas
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Philanthropy and Indigenous Initiatives: Insights From Australian Donors

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper draws on a survey and interview data, collected from a group of 180 donors who made monetary gifts to an Australian higher education institution, to better understand what drives individuals and organisations to donate to Indigenous initiatives.
Celina McEwen, Christopher Bajada, Deborah Cotton, Kevin Wallace, David S. Waller   +4 more
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ROLA REFERENDUMW TRANSFORMACJACH USTROJOWYCH

Zeszyty Prawnicze, 2016
THE ROLE OF A REFERENDUM IN CONSTITUTIONAL TRANSFORMATIONS Summary The aim of this paper is a summary of discussion on the use of a nationwide referendum, which was held in the 80’s and 90’s of the 20th century and the current criticism of the ...
Przemysław Krzywoszyński
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