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The Right to Vote: Constitutive Referendums and Regional Citizenship [PDF]

open access: yesEthnopolitics, 2019
This article analyses cases in which regional citizenship is an essential part of constitutional architecture either in the form of peace agreement or federal/autonomy settlement.
Stephen Tierney, Dejan Stjepanovič
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Transkei: Referendum, reincorporation and a new regionalism

Journal of Contemporary African Studies, 1992
(1992). Transkei: Referendum, reincorporation and a new regionalism. Journal of Contemporary African Studies: Vol. 11, No. 2, pp. 109-128.
Richard Humphries, Khehla Shubane
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Political Parties, Cleavage Structures and Referendum Voting: Electoral Behaviour in the Portuguese Regionalization Referendum of 1998

South European Society and Politics, 2001
On 8 November 1998, Portugal held its second democratic national referendum. Going against the EU-wide trend for meso-level actors to acquire increasing salience, Portuguese voters overwhelmingly rejected the proposed eight new administrative regions. Portugal thus remains one of the EU's most heavily centralized unitary states.
Michael A. Baum, AndrÉ Freire
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Unconvinced by Europe of the Regions: The 1998 Regionalization Referendum in Portugal

South European Society and Politics, 1999
Abstract The defeat of the proposal to set up a regional system of government in Portugal leaves it one of the most centralized states in Europe. Opponents exploited flaws in the proposals, whose advocates were unable to show clearly how the quality of government would benefit.
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Eu Referendum in the UK: The Regional Dimension

Regions Magazine, 2016
Voters in the United Kingdom go to the polls on 23rd June to take part in a referendum on the UK's membership of the European Union. Most commentators suggest that this is likely to be the most significant question put to the electorate for a generation. Latest polls at the time of writing suggest that the national vote could be very close.
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Transformation of Turkey’s Regional Policies: The Case of the KRG Referendum Debacle

The International Spectator, 2018
Turkey’s response to the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq’s independence referendum took most observers by surprise. The prevailing assumption was that, despite its vocal objections, Turkey would eventually just accommodate the results of the referendum because years of engagement and a KRG-centred Iraq policy had created multi-faceted ...
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Interests in a Region and Opinions on Europe: The 1992 Referendum on the Maastricht Treaty in Aquitaine

Space and Polity, 2002
The article deals with the expression of social interests during the referendum campaign on the Treaty of Maastricht (1992). The analysis is based on a comprehensive content analysis of national and regional newspapers read in Aquitaine and it reconstructs the main structure of political arguments developed by actors who made their stand in the region.
Raymond Hudon, Claude Sorbets
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Developing inclusive approaches to regional governance in the post-referendum North East

Regional & Federal Studies, 2006
Abstract Drawing upon empirical research of governance in the North East of England, this article aims to evaluate the impact of current practices of stakeholder engagement on declared aspirations of both inclusivity and democratic renewal. Using the North East Assembly (NEA) as a case study, it details the experiences and opinion of both ‘key’ and ...
Humphrey L, Shaw K
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