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Direct democracy worldwide /

"Challenging the assumption that models of direct democracy and representative democracy are necessarily at odds, this book demonstrates how practices of direct and representative democracy interact under different institutional settings and uncovers the conditions that allow them to coexist in...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Altman, David, 1968-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-236) and index. 
505 0 |a Direct democracy at the turn of the century -- Terms of the debate surrounding direct democracy -- Myths and facts behind the use of mechanisms of direct democracy: a worldwide analysis -- Direct democracy within nondemocratic regimes -- Direct democracy within weak democracies: some cases from Latin America -- Direct democracy within democracies: the case of Uruguay (historic evolution, and voting behavior) -- Uruguayan citizen-initiated mechanisms of direct democracy as agents of vertical accountability -- Conclusions. 
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