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When cultural strength means political weakness: Romania's marriage referendum and the paradox of conservative mobilisation.
- Source :
- Moravian Geographical Reports; Jun2020, Vol. 28 Issue 2, p70-80, 11p
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- Held on 6–7 October 2018, the Romanian referendum on the topic of gay marriage was the fourth referendum of this kind organised in East Central Europe over a five-year period. Because turnout was low in all of them and demands explanation, this paper: i) discusses the common characteristics of these Eastern European marriage referendums, contextualising the Romanian referendum; ii) overviews the history of the Romanian referendum, emphasising the legal, political, ideological and societal aspects; iii) quantitatively examines the electoral geography of the voting patterns; and iv) interprets qualitative data seeking to understand the voters' choices and why conservative mobilisation was so weak. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- REFERENDUM
SAME-sex marriage
MARRIAGE
PARADOX
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 12108812
- Volume :
- 28
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Moravian Geographical Reports
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 145303999
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.2478/mgr-2020-0006