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Political parties, civic movements and referenda in Portugal: an analysis of the abortion and regionalization referendums, 1998
| Resumo: | According to numerous recent cross-national studies, citizens of both well established and the newer democracies continue to share a strong commitment to the ideals of representative democracy. Paradoxically, these same citizens are increasingly «critical» of and «dissatisfied» with the performance of their political institutions. One response has been to call for the «reinvention of government», namely through the use of referendums and ballot initiatives. Our paper explores what happens when the national referendum was introduced in democratic Portugal in 1998, namely in terms of the electoral campaign and voting behavior. The main goals are to explain both abstention and vote choice in the 1998 Portuguese referendums, analyzing the role of political parties and civic movements in both phenomena. |
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| Autores principais: | Freire, André |
| Outros Autores: | Baum, Michael A. |
| Assunto: | referendos aborto regionalização papel dos partidos políticos papel dos movimentos cívicos referendums abortion regionalization role of political parties role of civic movements . |
| Ano: | 2001 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Tipo de acesso: | unknown |
| Instituição associada: | Universidade de Lisboa |
| Idioma: | português |
| Origem: | Análise Social |
| Resumo: | According to numerous recent cross-national studies, citizens of both well established and the newer democracies continue to share a strong commitment to the ideals of representative democracy. Paradoxically, these same citizens are increasingly «critical» of and «dissatisfied» with the performance of their political institutions. One response has been to call for the «reinvention of government», namely through the use of referendums and ballot initiatives. Our paper explores what happens when the national referendum was introduced in democratic Portugal in 1998, namely in terms of the electoral campaign and voting behavior. The main goals are to explain both abstention and vote choice in the 1998 Portuguese referendums, analyzing the role of political parties and civic movements in both phenomena. |
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