TY - T1 - Understanding the 2016 Brexit referendum : A Process Tracing Analysis of events that led to David Cameron's declaration of referendum in 2013 SN - / UR - URN:NBN:fi:hulib-201706195079; http://hdl.handle.net/10138/193599 T3 - A1 - Devkota, Sisir A2 - PB - Helsingfors universitet Y1 - 2017 LA - eng AB - This paper will investigate the causes that led David Cameron to declare the Brexit referendum in the year 2013. Given the nature of Brexit results in 2016, there has emerged a vacuum of knowledge regarding political causes that triggered Cameron to declare the referendum in 2013. The paper will utilize deductive positivist methodology and employ Process Tracing as a method to investigate the answer to the research question. This paper will formulate and test five different hypothetical conjectu... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - positivist methodology; Brexit; process tracing; European Union; leadership; elections; Yleinen valtio-oppi, maailmanpolitiikan tutkimus; Political Science, World Politics; Allmän statslära, forskning i världspolitik N1 - PP - ER -