Government By Referendum

A perfect primer for anyone interested in the politics of referendums.

List of contents

Introduction
1. The world history of referendums
2. The history of the referendum in Britain
3. Brexit campaign: the anatomy of a bitter divorce battle
4. The myth of populist referendums
Concluding unscientific postscript
Further reading
References
Index

About the author

Professor Matt Qvortrup is Chair of Politics at The Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen and an adjunct Professor of Political Science at the University of New South Wales, Sydney

Product details

• Authors: Matt Qvortrup
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2018
• EAN: 9781526130037
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-3003-7
• No. of pages: 112
• Series: Pocket Politics; Pocket Politics
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education