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Are referendums ever a good idea?
FromThe Real Story
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50 minutes
Released:
Feb 22, 2019
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This week was another dramatic one in the long-running saga of Brexit, with the possibility of a second referendum to solve the political impasse created by the first still widely discussed. Meanwhile on Sunday in Cuba, which is of course not a democracy, citizens will get to vote in a constitutional referendum that is expected to legitimise private business and open the door - if not positively support - gay marriage, and abortion has now been available in Ireland for two months, after Ireland’s ground-breaking vote last year. In a world in which referendums, plebiscites and citizens initiatives are more common than ever, are these forms of direct democracy really an answer to our political problems? Do they enhance or damage representative democracy? Do they satisfy an important right to be heard, or create deeper divisions in society?
This week on The Real Story with Ruth Alexander we ask: Are referendums ever a good idea?
This week on The Real Story with Ruth Alexander we ask: Are referendums ever a good idea?
Released:
Feb 22, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
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