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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Pállinger, Zoltán Tibor (Editor ), Kaufmann, Bruno (Editor ), Marxer, Wilfried (Editor ), Schiller, Theo (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Wiesbaden : VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften : Imprint: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, 2007.
Edición:1st ed. 2007.
Colección:Direct Democracy in Modern Europe
Temas:
Political science.
Comparative government.
Political Science.
Comparative Politics.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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".

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