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Referendums Are Never Merely Referendums: On the Need to Make Popular Vote Processes More Deliberative
by Hélène Landemore
The pre-voting phase in popular votes doesn’t get enough attention, argues Associate Professor Hélène Landemore from Yale University. In her article “Referendums Are Never Merely Referendums: On the Need to Make Popular Vote Processes More Deliberative”, published in the Swiss Political Science Review, Landemore emphasizes the importance of deliberation in popular votes. Read the article here.