
Cowardice And Courage: A Tale Of Two Referenda
Last year served up two extraordinary referenda, fought under similar conditions, and with similar results, but which led to remarkably different outcomes. Today in Britain,
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Jean-Paul Faguet is Professor of the Political Economy of Development at the London School of Economics, researching the institutions that underpin effective governance and rapid development. His Governance from Below: Decentralization and Popular Democracy in Bolivia won the W.J.M. Mackenzie Prize for best political science book of 2012.

Last year served up two extraordinary referenda, fought under similar conditions, and with similar results, but which led to remarkably different outcomes. Today in Britain,