Advantages and Disadvantages of Referendum

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ADVANTAGE: Referendums allow this type of democracy
DIRECT
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ADVANTAGE: Referendums can help to renew a mandate. Which party did the AV referendum help do this for?
LIBERAL DEMOCRATS
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ADVANTAGE: Referendums can help to legitamise what?
CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE
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ADVANTAGE: Referendums can provide an answer when Parliament is deadlocked over what?
MORAL ISSUES
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ADVANTAGE: Which upcoming referendum can be seen as providing an answer when Parliament is deadlocked?
EU REFERENDUM
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DISADVANTAGE: Who argued that referendums undermined representative democracy?
EDMUND BURKE
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DISADVANTAGE: The rights of minorities may be infringed if this is created as a result of referendums?
TYRANNY OF THE MAJORITY
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DISADVANTAGE: If there are too many referendums, it may result in what?
LOW TURNOUT
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DISADVANTAGE: Who conducted a case study and found a positive correlation between amount of funding and success?
BETTY FISKE
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DISADVANTAGE: In the 1975 EEC referendum, what was the question critisised as being?
LEADING
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ADVANTAGE: Referendums can help to renew a mandate. Which party did the AV referendum help do this for?

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LIBERAL DEMOCRATS

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ADVANTAGE: Referendums can help to legitamise what?

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ADVANTAGE: Referendums can provide an answer when Parliament is deadlocked over what?

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ADVANTAGE: Which upcoming referendum can be seen as providing an answer when Parliament is deadlocked?

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