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Liquid Assemblies: An Institutional Design for Liquid Democracy

open access: yes
Constellations, EarlyView.
Chiara Valsangiacomo Balmelli   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Values in the Valence Election: Fragmentation and the 2024 General Election

open access: yesThe Political Quarterly, Volume 96, Issue 1, Page 26-36, January/March 2025.
Abstract The 2024 general election delivered a verdict on an unpopular Conservative government, a valence election where the key motivation was to remove a government seen as failing. But this is not a full account of the voting choices of the British public.
Paula Surridge
wiley   +1 more source

Willingness to Pay: Referendum Contingent Valuation and Uncertain Project Benefits [PDF]

open access: yes
This study uses contingent valuation (CV) methods to estimate the benefit of an environmental water quality project of the Tietê River and its tributaries that flow through the São Paulo, Brazil, Metropolitan Area (SPMA).
William J. Vaughan   +3 more
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The Most Disproportionate UK Election: How the Labour Party Doubled its Seat Share with a 1.6‐Point Increase in Vote Share in 2024

open access: yesThe Political Quarterly, Volume 96, Issue 1, Page 37-64, January/March 2025.
Abstract The Labour Party doubled its seats in the 2024 UK general election, winning a landslide majority with only a 1.6 point increase in its UK vote share and an historically low vote share for a winning party at just under 34 per cent. This article provides new evidence for three constituency‐level explanations for this outcome in the context of ...
Marta Miori, Jane Green
wiley   +1 more source

Questioni di ammissibilità dei referendum elettorali

open access: yes, 2007
Questioni concernenti l'ammissibilità e la costituzionalità del referendum elettorale Segni ...
MORRONE, ANDREA
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La democracia directa como alternativa a la democracia representativa: algunas lecciones desde la experiencia suiza

open access: yesRevista 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
doaj   +1 more source

Has the Moment for Electoral Reform at Westminster Finally Arrived?

open access: yesThe Political Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract The rise to power of Andy Burnham, a vocal critic of first past the post, has put Westminster electoral reform back on the political agenda. This article examines the case for reforming the voting system, why it has strengthened in recent years, why efforts have failed before and what this tells us about the necessary conditions for reform: a ...
Robert Ford
wiley   +1 more source

What does it take to sell Environmental Policy? An empirical Analysis of Referendum Data [PDF]

open access: yes
We analyze the factors that influence the support for environmental policy proposals. Swiss referendum data show that proposals obtain more yes-votes if they do not restrict consumption possibilities directly, if they are endorsed by business ...
Armin Schmutzler   +2 more
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The Road Not Taken: Why the Dutch Referendum on the Constitutional Treaty ‘Made All The Difference’ for Europe. EIPA Working Paper 08/W/2005 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
[Introduction]. The Dutch referendum on the European Constitutional Treaty was the first one in over a hundred years in a country that has no political culture of referendums to decide issues of national importance.
Mazzucelli, Colette.
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