Direct Democracy in Europe Developments and Prospects /
Modern direct democracy has recently become an essential element of political life in many countries in Europe - and worldwide. The initiative and referendum process offers extra channels of participation and can serve as an important supplementary institution in representative democratic systems. T...
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| Language: | English |
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Wiesbaden :
VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften,
2007.
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Table of Contents:
- System contexts and system effects of direct democracy - direct democracy in Liechtenstein and Switzerland compared
- Direct-democratic procedures as corrective mechanisms in consociational systems or for clientelistic structures—some brief remarks
- A Double Integration Policy Divide: Votes and Interest Group Recommendations in Switzerland
- Direct Democracy and Theories of Participatory Democracy—some observations
- The design determines the quality — some criteria for determining the design and the quality of direct democracy
- Reflections on the social production of incompetent citizens
- The role of the political elite in Swiss direct-democratic votes
- Beyond Information and Opinion. The importance of public communication in the referendum process
- On the economic efficiency of direct democracy
- Direct Democracy and Citizens’ Information about Politics
- Prospects for Transnational Direct Democracy—Exploring the New European Approach to Citizens’ Power beyond the Nation-State
- Voting Behaviour in the European Constitution Process
- Referendums and Ratification of the EU Constitution
- Referendum experience in Slovakia: a long and winding road
- Prospects for Participatory Democracy in the Supranational Constitutionalism of the European Union
- Databases for (empirical) research on “direct democracy”.
