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  • I want to break free
    Matt Qvortrup
    Are you fed up with the divided and unequal society or suffocating laws and regulations of the country where you live? Ever dreamed of starting your own country or just want to understand how that happens? In this refreshing new book, Matt Qvortrup provides a step-by-step guide to forming an independent country, from organising a referendum and winning it, to receiving official...
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    22,50 €

  • Democracy on demand
    Matt Qvortrup
    Direct democracy makes you richer. Research shows that the average citizen earns nearly a $1000 for every referendum held, and that a strong correlation exists between the frequency of referendums and a GDP per capita. Referendums can also improve the quality of democracy. So why don’t we see more?Drawing on a three decades of research, Qvortrup presents a definitive statement ...
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    35,67 €

  • The Referendum and Other Essays on Constitutional Politics
    Matt Qvortrup
    Until recently, referendums were little used. After the Scottish independence and Brexit referendums, they have come to the fore as a mechanism with the potential to disrupt the status quo and radically change political direction. This book looks at the historical development of the referendum, its use in different jurisdictions, and the types of constitutional questions it see...
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    22,46 €

  • Government by referendum
    Matt Qvortrup
    Referendums are ubiquitous; from Brexit in the United Kingdom in 2016 to same-sex marriage in Australia in 2017 Why are referendums held at all? And when they are held, why are they won or lost? Moreover, what are the consequences of having referendums? Do they strengthen or weaken democracy? Are they mainly won or mainly lost or do they strengthen populist leaders? Or, are re...
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    17,91 €

  • The British Constitution
    Matt Qvortrup
    Vernon Bogdanor once told the Guardian that he made ’a living of something that doesn’t exist’. He also quipped that the British Constitution can be summed up in eight words: ’Whatever the Queen in Parliament decides is law’. That may still be the case, yet in many ways the once elusive British Constitution has now become much more grounded, much more tangible and much more bas...
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    55,15 €

  • Referendums Around the World
    Matt Qvortrup
    Surveying all referendums around the world since 1793, Dr Qvortrup and contributors provide a thorough account of why and when citizens have been asked to vote on policy issues. Referendums Around the World is essential reading for political scientists and others interested in direct democracy as well as representative government. ...
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    47,72 €

  • Referendums Around the World
    Matt Qvortrup
    Surveying all referendums around the world since 1793, Dr Qvortrup and contributors provide a thorough account of why and when citizens have been asked to vote on policy issues. Referendums Around the World is essential reading for political scientists and others interested in direct democracy as well as representative government. ...
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    66,15 €

  • The politics of participation
    Matt Qvortrup
    We live in an age of democracy. Very few people challenge the virtues of ’government by the people’, yet politicians and commentators are fond of decrying the ’crisis of democracy’. How do these views square up?This book provides the answer by surveying the philosophical history of democracy and its critics and by analysing empirical data about citizen participation in Britain ...
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    28,57 €

  • The Political Philosophy of Jean-Jacques Rousseau
    Matt Qvortrup
    This exciting new text presents the first overview of Jean Jacques Rousseau’s work from a political science perspective. Was Rousseau--the great theorist of the French Revolution--really a conservative? This original study argues that the he was a constitutionalist much closer to Madison, Montesquieu, and Locke than to revolutionaries. Outlining his profound opposition to Godle...
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    44,74 €