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Australian Economic Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Research Question/Issue Retirement age expectations and preferences are shaped by individual, social, and government policy influences. Our paper reviews major policy changes in the Australian Retirement Income System over the past two decades and documents changes in Australian workers' expected and preferred retirement age. Research Findings/
Paul Gerrans +2 more
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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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Election Forensics and the 2004 Venezuelan Presidential Recall Referendum as a Case Study [PDF]
, 2011 A referendum to recall President Hugo Ch\'{a}vez was held in Venezuela in August of 2004. In the referendum, voters were to vote YES if they wished to recall the President and NO if they wanted him to continue in office.
Carriquiry, Alicia, Carriquiry, Alicia
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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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Perceptions of Referendums and Democracy: The Referendum Disappointment Gap
Politics and Governance, 2019 We examine the gap between perceptions of seeing referendums as an important democratic principle, versus perceiving how referendums are used in practice. We term this the “referendum disappointment” gap.
S. Bowler, Todd Donovan
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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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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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Third World Quarterly, 2019 This research aims to analyse the drivers which informed the decision and timing of Kurdistan’s independence referendum on 25 September 2017. Here we argue that any proper examination of these drivers must begin by investigating the relationship between ...
Kamaran Palani +3 more
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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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Referendum e campagne referendarie in Irlanda
QOE-IJES, 2004 I referendum occupano un posto importante nel sistema politico irlandese, per certi aspetti eccezionale, come risulta dagli studi comparati (Uleri, 2003).
Micheal Gallagher
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