Referendums Around the World With a Foreword by Sir David Butler /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Qvortrup, Matt (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Political science.; Democracy.; World politics.; Great Britain-Politics and government.; Europe-Politics and government.; United States-Politics and government.; Popular Science in Political Science and International Relations.; Political History.; British Politics.; European Politics.; US Politics.

This book provides a comprehensive summary and analysis of all the nationwide referendums since 1793. Referendums are ubiquitous and are increasingly becoming vehicles for political change - or sometimes vehicles of conservatism. In 2016, for example, the voters in the United Kingdom caused a major...