Lessons from Ireland's recent referendums: how deliberation helps inform voters

Suiter, Jane (2018) Lessons from Ireland's recent referendums: how deliberation helps inform voters. British Politics and Policy at LSE (10 Sep 2018). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

Ireland's 2015 referendum on equal marriage and its 2018 one on abortion both had their origins in deliberative assemblies. But did such processes influence the result? The evidence suggests that the information and debate that came with these assemblies had an impact both on vote choice and turnout, writes Jane Suiter.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/
Additional Information:	© 2018 The Author
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	J Political Science > JA Political science (General) J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe)
Date Deposited:	16 Jan 2019 12:01
Last Modified:	08 May 2024 14:17
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/91839

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