Policy‐making by referendum

The Danish experience

Bibliographic Data

ID6406832
AuthorsK E Miller (0000-0002-4792-2681, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, corresponding author)
Year1982
Volume5
Issue1
Pages54-67
Publication date1982-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueWest European Politics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0140-2382 • E-ISSN: 1743-9655
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01402388208424346
OpenAlexW2017756685
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited14

The use of the referendum has greatly increased in political democracies since World War II. Apart from Switzerland, Denmark is the nation that has employed it most frequently in recent years. Originally advocated by radicals and reformers, it became part of the 1953 Constitution because of conservative desires to have a restraint on parliamentary majorities. Although some referenda had been held before 1953, their use has greatly increased since then. The referendum's role in Danish policy‐making has been limited by the restrictive nature of the constitutional provision, the interests of the political parties, the party fragmentation of recent years, and some of the values of Danish political culture

Constitution · Danish · Political culture · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Referendum · Sociology · European and International Law Studies · European Union Policy and Governance · Law · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Public Administration

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