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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 Canada's extensive use of ballot questions at all levels of government, and weighs the benefits of citizens making fundamental decisions for the nation....
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Referendums have become an undeniably important, and perhaps inescapable, peacemaking tool in contemporary peace processes. As such, understanding the ways in which referendum outcomes are shaped by peace negotiations is vital. Drawing upon two case studies, Amaral presents an empirically rich comparative analysis of the Annan Plan in Cyprus and the Good Friday Agreement in Northern Ireland. She examines the negotiations, offering new interview material...
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Wales Says Yes provides the definitive account and analysis of the March 2011 Welsh referendum. Drawing on extensive historical research, the book explains the background to the referendum, why it was held, and what was at stake. The book also explains how the rival Yes and No campaigns emerged, and the varying degree of success with which they functioned. Through a detailed account of the results, and analysis of survey evidence on Welsh voters,...
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A mood of anger with the political system has been stirring across Canada; yet rather than turning away from the system, many Canadians are actually seeking a greater say in matters that affect them. they want to become more effective participants in the political process. In this timely book, Patrick Boyer examines the important role that direct democracy - through the occasional use of referendums, plebiscites, and initiatives - can play in concert...
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La souveraineté nationale des États n'a jamais été autant d'actualité. La Grèce se débat pour exercer sa souveraineté pourtant reconnue depuis bientt 200 ans. L'Écosse s'en approche, la Catalogne veut exercer son droit de décider librement de son avenir. Et le Québec, aujourd'hui, comme hier et encore davantage demain, fait partie de cette grande mouvance. Toutefois, il doit tirer des leçons de son passé récent et ajuster sa stratégie...
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Direct Democracy in Canada: The History and Future of Referendums surveys Canada's century-long record of plebiscites and referendums. J. Patrick Boyer analyzes the effects of the three national referendums and the development of a consensus. This companion volume to The People's Mandate studies some of the major provincial and municipal referendums, examines existing legal frameworks and speculates on the future of direct democracy in Canada.
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2013.
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An ad executive comes up with a campaign to defeat Augusto Pinochet in Chile's 1988 referendum.
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¿Cómo se defiende una democracia de los líderes que alcanzan el poder mediante mecanismos democráticos? ¿Cuál ha de ser la vía para enfrentar a los autócratas que, al calor del apoyo popular, pretenden hacerse con el poder absoluto? Estos son los dilemas que se le presentaron tanto a los demócratas venezolanos como a los mediadores de la Organización de Estados Americanos y el Centro Carter ante el ascenso de la "Revolución Bolivariana".
Las...
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En palabras del profesor Samuel Abad, en el prólogo a esta segunda edición, esta obra es "el texto más completo que existe en el país sobre el tema. Hoy no se puede hablar con seriedad y solvencia académica sobre el referéndum, sus alcances y límites, si no se le ha leído previamente".
La presente obra plantea un panorama minucioso, completo y actualizado sobre la institución del referéndum, que ha sufrido últimamente cambios importantes...
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In this highly readable and convincing exploration of Englishness as a problematic concept, Dulcie Everitt combines historical, political, and literary analysis to re-examine the nature of Englishness. BrexLit offers readers the opportunity to step outside of the chaos, to reflect, and in many cases, to heal from the dismal anxiety of the present.
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With a Scottish professor of politics as his guide, a London-based Italian journalist traverses Scotland seeking a "big story" on the independence referendum. What he gets instead are small stories from myriad points of view: a Ukrainian nationalist, a Russian religious guru, an eccentric Estonian, an Algerian and a dying man, amongst many others.
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Australian First Nations want their country, culture and community back.
Independence was never ceded, and she will do whatever it takes to get it back, including the ultimate sacrifice.
When government peace talks stop, revolution begins.
Should a government be obliged to negotiate a treaty with First Nations, ending decades of discrimination and disrespect for the Forgotten People, or will it defeat the revolutionaries fighting for...
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The Mallee: nothing is ever as it seems.
A streetwise opportunist escapes despair and abuse in the big city by seeking opportunities in the mallee. Rose changes her name but not her attitude when she discovers wealth and privilege ripe for the taking from the influential Dowerin family of the mallee.
She uses her cunning to win the heart of the son and when he is elected to the federal electorate of Mallee, she agrees to marry him, beginning...
15) Forgotten People
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She wants her culture and country back. Independence was never ceded, and she will do whatever it takes to get it back, including the ultimate sacrifice. When government peace talks stop, the revolution begins. Should a government be obliged to negotiate a treaty with First Nations, ending decades of discrimination and disrespect for the Forgotten People, or will it defeat the revolutionaries fighting for justice in this gripping Australian political...
16) The Kill Bill
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FAITH, DEATH AND FEROCIOUS POLITICAL SCHEMING
He's the nation's chief law maker. His daughter is fighting for her life in intensive care, a victim of a terrible crime. Will he ignore the prime minister's demands and his own laws to save her? Or will politics and the Catholic Church prevent him from doing his job?
A political thriller that pits moral ethics against political pragmatism in a suspenseful and gripping story exposing the mysterious world...
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FAITH, DEATH AND FEROCIOUS POLITICAL SCHEMING
He's the nation's chief law maker. His daughter is fighting for her life in intensive care, a victim of a terrible crime. Will he ignore the prime minister's demands and his own laws to save her? Or will politics and the Catholic Church prevent him from doing his job?
Treasurer, Parker Osborne, initiates a covert plan, in partnership with Vatican emissary, Cardinal Rosseau, to guarantee proposed...
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"A brilliant young philosophy student bent on seducing her famous philosopher-mentor finds herself outmaneuvered; diabolically clever high school girls wreak a particularly apt sort of vengeance on sexual predators in their community; a man returns from the dead to haunt his grieving wife; a young mother finds herself captivated by her own motherhood. In the collection's longest story, a much-praised writer cruelly experiments with "drafts" of his...
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