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Referendum Democracy

Referendum Democracy is a democratic governance model in which the populace directly decides specific policy issues or legislative proposals through periodic referenda, thereby exercising popular sovereignty by bypassing representative intermediaries in the decision-making process.

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2017–2026

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Publications

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Direct democracy: the politics of initiative, referendum, and recall

Choice Reviews Online · 1989 · 511 citations

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The referendum: direct democracy in Switzerland

Choice Reviews Online · 1994 · 124 citations

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Enacting Democracy

Michael Saward · Political Studies · 2003 · 112 citations

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The Institutional Design of Referendums: Bottom‐Up and Binding

Francis Cheneval, Alice el‐Wakil · Swiss Political Science Review · 2018 · 102 citations · Full text

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The Democratic Effect of Direct Democracy

Lucas Leemann, Fabio Wasserfallen · American Political Science Review · 2016 · 101 citations · Full text

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Authors

80

  1. ST
    Stephen Tierney

    University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 38 citations

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  2. SM
    Spencer McKay

    University of British Columbia, Canada

    2 publications · 37 citations

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  3. AE
    Alice el‐Wakil

    University of Zurich, Switzerland

    2 publications · 122 citations

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  4. EM
    Eli M. Noam

    Columbia University, United States

    1 publications · 40 citations

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  5. LW
    Leicester Webb

    Australian National University, Australia

    1 publications · 25 citations

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Institutions

56

  1. University of Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    325 citations

  2. University of Edinburgh

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    43 citations

  3. University of Glasgow

    Glasgow, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    64 citations

  4. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    136 citations

  5. University of Geneva

    Geneva, Switzerland

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    69 citations

  6. Universitat Pompeu Fabra

    Barcelona, Spain

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    60 citations

  7. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    37 citations

  8. University of Bath

    Bath, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    39 citations

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Venues

  1. Swiss Political Science Review

    SPSR · 4 publications · 186 citations

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  2. American Political Science Review

    3 publications · 182 citations

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  3. Electoral Studies

    3 publications · 89 citations

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  4. Politics and Governance

    2 publications · 23 citations

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  5. Political Studies

    2 publications · 151 citations

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