Plebiscites: a tool for dictatorship

A Penadés, S Velasco - European Political Science Review, 2022 - cambridge.org
The comparative study of authoritarianism has neglected plebiscites, and the comparative
study of referendums tends to see in them a form of direct democracy regardless of the …

Political Constitutionalism and Referendums: The Case of Brexit

R Bellamy - Social & Legal Studies, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
The UK's political constitution rests on the checking and balancing operations of a
representative system in which parliament is sovereign. By contrast, referendums are often …

Direct democracy

D Altman - Handbook of Comparative Political Institutions, 2024 - elgaronline.com
Direct democracy is far from a monolithic group of political institutions, even though all
mechanisms of direct democracy (MDDs) allow citizens to express their preferences at the …

From austerity to Brexit: the failed populist moment in the UK

M Prentoulis - Soundings, 2022 - ingentaconnect.com
After the 2007-8 financial crisis, movements-and later parties-which brought'the people'to
the forefront began to dominate the European political scene. These mobilisations brought …

From austerity to Brexit: the failed populist moment in the UK: Why was the Corbynite left unsuccessful, at a time when left-populist movements elsewhere in Europe …

M Prentoulis - Soundings (13626620), 2022 - search.ebscohost.com
Abstract After the 2007-8 financial crisis, movements-and later parties-which brought'the
people'to the forefront began to dominate the European political scene. These mobilisations …