Laurence Morel

The referendum is a political tool that provokes deep distrust among elites. Yet if it is well designed, a referendum can accompany certain major political decisions, help to create a relationship of trust between citizens and institutions, and may also play a central role in the experimental forms of particularity at the local levels.

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This book brings together contributions by twenty international specialists on this "deliberative shift" in democracy. They analyse various aspects of the concept, including its limits, retrace the many fieldwork studies it has led to, and discuss the contemporary debates on the deliberative ideal and the various forms of participative democracy.

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Un an après l'élection de François Hollande, cet ouvrage, abondamment illustré de cartes électorales thématiques, analyse les composantes de ce "vote normal" et s'interroge sur la possibilité d'une "présidence normale" face à des difficultés majeures.

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