Referendums and Ethnic Conflict

by Matt Qvortrup

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812245806
• ISBN13: 9780812245806
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"