Referendums and Ethnic Conflict / / Matt Qvortrup.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022 English
• VerfasserIn: Qvortrup, Matt,
• Place / Publishing House: Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Edition: Second Edition
• Language: English
• Series: National and Ethnic Conflict in the 21st Century
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (224 p.) :; 13 tables 1 chart

Although referendums have been used for centuries to settle ethnonational conflicts, there had yet been no systematic study or generalized theory concerning their effectiveness until Matt Qvortrup's Referendums and Ethnic Conflict. Qvortrup's study filled the gap with a comparative and empirical analysis of all the referendums held on ethnic and national issues from the French Revolution to the 2012 referendum on statehood for Puerto Rico. Drawing on political theory and descriptive case studies, the scholar created typologies of referendums that are held to endorse secession, redraw disputed borders, legitimize a policy of homogenization, or otherwise manage ethnic or national differences. He considered the circumstances that compel politicians to resort to direct democracy, such as regime change, and the conditions that might exacerbate a violent response. Qvortrup offers a clear-eyed assessment of the problems raised when conflict resolution is sought through referendum as well as the conditions that are likely to lead to peaceful outcomes.This updated and revised edition includes a new introduction bringing the general field to the present, as well as new specific sections on Scotland (2014), Catalonia (2017), and the Brexit vote in the United Kingdom (2016). The original work's political framework now also covers the literature on identity politics, online campaigning, the regulation of social media, and how referendums are used increasingly as populist devices. This edition also updates referendum results through the end of 2020.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1 The History and Logic of Ethnonational Referendums, 1791–1945 -- CHAPTER 2 Difference-Managing Referendums -- CHAPTER 3 Secession and Partition -- CHAPTER 4 Independence Referendums in International and Constitutional Law -- CHAPTER 5 Right-Sizing Referendums -- CHAPTER 6 Difference-Eliminating Referendums: E Pluribus Unum? -- CHAPTER 7 EU Referendums: Nationalism and the Politics of Supranational Integration -- CHAPTER 8 Regulation of Ethnonational Referendums: A Comparative Overview -- Conclusion: Identity Politics and Referendums: Patterns and Tendencies -- APPENDIX A Actual and Predicted Outcome of Referendums, 1972–2016 -- APPENDIX B Ballot Questions -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS