Critics of referendums often lament that big money may buy success at the ballot box. But spending by interest groups may also be informative for citizens. This can only happen, however, if the financing of referendum campaigns is regulated. This book offers an overview of these regulations and presents research on their effects.

D AUERS S BINZER HOBOLT F CARBONELL BELLOLIO C CLOSA MONTERO K GILLAND LUTZ F HAMON S HUG R JOHNSTON A KRUPAVICIUS I RENFER R RICCI J RUUS U SERDULT N SINGH GHALEIGH D SMITH T STRATMANN A ZDA T ZELLWEGER

About the Author
KARIN GILLAND LUTZ is Publications Manager at the Centre for Comparative and International Studies, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. Her recent research concerns the policy effects of direct democracy.

SIMON HUG is Professor of Political Science, University of Geneva, Switzerland. His research deals with the effects of political institutions, including referendums, on policy outcomes and political conflict.




Book Information
ISBN 9780230579330
Author S. Hug
Format Hardback
Page Count 241
Imprint Palgrave Macmillan
Publisher Palgrave Macmillan