The Strategic Use of Referendums: Power, Legitimacy, and Democracy
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.
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The Strategic Use of Referendums: Power, Legitimacy, and Democracy
THE STRATEGIC USE OF REFERENDUMS
© Mark Clarence Walker, 2003
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