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Déjà-vu (again): The Lisbon Treaty Referendum in Ireland. IHS Political Science Series No. 133, February 2013 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
There has been an increasing use of direct democracy in the form of referendums on aspects of European integration. Two such referendums have been held in Ireland in 2008 and 2009 with the outcome changing from a No to a Yes vote.
Marsh, Michael, Schwirz, Laura
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Carbon Populism and Representative Politics: On Why Fossil Fuel Firms Speaking for ‘The People’ Is a Bad Idea

open access: yesJournal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Despite growing recognition that countries around the world must transition to a low‐carbon economy, global greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise. One way that decarbonization has been obstructed, we argue, is by fossil fuel firms intentionally conflating their agenda with ‘the people’, evoking notions of national identity, security and ...
Daniel Nyberg   +3 more
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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The referendum as an institution in the Black Sea Region: Does it signal the rise or collapse of democracy?

open access: yesRocznik Instytutu Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej, 2019
Views on the institution of direct democracy have changed during the period of democratic transition. The various advantages and positive effects of direct democracy have been confirmed by the practice of some democratic countries. Its educational and political activation value for society was also noted, without which civil society cannot form.
openaire   +1 more source

How quorum rules distort referendum outcomes: evidence from a pivotal voter model [PDF]

open access: yes
In many jurisdictions, whether referendum results are binding depend on certain legally defined quorum requirements. With a pivotal-voter model, we examine how quorum requirements affect voter’s behavior.
Luís Francisco Aguiar   +1 more
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Historical Perspectives on Deglobalization's Drivers, Outcomes, and Managerial Responses

open access: yesJournal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract The deglobalization process experienced in the early 2020s is not without precedent. This Special Issue leverages business history as a lens to generate new insights and to uncover previously hidden complexities and nuances. Studying previous periods of deglobalization and their varying drivers, outcomes, and responses, the papers in this ...
Andrew Smith   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Referendum on the Union of Salzburg with Germany on 29 May 1921: an Overview

open access: yesJournal on European History of Law
At the end of World War I (1918), the Republic of „German-Austria“ was founded as one of many successor states of the Habsburg Empire. The political representatives of „German-Austria“ welcomed the idea of Austria´s unification with Germany for both ...
Sonja Pallauf
doaj   +2 more sources

Consultative referendum in Lombardia e Veneto and additional conditions of regional autonomy

open access: yes, 2017
The third paragraph of Article 116 of the Italian Constitution recognizes to the regions the possibility to negotiate with the Government "additional forms and special conditions of autonomy". On 22 October 2017, for the first time in the history of the
Alfonso Maria Cecere
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Words After the Storm: Elite Rhetoric and the Limits of De‐Escalation in Postreferendum Catalonia

open access: yesNations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT When does a secessionist crisis end? What drives political elites to shift from hostility to moderation? This article examines the prospects of rhetorical de‐escalation in the aftermath of a secessionist dispute through the paradigmatic case of Catalonia.
Daniel Cetrà   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

What lies between - the Scottish Independence Referendum 2023 [PDF]

open access: yes
Debates about the political and legal case for the Scottish independence referendum in September 2014 and the non-referendum of October 2023 have centred around the retention and resolution of ambiguities about political mandates and legal powers.
McCorkindale, Christopher
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