The Political Effects of Referendums
An Analysis of
Institutional Innovations in Eastern and Central Europe1
Simon Hug2
CIS, IPZ, Universität Zürich
Aug 14, 2005
Abstract
Theory suggests that the political effects of referendums should vary
according to the institutional provisions that allow for direct
involvement of citizens in decision-making. Relying on extant
theoretical models the paper proposes initial tests of some implications
for the newly democratized countries in Eastern and Central Europe. The
constitutions of these countries distinguish themselves by a wide
variety of institutional provisions for referendums. Taking advantage of
this increased variance, the paper demonstrates effects of different
institutional provisions on policy outcomes, which, so far, have only
been demonstrated at the subnational level, e.g. in the United States
and Switzerland.
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