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The Strategic Use of Referendums: Power, Legitimacy, and Democracy

  • Authors
  • Mark Clarence Walker
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Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-x
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  2. Legitimacy, Bargaining, and Power in the Use of Referendums
    Mark Clarence Walker
    Pages 1-18
  3. Referendums and Executives in France and Chile
    Mark Clarence Walker
    Pages 19-48
  4. The USSR Referendum and Republic Counter-Referendums
    Mark Clarence Walker
    Pages 49-71
  5. Bargaining and Power in Russian Referendums
    Mark Clarence Walker
    Pages 73-90
  6. Patterns in the Use of Referendums
    Mark Clarence Walker
    Pages 91-116
  7. Pros and Cons of Referendums and Democratic Theory
    Mark Clarence Walker
    Pages 117-133
  8. Back Matter
    Pages 135-156
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About this book

Introduction

The strategic use of referendums by leaders often confers legitimacy but it may also reflect the power struggle between leaders, groups, and institutions and in doing so not provide a democratic result for the citizenry of a country.

Keywords

democracy executive Institution

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