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Parliamentary Affairs Advance Access originally published online on August 14, 2008
Parliamentary Affairs 2008 61(4):713-715; doi:10.1093/pa/gsn028
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A Comparative Study of Referendums: Government by the People (second edition)

Ron Johnston

M. Qvortrup, A Comparative Study of Referendums: Government by the People (second edition), Manchester University Press, ix + 198 pp., £55 (hardback) and £14.99 (paperback), ISBN 0 7190 7180 1 (hardback) 0 7190 7181 X (paperback), 2005.

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The use of referendums is often discussed in UK politics, sometimes stimulated by those seeking to challenge the (potential in some cases) decisions of elected majority governments outwith the Parliamentary arena. Arguments are made that consulting the electorate at large is necessary on certain types of issue because of their constitutional significance. In other situations, pro-referendum arguments are advanced by governments which fear either that they will not get their legislation through Parliament or that if they do they will lose support more generally among the electorate. Thus, for example, the Blair government agreed to hold a referendum on the UK joining . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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