03594nam a22005055i 4500 978-3-031-49096-5 DE-He213 20251030112257.0 cr nn 008mamaa 240604s2024 sz | s |||| 0|eng d 9783031490965 978-3-031-49096-5 10.1007/978-3-031-49096-5 doi JF1001-1048.52 JPHF bicssc POL008000 bisacsh JPHF thema Referendums Around the World [electronic resource] / edited by Matt Qvortrup. 3rd ed. 2024. Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024. XV, 338 p. 13 illus., 9 illus. in color. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Chapter 1: Referendums: Theory and History: Matt Qvortrup -- Chapter 2: Europe: Matt Qvortrup -- Chapter 3: Asia: Osbern Huang and Matt Qvortrup -- Chapter 4: North America and the Caribbean: Todd Donovan and Matt Qvortrup -- Chapter 5: Oceania: Kerryn Baker, Caroline Morris, and Matt Qvortrup -- Chapter 6: Africa: Norbert Kersting -- Chapter 7: Latin America: David Altman -- Chapter 8: Switzerland: Uwe Serdült -- Chapter 9: Referendums Around the World: Trends and Tendencies: Matt Qvortrup. Direct Democracy is inexpensive. The average cost per vote is about $ 10. So, maybe we should have more of them? Before you answer that question, you need to know the facts about this type of complementary democracy. Referendums Around the World, is a complete and comprehensive revision of the 2016 edition of Referendums Around the World, which in turn was an updated version of the 2013 edition, the proposed volume is a comprehensive revision and update of the previous book. The previous edition provided overviews of the history, legal basis, and practice of referendums around the world, with chapters on, Africa, Australia, Asia Latin America, Europe, and a special chapter on Switzerland (the sui generis of referendums). In addition, this third edition offers a completely revised introduction by the editor, a wholly revised concluding chapter by the editor, a special chapter on winning referendums including perspectives from neuroscience, as well as a list of all nationwide referendums held to date. Matt Qvortrup, DPhil (Oxon) is Professor of Political Science and an Adjunct Professor of Constitutional Law at the Australian National University. His books include, A Comparative Study of Referendums (2nd Edition 2005) and Referendums and Ethnic Conflict (2nd Edition 2022). Elections. 70850 World politics. 58105 Comparative government. 67598 Electoral Politics. 70851 Political History. 67817 Comparative Politics. 60386 Qvortrup, Matt. editor. edt http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 78226 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9783031490958 Printed edition: 9783031490972 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-49096-5 ZDB-2-POS ZDB-2-SXPI 60504 60504