The popular will as expressed in a society's political culture need not coincide with whatever would be reflected in an opinion poll or a plebiscite.
This plebiscite, too, should be seen in the light of that struggle.
This plebiscite demonstrates - for our purposes here - a far more important point.
Yet the author raises an important, albeit underdeveloped theme, that of effective military civilianisation through plebiscites and controlled ' multiparty ' elections.
The theory, in any case, proved singularly appropriate for a government that combined authoritarianism and co-optive oligarchy, legitimized by symbolic plebiscites.
The all-important plebiscite was only three months away and the 'secession ' versus 'integration ' campaign was at its height.
The idea of a plebiscite for the region was not so remarkable.
The authors focus on the 1988 plebiscite and subsequent transition to democracy in order to claim that these domestic changes are clear evidence of the spiral model at work.
