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Referendums Around the World

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Referendums and plebiscites have been used extensively in Latin America but their use and levels of democratic legitimacy has varied. While Uruguay has had—and continues to have—a strong record of direct democratic participation, other states have increasingly used referendums to strengthen populist leaders like Venezuela’s late leader Hugo Cháves who have used plebiscites to strengthen his control.

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    David Altman

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Altman, D. (2018). Latin America. In: Qvortrup, M. (eds) Referendums Around the World. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57798-2_6

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