Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to or of the nature of a plebiscite.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to plebiscite.
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- adjective Of or pertaining to
plebiscite .
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Examples
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Dana Nelson describes this understanding of the presidency on page 177 of "Bad For Democracy", citing Barney Frank's use of the political science term plebiscitary democracy: a system "wherein a leader is elected but once elected has almost all of the power."
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We have entered what is called a plebiscitary regime, one where the only elections that count are the one for the executive and any plebiscite that this one may wish to hold.
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We have entered what is called a plebiscitary regime, one where the only elections that count are the one for the executive and any plebiscite that this one may wish to hold.
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Now that the office has degenerated into a plebiscitary presidency, this sort of demagoguery is taken for granted.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Chief Justice Roberts on Attending the SOTU 2010
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Now that the office has degenerated into a plebiscitary presidency, this sort of demagoguery is taken for granted.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Chief Justice Roberts on Attending the SOTU 2010
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To be fair, this would have been true even if the Greek premier George Papandreou had not lobbed a plebiscitary bombshell on to the Croisette on Monday.
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So I am not advocating a substitution of representative democracy with the plebiscitary variety or an attempt to redesign the federal government into an approximation of those state governments where a sequence of statewide referenda renders governance a virtual impossibility.
A Poll Is Not a Vote 2010
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Now that the office has degenerated into a plebiscitary presidency, this sort of demagoguery is taken for granted.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Chief Justice Roberts on Attending the SOTU 2010
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Now that the office has degenerated into a plebiscitary presidency, this sort of demagoguery is taken for granted.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Chief Justice Roberts on Attending the SOTU 2010
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So I am not advocating a substitution of representative democracy with the plebiscitary variety or an attempt to redesign the federal government into an approximation of those state governments where a sequence of statewide referenda renders governance a virtual impossibility.
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