Mads Qvortrup
Biographic Data
| ID | 3717902 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mads Qvortrup |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mads |
| FAMILY NAME | Qvortrup |
| SIGNATURE | QVORTRUP M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Aarhus University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 32 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Politics of Participation: From Athens to E-Democracy
We live in an age of democracy. Very few people challenge the virtues of ‘government by the people’, yet, politicians and commentators are fond of decrying the ‘crisis of democracy’. How do these views square up? This book provides the answer by surveying the philosophical history of democracy and its critics and by analysing empirical data about citizen participation in Britain and other developed democracies. In addition to analysis of major po…
In search of lost time: S. E. Finer, history and the science of government
This article presents an account of Samuel E. Finer's seminal – and widely praised – study entitled The History of Government, Volumes I–III . It is argued that the Finer's magnum opus presents a continuation of the traditional British approach to the study of political science as a more – though not exclusively – ideographic discipline; one more akin to the humanities than the natural sciences. Following a discussion of Finer's place within the …
The political philosophy of Jean-Jacques Rousseau: The Impossibility of Reason
This title presents an overview of Rousseau's work from a political science perspective. Was the great theorist of the French Revolution really a conservative? The text argues that the author of 'The Social Contract' was a constitutionalist closer to Montesquieu and Locke than to revolutionaries
The Emperor’s New Clothes: The Danish General Election of 20 November, 2001
The Danish general election of 20 November 2001, held at the same time as the municipal and county elections, marked a turning point in Danish electoral history. Staunchly supportive of the welfare state, the three Scandinavian countries, Denmark, Sweden and Norway, have traditionally supported the Social Democrats - the largest party in all three countries since the 1920s. The election in Denmark broke this tradition. A massive swing to the main…
The Danish referendum on Euro entry, September 2000
Election Report - The Emperor's New Clothes: The Danish General Election 20 November 2001
Keywords: Election reportDanish General Election 2001
Murphy's law revisited: The Irish rejection of the nice treaty, 2001
Functionalism in Practice: Nordic Lessons for the British-Irish Council
How to Lose a Referendum: The Danish Plebiscite on the Euro
The Danish euro referendum in comparative perspective
Are Referendums Controlled and Pro-Hegemonic
Are most referendums controlled and pro-hegemonic, i.e. do governments only submit issues to referendums if they are certain that they will win (as asserted by Lijphart, Butler and Ranney)? This paper shows conclusively that the constitutional referendums in Western polities have performed the functions of constitutional safeguards, and that the governments have been unsuccessful in their attempts to control the referendum
Checks and balances in a unicameral parliament: The case of the Danish minority referendum
Parliamentary students from James Madison onwards have argued that bi‐cameral legislatures provide more efficient checks on parliamentary majorities than unicameral legislatures. Yet there is a growing tendency to abolish second chambers or to establish unicameral parliaments. This note challenges the case for bicameralism through a study of Art. 42 of the Danish Constitution (which allows one‐third of the MPs to demand a referendum on bills enac…
Voter‐knowledge and participation: A comparative study of referendums in Denmark and Switzerland
Mads Qvortrup finds that the levels of participation and voter‐understanding in the many Swiss referendums approximates to the levels of participation and understanding shown by voters in Denmark's occasional, but more controversial, referendums
The phenomenology of the city: Chasing the essence of urban life
(1997). The phenomenology of the city: chasing the essence of urban life. City: Vol. 2, No. 7, pp. 169-170
Uruguay's constitutional referendum 8 December 1996
Are Referendums Controlled and Pro-Hegemonic
Are most referendums controlled and pro-hegemonic, i.e. do governments only submit issues to referendums if they are certain that they will win (as asserted by Lijphart, Butler and Ranney)? This paper shows conclusively that the constitutional referendums in Western polities have performed the functions of constitutional safeguards, and that the governments have been unsuccessful in their attempts to control the referendum
How to Lose a Referendum: The Danish Plebiscite on the Euro
Election Report - The Emperor's New Clothes: The Danish General Election 20 November 2001
Keywords: Election reportDanish General Election 2001
The Danish euro referendum in comparative perspective
Checks and balances in a unicameral parliament: The case of the Danish minority referendum
