Kenneth A. Loparo 
The Dynamics of Referendum Campaigns [PDF ebook] 
An International Perspective

Context, Elites, Media and Public Opinion in Referendums: When Campaigns Really Matter; C.de Vreese Opinion Formation and Change in Referendum Campaigns; L.Le Duc PART 1: THE IMPORTANCE OF CONTEXT AND POLITICAL SYSTEMS The Strategic Context of Referendums on the EU Constitution; S.Hug Referendum Campaigns: Changing What People Think or Changing What They Think About?; M.Marsh Campaign Information and Voting Behaviour in EU Referendums; S.Binzer Hobolt PART 2: TURNOUT AND POLITICAL PARTICIPATION The Participation in Swiss Direct-democratic Votes; H.Kriesi Turnout in Referendums; P.Neijens, P.van Praag, W.Bosveld & J.Slot E-voting and Electoral Participation; A.H.Trechsel PART 3: UNDERSTANDING THE VOTE CHOICE AND THE OUTCOME Immigration, Identity, Economy and the Government; C.de Vreese & H.G.Boomgaarden The Ideological Response: Saying No to the Euro; H.Oscarsson The Determinants of Voting Choices on Environmental Issues; P.Sciarini, N.Bornstein & B.Lanz

HAJO G. BOOMGAARDEN Assistant Professor, Amsterdam School of Communication Research ASCo R, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands NICHOLAS BORNSTEIN Research Assistant, Economics and Environmental Management Laboratory, Swiss Federal Institute, Lausanne, Switzerland WILLEM BOSVELD Social Psychologist and Senior Researcher, Research and Statistics (O+S), Amsterdam, The Netherlands SARA BINZER HOBOLT Lecturer in Comparative European Politics and Fellow, Lincoln College, University of Oxford, UK SIMON HUG Professor of Political Science, University of Zurich, UK HANSPETER KRIESI Professor of Comparative Politics, University of Zurich, Switzerland BRUNO LANZ Research Assistant, Economics and Environmental Management Laboratory, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland LAWRENCE LEDUC Professor of Political Science, University of Toronto, Canada MICHAEL MARSH Associate Professor, Department of Political Science and Head of the School of Social Sciences and Philosophy, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland PETER NEIJENS Professor and Chair of Communication Campaigns, Amsterdam School of Communications Research ASCo R, Communication Science Department, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands HENRIK OSCARSSON Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Göteborg University, Sweden PHILIP VAN PRAAG Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands PASCAL SCIARINI Professor of Swiss and Comparative Politics, Department of Political Science, University of Geneva, Switzerland JEROEN SLOT Head of the Research and Policy Information group, Research and Statistics (O+S), Amsterdam, The Netherlands ALEXANDER TRECHSEL Professor of Political Science, European University Institute, Florence, Italy