Forcing Choice: The Risky Reward of Referendums

by J. Patrick Boyer

The Hill Times: Best Books of 2017

What happens when crucial public issues are decided the people themselves?

Canadians answered "Yes" or "No" to prohibiting alcohol, conscripting soldiers, and revamping our constitution. Forcing such crucial choices at the ballot box is high-stakes democracy, both here and overseas -- as witnessed with Britain's transformative 2016 "Brexit" referendum.

Forcing Choice dissects...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1459739124
• ISBN13: 9781459739123
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: Dundurn Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"