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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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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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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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Bottom-up versus Top-down Campaigning at the Scottish Independence Referendum 2014
Revue Française de Civilisation Britannique, 2015 The Scottish independence referendum of 2014 saw one of the longest political campaigns in modern UK politics. The referendum saw the formation of a hybrid Yes campaign that combined modern campaigning techniques with a large, activist grassroots that ...
Peter Lynch
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The male to female ratio at birth following the Scottish Independence Referendum, September 2014 [PDF]
, 2015 Human male live births exceed female live births by approximately 3%. This sex ratio is conventionally expressed as M/F (male divided by total live births). Many factors have been implicated as influencing this ratio, such as stress.
Grech, Victor E., Mamo, Julian
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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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Voter Turnout in Direct Democracy: Theory and Evidence [PDF]
We analyse voter turnout as a function of referendum types. An advisory referendum produces advice that a legislature may or may not take into account when choosing between two alternatives, whereas a binding referendum generates a decisive decision.
Søberg, Morten, Tangerås, Thomas P.
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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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Why Do School District Budget Referenda Fail? [PDF]
, 2003 [Excerpt] Public elementary and secondary education is financed in many states at least partially at the local level and school district budgets in many states are determined by voter referenda. To date, however, there have been no studies that sought to
Ehrenberg, Randy A. +3 more
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It wasn't like this in 1979 [PDF]
, 2014 A short talk on the difference between the 1979 referendum campaign and the 2014 ...
Marney, Laura
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