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Moravian Geographical Reports, 2020 Held on 6–7 October 2018, the Romanian referendum on the topic of gay marriage was the fourth referendum of this kind organised in East Central Europe over a five-year period. Because turnout was low in all of them and demands explanation, this paper: i)
Racu Alexandru +3 more
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Voting at 16 – lessons for the future from the Scottish Referendum [PDF]
, 2017 The 2014 Referendum on Scottish independence raised many issues about the future of Scotland. It also produced an innovation as regards the electoral process by making 16 years the minimum age of participation. This article examines issues surrounding
Head, George +3 more
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The Insistence of Blackness and the Persistence of Antiblackness in Ireland
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper positions Ireland as a critical site for examining the insistence of blackness and an antiblackness created and sustained through Irish ethnonationalist imaginaries and exclusionary processes. Drawing on connected sociologies and Irish Black Studies, this enquiry argues that antiblackness in Ireland operates as a generational force,
Philomena Mullen
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, 2021 Referendums, like any large-scale processes of democratic decision-making, need to take place within a framework of rules. This chapter examines such rules. It surveys how referendums are regulated in Europe today, focusing on five key dimensions: when referendums take place; how the vote is structured; the status of the result; the conduct of the ...
Renwick, A, Sargeant, J
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The 2015 nationwide referendum in Poland memes
Bratislava Law Review, 2019 The aim of the article is to analyze memes associated with the nationwide referendum of 6 September 2015 in Poland. The memes are treated as part of the media discourse. Media discourse encompasses part of public discourse.
Maria Marczewska
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Permissibility of Holding a Referendum under the Conditions of Occupation of the Territories of Georgia [PDF]
Journal of Constitutional Law, 2023 It is acknowledged truth in the sphere of legal hermeneutics, that when interpreting a legal norm, we should not always rely only on grammatical and word-for-word interpretation, and we should also refer to other ways and methods of interpretation ...
George Goradze
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Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 2021 One consequence of the EU-referendum’s pro-Brexit outcome was a renewed call for Scottish independence. Supporting this call can be construed as a form of collective action Scots may engage in.
Lara Ditrich +2 more
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Voiceless: Division, Distrust and Discrimination at the 2023 Voice Referendum
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The referendum on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament in Australia resulted in defeat for the Yes case on October 14, 2023, by a margin of 40% to 60%. The referendum proposed a constitutional amendment to establish a representative body made up of Indigenous Australians to advise federal parliament on matters ...
Shaun Wilson, Shaun Ratcliff
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REFERENDUMUL REPUBLICAN CONSULTATIV INIȚIAT DE CĂTRE PREȘEDINTELE REPUBLICII MOLDOVA
Studia Universitatis Moldaviae: Stiinte Sociale, 2019 This article is a detailed study of national consultative referendum to be held by the President of the Republic of Moldova. The referendum is the most important method of intervention of the sovereign people in power.
Ion COBÎŞENCO
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Truth‐telling in the Australian Curriculum
The Curriculum Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Unlike Canada and South Africa, Australia has not completed a national Truth‐telling of First Nations histories. As a consequence, the curriculum is at risk of excluding Truth‐telling, leading to indoctrination of past injustices as part of school learning.
Glenn Auld +29 more
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