Between the voice and the vote. Around the debate in the Senate of the Republic of Poland on the draft referendum of 2018 Cover Image

Między głosem a głosowaniem. Wokół debaty w Senacie RP o projekcie referendum z 2018 r.
Between the voice and the vote. Around the debate in the Senate of the Republic of Poland on the draft referendum of 2018

Author(s): Agnieszka Kampka
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Governance
Published by: Kancelaria Sejmu
Keywords: debate;referendum; deliberation; Senate; direct democracy;

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses the relationship between deliberative democracy and the institution of direct democracy, which is a referendum. The article presents a rhetorical analysis of the Senate debate (July 2018) on the request of President Andrzej Duda for a consultative referendum on the amendment of the Constitution. Based on the arguments used by the senators, the author presented the conditions of a more deliberative referendum.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 107-125
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: English, Polish
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