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Download or read book Referendum Democracy written by Matthew Mendelsohn and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2001 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the referendum becomes a more regular component of decision making, it leaves few, if any, institutions, processes and values of democracy untouched. Political actors of all kinds including political parties and interest groups seek to use the referendum device to further their own objectives. The end result is a different kind of democracy than existed before. This book lays out the comparative research agenda on the impact of referendums on the practice of liberal democracy.