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Foreign Occupation and Support for International Cooperation: Evidence from Denmark / Aaskoven, Lasse

Aaskoven, Lasse	Journal Article
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A growing literature investigates how historical state repression affects later political outcomes, but little attention has been given to whether violence during foreign occupation affects support for international cooperation. This article investigates this issue by analyzing the 1972 Danish referendum on membership in the European Economic Community (EEC)—an organization seen at the time as being dominated by Germany. The analysis shows that municipalities that experienced more German-inflicted violence during the German occupation of Denmark (1940–1945) in World War II had a higher rate of no votes in this referendum. This effect seems to have worked through increased support for Danish far-left parties that were associated with the Danish resistance movement and that actively used anti-German sentiment in their campaigns against EEC membership. The results suggest that foreign-inflicted violence can be a substantial hindrance for popular support for international cooperation and that political parties play an important role in translating historical grievances into mass political behavior.

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European Union ; International Cooperation ; Referenda ; Foreign Occupation ; legacies of violence political parties

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No vote in the French and Dutch referenda on the EU constitutio: a spillover of consequences for the wider Europe / Stefanova, Boyka

Stefanova, Boyka	Journal Article
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2006.

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European Union Constitution ; Referenda

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ID: 149210

Norwegian reflections on Brexit / Fossum, John Erik

Fossum, John Erik	Journal Article
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The leave campaigners' main slogan was the need to ‘take back control’. A major concern was for the UK to restore its sovereignty, and they argued that the best way of doing that was for Britain to leave the EU.

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Sovereignty ; Referenda ; Brexit ; Norwegian Reflections

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Referendum conundrum: referenda or referendums? / Grant, J Tobin; Taoka, Yasuko

Grant, J Tobin	Journal Article
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Publication	2011.
Summary/Abstract	Scholars often use referenda as the plural for referendum. This choice is a hypercorrection-it may sound like proper Latin, but it is not. Referendums is always the correct choice. However, we maintain that there is value in using referendums for multiple events and referenda for multiple propositions.

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Referendum ; Referenda

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