Parliamentary students from James Madison onwards have argued that bi‐cameral legislatures provide more efficient checks on parliamentary majorities than unicameral legislatures. Yet there is a growing tendency to abolish second chambers or to establish unicameral parliaments. This note challenges the case for bicameralism through a study of Art. 42 of the Danish Constitution (which allows one‐third of the MPs to demand a referendum on bills enac…
Uruguay's constitutional referendum 8 December 1996
Functionalism in Practice: Nordic Lessons for the British-Irish Council
Voter‐knowledge and participation: A comparative study of referendums in Denmark and Switzerland
Mads Qvortrup finds that the levels of participation and voter‐understanding in the many Swiss referendums approximates to the levels of participation and understanding shown by voters in Denmark's occasional, but more controversial, referendums
The phenomenology of the city: Chasing the essence of urban life
(1997). The phenomenology of the city: chasing the essence of urban life. City: Vol. 2, No. 7, pp. 169-170
The phenomenology of the city: Chasing the essence of urban life
(1997). The phenomenology of the city: chasing the essence of urban life. City: Vol. 2, No. 7, pp. 169-170
Uruguay's constitutional referendum 8 December 1996
Voter‐knowledge and participation: A comparative study of referendums in Denmark and Switzerland
Mads Qvortrup finds that the levels of participation and voter‐understanding in the many Swiss referendums approximates to the levels of participation and understanding shown by voters in Denmark's occasional, but more controversial, referendums
Are Referendums Controlled and Pro-Hegemonic
Are most referendums controlled and pro-hegemonic, i.e. do governments only submit issues to referendums if they are certain that they will win (as asserted by Lijphart, Butler and Ranney)? This paper shows conclusively that the constitutional referendums in Western polities have performed the functions of constitutional safeguards, and that the governments have been unsuccessful in their attempts to control the referendum
Checks and balances in a unicameral parliament: The case of the Danish minority referendum
Parliamentary students from James Madison onwards have argued that bi‐cameral legislatures provide more efficient checks on parliamentary majorities than unicameral legislatures. Yet there is a growing tendency to abolish second chambers or to establish unicameral parliaments. This note challenges the case for bicameralism through a study of Art. 42 of the Danish Constitution (which allows one‐third of the MPs to demand a referendum on bills enac…
Functionalism in Practice: Nordic Lessons for the British-Irish Council
How to Lose a Referendum: The Danish Plebiscite on the Euro
The Danish euro referendum in comparative perspective
The Emperor’s New Clothes: The Danish General Election of 20 November, 2001
The Danish general election of 20 November 2001, held at the same time as the municipal and county elections, marked a turning point in Danish electoral history. Staunchly supportive of the welfare state, the three Scandinavian countries, Denmark, Sweden and Norway, have traditionally supported the Social Democrats - the largest party in all three countries since the 1920s. The election in Denmark broke this tradition. A massive swing to the main…
The Danish referendum on Euro entry, September 2000
Election Report - The Emperor's New Clothes: The Danish General Election 20 November 2001
Keywords: Election reportDanish General Election 2001
Murphy's law revisited: The Irish rejection of the nice treaty, 2001
The political philosophy of Jean-Jacques Rousseau: The Impossibility of Reason
This title presents an overview of Rousseau's work from a political science perspective. Was the great theorist of the French Revolution really a conservative? The text argues that the author of 'The Social Contract' was a constitutionalist closer to Montesquieu and Locke than to revolutionaries
In search of lost time: S. E. Finer, history and the science of government
This article presents an account of Samuel E. Finer's seminal – and widely praised – study entitled The History of Government, Volumes I–III . It is argued that the Finer's magnum opus presents a continuation of the traditional British approach to the study of political science as a more – though not exclusively – ideographic discipline; one more akin to the humanities than the natural sciences. Following a discussion of Finer's place within the …
The Politics of Participation: From Athens to E-Democracy
We live in an age of democracy. Very few people challenge the virtues of ‘government by the people’, yet, politicians and commentators are fond of decrying the ‘crisis of democracy’. How do these views square up? This book provides the answer by surveying the philosophical history of democracy and its critics and by analysing empirical data about citizen participation in Britain and other developed democracies. In addition to analysis of major po…
Political science (14 works) · Law (13 works) · Law (11 works) · Philosophy (11 works) · Philosophy (10 works) · Politics (10 works) · Referendum (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Danish (6 works) · History (6 works)