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Going Against the Consociational Grain: The Debate on the Dutch Advisory Referendum Act and the Ukraine-EU Association Agreement Referendum

—Reijer Passchier & Wim Voermans, Leiden University On April 6, 2016, the Netherlands held the first referendum under its new Advisory Referendum Act of 2015 (Wet raadgevend referendum)[1] and the third national referendum in two centuries.[2] This was a test on a highly controversial issue: Dutch political (consocialist) culture and referendums do not mix well. The referendum

Published on June 1, 2016
Author: Reijer Passchier and Wim Voermans Filed under: Analysis

Tags: Advisory Opinions, Advisory Referendum Act, Deliberation, democracy, Dutch Elections Council, referendum, The Netherlands

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