Voices of Europe - Citizens, Referendums, and European Integration

Informationen zum Autor Simon Hug is professor of political science at the Universität St. Gallen, Switzerland. Klappentext This landmark study explores the increasingly important role that referendums play in the process of European integration. Employing an original research design, Simon Hug effectively blends formal modeling and statistical analysis to assess the consequences of European Union-wide referendums. He shows that their use has created more difficulties than the backers of direct democracy anticipated. With its detailed empirical analysis, this book makes an important contribution both to the study of referendums and to our understanding of institutional reform and integration within the EU. Zusammenfassung In order to assess the impact of referendums on European integration! this study offers a comparative analysis of referendums that have occurred so far. It then draws on comparative data to analyze the consequences of referendums. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Citizens, Democracy, and European Integration Chapter 3 Referendums on European Integration Chapter 4 Voting Behavior in Referendums Chapter 5 Policy Effects of Referendums Chapter 6 Assessing the Impact of Referendums Chapter 7 Extending the Use of Referendums Chapter 8 Conclusion Chapter 9 Appendix

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Simon Hug, Hug Simon
• Editore: Rowman and Littlefield
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 28.08.2003
• EAN: 9780742516939
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-1693-9
• Pagine: 192
• Dimensioni: 153 mm x 230 mm x 13 mm
• Serie: Governance in Europe Series; Governance in Europe; Governance in Europe Series
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; Europe, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, EU (European Union), International institutions, Elections & referenda, EU & European institutions, Elections and referenda / suffrage