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The Colombian Anti-Corruption Referendum: Why It Failed?
Colombia Internacional, 2019 Objective/context: The objective of this article is to analyze the results of the anti-corruption referendum in Colombia in 2018. Colombia is a country with a significant corruption problem.
Michael Haman
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Senedd Reform: From Aspiration to Cold‐Headed Reality?
The Political Quarterly, Volume 96, Issue 1, Page 164-172, January/March 2025.Abstract In May 2024, the Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill completed its legislative journey through the Senedd Cymru/Welsh Parliament. The bill marks the latest chapter in the Senedd's evolution from an assembly established with no formally separated executive branch and no primary legislative powers into a lawmaking and tax‐raising ...
Adam Evans
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Playing the System: Electoral Bias in the 2024 UK General Election
The Political Quarterly, Volume 96, Issue 1, Page 65-73, January/March 2025.Abstract The UK's 2024 general election was the least proportional of modern times. Labour's substantial parliamentary majority rested on the smallest ever winning party vote share. The Conservatives, meanwhile, suffered one of their worst ever results.
Charles Pattie, David Cutts
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THE REFERENDUM, REFLECTED IN THE ROMANIAN CONSTITUTIONAL COURT'S CASE LAW [PDF]
Challenges of the Knowledge Society, 2018 The referendum is the main instrument of direct democracy, a means of consultation by which the People has the possibility to directly exercise national sovereignty.
Valentina BĂRBĂȚEANU
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Relaxing electoral constraints in local education funding
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, EarlyView.
Michel Grosz, Ross Milton
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‘Whitby Woman’, ‘Waitrose Woman’: Gender and Voting Behaviour at the 2024 UK General Election
The Political Quarterly, Volume 96, Issue 1, Page 74-82, January/March 2025.Abstract Women were identified as key targets in the 2024 British general election. There was much speculation as to whether ‘Whitby’ or ‘Waitrose’ women would swing the result for Labour. This interest in women voters stemmed, at least partially, from the fact that the 2017 and 2019 British general elections were the first where a modern gender gap—a ...
Rosie Campbell +3 more
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Broke and Broken: The Crises Facing Local Government in England
The Political Quarterly, Volume 96, Issue 1, Page 199-205, January/March 2025.Abstract English local government faces a perilous position owing to insufficient funding, structural issues and capacity challenges. Fourteen years of austerity have significantly reduced council budgets, while increased demand for services—particularly adult social care—has strained resources.
David Jeffery
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Maine's Experience With the Initiative and Referendum [PDF]
, 1912 James William Black
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Fragmented and Dealigned: The 2024 British General Election and the Rise of Place‐Based Politics
The Political Quarterly, Volume 96, Issue 1, Page 13-25, January/March 2025.Abstract While the outcome of the 2024 British general election signalled a resounding repudiation of the incumbent government—returning a 231‐seat swing from the Conservatives to Labour—it did not radically overturn the geography of electoral outcomes in England and Wales.
Will Jennings +3 more
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Revista Vasca de Administración Pública, 2017 In the last years, several social and political sectors have suggested a more frequent and efficient use of referendum as a mechanism for political participation and democratic regeneration in our system.
Eduardo J. Ruiz Vieytez
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