Referendums Around the World: The Growing Use of Direct DemocracyDavid Butler, Austin Ranney "Except for the editors, all the authors are new, and our own sections are completely rewritten. The only repetitions are the appendixes, which list all known nationwide referendums and referendums in subordinate territories held up to the end of 1993"--Preface. |
Contents
LIST OF TABLES | 1 |
THEORY David Butler and Austin Ranney | 11 |
The Case against Referendums Reconsidered | 17 |
WESTERN EUROPE Vernon Bogdanor | 24 |
SWITZERLAND Kris W Kobach | 98 |
24 | 113 |
AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND Colin A Hughes | 154 |
Overturning Decisions | 172 |
886 | 177 |
DIRECT LEGISLATION IN THE AMERICAN STATES David B Magleby | 218 |
the United States 18981992 | 230 |
CONCLUSION David Butler and Austin Ranney | 258 |
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