Referendum as a Party Tool : The Case of Slovakia

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Result on the web
<a href="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0888325418800551" target="_blank" >https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0888325418800551</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0888325418800551" target="_blank" >10.1177/0888325418800551</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Referendum as a Party Tool : The Case of Slovakia
Original language description
Referendums are widely regarded as a way of enhancing democracy as they provide a further arena for citizens to affect public policy outcomes. In this regard, Slovakia represents a deviant case that contradicts such an expectation. Since its emergence in 1993, the country implemented mechanisms of direct democracy into its political system. This article analyses referendums in Slovakia and it shows how political parties use the employment of this tool solely for their own purposes. Our study provides evidence that Slovak political parties use referendums either as a way to mobilize their own supporters for upcoming national elections or to harm their opponents. Hence, a referendum in Slovakia serves as a tool for expanding the power of political parties rather than as a way of increasing the public engagement of citizens in the democratic system.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50601 - Political science

Publication year
2019
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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