Coursework.Info - Inspiration in an Instant

On the left is an image preview of every page of this document, and below are the first 150 words with formatting removed:

One way of finding out whether voters support a particular policy being thought about by the government is to vote 'yes' or 'no' to a single question on that policy. A vote on a single issue like this is known as a referendum. Since the electorate is asked to vote directly on an issue, holding a referendum is a way of performing direct democracy within a system of representative democracy. Britain's first national referendum was over British membership of the European Common Market (Europe). Referendums for Ireland Since the very first referendum, they have been used twice in Ireland to try and solve different problems: The Northern Ireland electorate voted to remain in the UK when the Storment Parliament (Northern Ireland Parliament). There was a majority vote of 98.9%. A referendum was also used to see the Irish peoples view on the 1998 Good Friday Agreement (Where the Catholics and the Protestants...

Get instant access

• Instant, unlimited access to our documents in full
• Swap your work for free access, or pay £4.99
• To see the full version of this document and 146,166 others

OR

Receive email updates for this category

• Simply tell us your email address and receive a weekly Study Help Email for FREE
• Receive 3 FREE essay views with each email
• Get all the latest essays from Coursework.Info & discussion from TheStudentRoom.co.uk