Referendum or plebiscite : what’s the difference?
Rose, Richard (2015) Referendum or plebiscite : what’s the difference? The UK in a Changing Europe, London. (http://ukandeu.ac.uk/referendum-or-plebiscite-what...)
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The words referendum and plebiscite refer to electoral institutions in which the mass of the population votes on an issue. However, they have very different political connotations. Plebiscite is a negative term referring to an unfair and unfree vote in an undemocratic political system. It was a favourite device of French Emperors Napoleon Bonaparte and Louis Napoleon to endorse their charismatic leadership. Hitler and Mussolini held plebiscites in which rejection of the dictator’s proposal was unthinkable.
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Item type: Other ID code: 59204 Dates: DateEvent23 July 2015PublishedSubjects: Political Science > Political institutions (Europe) Department: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > Government and Public Policy > Politics Depositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 20 Dec 2016 10:53 Last modified: 02 Jun 2024 04:12 URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/59204
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