Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary
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Category : Constitutional amendments
Languages : en
Pages : 228
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Considers legislation to require a national referendum before entrance into a foreign war.
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary
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Category : Constitutional amendments
Languages : en
Pages : 228
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Considers legislation to require a national referendum before entrance into a foreign war.
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Category : America's town meeting of the air
Languages : en
Pages : 950
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Author: David E. Kyvig
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 632
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"This book could not be more timely. Kyvig provides a rich and comprehensive history of the politics and operation of the amending process. It deserves the attention of not only historians, political scientists, and legal scholars, but also those concerned with public affairs". -- david M. O'Brien, author of Storm Center: The Supreme Court in American Politics. "A lively challenge to traditional views". -- William Leuchtenburg, author of The Supreme Court Reborn.
Author: Mads Qvortrup
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 0812245806
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 200
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Although referendums have been used for centuries to settle ethnonational conflicts, there has yet been no systematic study or generalized theory concerning their effectiveness. Referendums and Ethnic Conflict fills 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, Matt Qvortrup creates 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 considers 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 original political framework will provide a vital resource in the ongoing investigation into how democracy and nationalism may be reconciled.
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations
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Category : International cooperation
Languages : en
Pages : 750
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Author: United States. Congress. House. Special Committee on Victor L. Berger Investigation
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Category : Contested elections
Languages : en
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Author: Donald R. Wolfensberger
Publisher: Woodrow Wilson Center Press
ISBN: 9780801867262
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 324
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Will some form of direct democracy supplant representative, deliberative government in the twenty-first century United States? That question is at the heart of Donald R. Wolfensberger's history of Congress and congressional reform, which runs back to the Constitution's creation of a popularly elected House of Representatives and forward to the surreal ending of the 105th Congress, featuring barrels of pork, resignation of the speaker, and impeachment of the president. The author's expertise comes from twenty-eight years as a staff member in the House, culminating in service as chief of staff of the powerful House Rules Committee. He was a top parliamentary expert and a principal Republican procedural strategist. Sensitive to the power of process, Wolfensberger is an authoritative guide to reform efforts of earlier eras. And as a participant in reforms since the 1960s, he offers a unique perspective on forging the "1970s sunshine coalition," televising House proceedings, debating term limits, and coping with democracy in an electronic age.
Author: Thomas Hall Shastid
Author: Norman Thomas
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