Renwick, A;
Sargeant, J;
(2021)
The Rules of Referendums.
In: Smith, J, (ed.)
The Palgrave Handbook of European Referendums.
(pp. 67-90).
Palgrave Macmillan: Cham, Switzerland.
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Abstract
Referendums, like any large-scale processes of democratic decision-making, need to take place within a framework of rules. This chapter examines such rules. It surveys how referendums are regulated in Europe today, focusing on five key dimensions: when referendums take place; how the vote is structured; the status of the result; the conduct of the campaign; and how the rules are enforced. It also assesses how referendums ought to be regulated. It finds that there are many important gaps in current regulatory frameworks: much more could be done to ensure that referendums play the most positive role they could in the overall democratic system.
| Type: | Book chapter |
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| Title: | The Rules of Referendums |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-3-030-55803-1_4 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-55803-1_4 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Dept of Political Science |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10125153 |
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