Democracy on demand : holding power to account / Qvortrup, Matt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Qvortrup, Matt, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Direct democracy.

Referendum.

Physical Description:

xiv, 238 pages : illustrations; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2021.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I Philosophy

1. The ideal of on demand direct democracy

pt. II Practice

2. A brief history of the practice and consequences of referendums

3. Referendums, nationalism and separatism

pt. III Regulation

4. The regulation of referendums: campaign spending

pt. IV Improving direct democracy

5. Referendums and deliberative democracy

6. The recall as a mechanism for increasing accountability: an American case study

7. Citizen-initiated referendums: an empirical assessment.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781526158956

1526158957

9781526164216

1526164213

OCLC:

1249030515