Bulletin n. 1/2012
June 2012
CONTENTS
  • Section A) The theory and practise of the federal states and multi-level systems of government
  • Section B) Global governance and international organizations
  • Section C) Regional integration processes
  • Section D) Federalism as a political idea
    • Martín Núñez Esther
    The referendum and popular consultations in the Autonomous State
    in Perspectives on federalism , Vol. 4, issue 1 ,  2012 ,  E- 134-158
    The referendum is a poorly used mechanism for direct participation in the Spanish system, at both state and regional level. The discussion on the feasibility of this system at regional level has been examined by the Constitutional Court. Influenced by the reluctance with which constituents viewed the mechanisms of direct democracy, they still have a reductive view of the referendum. The State therefore reserves the right to exercise very intensive controls on the provision and authorization of referendums and on the specific exercise of each referendum Full text available at: http://www.on-federalism.eu/index.php/esther-martin-nunez/98-essay/123-the-referendum-and-popular-consultations-i-n-the-autonomous-state-
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