Referendums and Ethnic Conflict
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Word Count
50,000 words, Guess
Page Count
200 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Internet Archivereferendumsethni0000qvor
- ISBN-100812245806
- ISBN-139780812245806
- Library of Congress Control Number2013038046
- OCLC Control Number859061539
and 2 more
- Better World Books9780812245806
- Open LibraryOL27546207M
Classifications
- LCCJF491.Q95 2014
- LCCJF491 .Q95 2014
Description
Although referendums have been used for centuries to settle ethnonational conflicts, there has yet been no systematic study or generalized theory concerning their effectiveness. Referendums and Ethnic Conflict fills the gap with a comparative and empirical analysis of all the referendums held on ethnic and national issues from the French Revolution to the 2012 referendum on statehood for Puerto Rico. Drawing on political theory and descriptive case studies, Matt Qvortrup creates typologies of referendums that are held to endorse secession, redraw disputed borders, legitimize a policy of homogenization, or otherwise manage ethnic or national differences. He considers the circumstances that compel politicians to resort to direct democracy, such as regime change, and the conditions that might exacerbate a violent response --
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