The Strategic Use of Referendums: Power, Legitimacy, and Democracy

By Mark Clarence Walker

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349527017
• ISBN13: 9781349527014
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"