Less Liberal than Expected? Exploring the Outcome of a Constituent Assembly

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Brief Overview

Using a unique dataset of speeches from the Danish constituent assembly this paper explore why the outcome was less liberal than expected and the extent to which lack of liberal cohesiveness contributes to the outcome.

Authors

• Martin Ejnar Hansen, Brunel University London

• Robert Klemmensen, University of Southern Denmark