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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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From One Referendum to the Other: the Scottish Dimension to the Debate over Europe
Revue Française de Civilisation Britannique, 2015 This paper examines the role played by the European issue in the Scottish referendum campaign, especially the way the SNP tried to use it to its advantage.
Pauline Schnapper
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Diffusion in Referendum Campaigns: The Case of EU Constitutional Referendums [PDF]
Journal of European Integration, 2015 The problem of cross-case influences is crucial in the analysis of social phenomena. Is a referendum held in a state entirely a ‘domestic’ event? No work has applied diffusion theories to the study of referendum campaigns. In this paper, I show diffusion effects among the 2005 Constitutional Treaty referendums.
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Solar home systems (SHSs) are celebrated as a technological antidote to sub–Saharan Africa's chronic electricity deficits, yet the financial and social mechanisms that move them from warehouse to household remain underexplored. Drawing on 157 interviews with SHS owners in Tanzania and Malawi, this study examines the financial pathways used to ...
Nathanael Ojong +2 more
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The concept of the strategic state: An assessment after 30 years
Australian Journal of Public Administration, EarlyView.Abstract The strategic state was conceptualised 30 years ago in response to neoliberal reforms of government and the rise of New Public Management that began in Western democracies in the 1980s. The concept was widely used by the Organisation for Economic Co‐operation and Development in assessing the performance of governments through the 2000s.
Ian C. Elliott, Alasdair Roberts
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Revista Transilvană de Ştiinţe Administrative, 2015 A referendum is a form of direct democracy. A constitutional system becomes functional first of all due to the indirect, representative democracy, but complementary and subsidiary, the referendum may be used also.
Attila VARGA
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Zeitgeist and Ortgeist: Time and Place in Institutional Creation
British Journal of Management, EarlyView.Abstract How are institutions created is one of the most interesting questions in institutional theory. Some strands of literature favour heroic explanations: mythologizing individuals with vision, tenacity and drive and putting these individuals on the pedestal of the institution.
Sabina Keston‐Siebert, Kevin Orr
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Referendums: Tyranny of the Majority? [PDF]
Swiss Political Science Review, 2018 AbstractThis response piece argues that one should be wary of generalised statements that referendums – or particular types of referendums – are good or bad. Whether a popular vote process has beneficial or damaging effects depends on a myriad of factors, in particular its formal design and the constitutional structure of the state concerned. Similarly,
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The Multilevel Implications of a Sinn Féin Government in Ireland
The Political Quarterly, Volume 96, Issue 1, Page 173-179, January/March 2025.Abstract The electoral growth of Sinn Féin on both sides of the Irish border has generated much political and academic attention in recent years. The party could form part of the government in Dublin for the first time at the next Irish general election, though that outcome is far from certain.
Conor J. Kelly
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The Political Quarterly, Volume 96, Issue 1, Page 180-188, January/March 2025.Abstract The forthcoming general election will be the most consequential electoral contest for the Republic of Ireland in a century. The polity is situated in truly novel territory with the potential for an historic first: the incoming of a Sinn Féin‐led, left‐wing government.
Chris Ó Rálaigh
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