The Strategic Use of Referendums: Power, Legitimacy, and Democracy
Description
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
REFERENDUMPOWER (SOCIAL SCIENCES)LEGITIMACY OF GOVERNMENTS
2003Book
Author(s)Mark Clarence Walker
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
ISBN9781403962638
LanguageEnglish
