Direct Democracy and Minorities

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Marxer, Wilfried (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wiesbaden : VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, 2012.
• Subjects: Political science.; Political Science and International Relations.; Political Science.

Modern direct democracy has become an essential element of political life in many countries in Europe and worldwide. The initiative and referendum process offers extra channels for citizen participation and thus represents an important supplementary institution in modern democracies. This third volu...

Table of Contents:

• Popular Votes and Minorities: Historical Perspective
• Minorities and Direct Democracy: Theoretical Perspective
• Minorities and Popular Votes: Case Studies
• Transnational Direct Democracy.