The integrative force of political institutions? Direct democracy and voter turnout across ethnic and nativity groups [PDF]
Comparative Migration Studies, 2021 Much has been written on the positive effect of direct democracy (initiatives, referendums) on voter turnout. However, we have limited knowledge about potential differential effects on voters belonging to various ethnic groups.
Anita Manatschal
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Recent insights on direct democracy: Arguments, drivers, effects and conditions [version 1; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] [PDF]
Open Research EuropeRooted in history, with origins tracing back to Athenian democracy in the 5th century BCE, direct democracy has gained renewed attention as a potential solution to the challenges of representative democracy.
Inês Campos +4 more
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Deliberative Agenda Setting: Piloting Reform of Direct Democracy in California [PDF]
, 2015 Can the people deliberate to set the agenda for direct democracy in large scale states? How might such an institution work? The 2011 California Deliberative Poll piloted a solution to this problem helping to produce proposals that went to the ballot and ...
James S. Fishkin +3 more
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Enhancing Direct Democracy: Case Studies in Vietnam [PDF]
SHS Web of Conferences, 2021 Direct democracy is the original and true way to ensure the power and position of the people as the owners of the state and society. Along with representative democracy, the implementation of direct democracy is important and indispensable in modern ...
Ha Thi Hai Yen, Nguyen Thi My Linh
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Review of Handbook of Direct Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe after 1989
Проблеми на постмодерността, 2022 In the modern world, democracy is a dominant form of rule. Different societies are implementing both indirect and direct democracy. Various factors define the level of realization of one of the two.
Miroslav Terziyski
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Local democracy and forms of direct citizen participation in governance: Case study Serbia [PDF]
Srpska Politička Misao, 2023 The subject of this paper is the institutions of direct democracy at the local level in Serbia, with the aim of analyzing valid solutions (de lege lata) and improving the legal framework (de lege ferenda).
Radojević Mijodrag
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Legislation on direct democracy in modern Vietnam
Управление, 2022 In recent years, direct democracy has received more and more attention and has become the subject of much research in the field of political science. The development of direct democracy is seen as a mean of consolidating modern democracy. Therefore, most
T. T. Thoa
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The Impact of Democracy on Foreign Direct Investment in high and Low Democratic Countries; A Comparative Study [PDF]
مطالعات اقتصاد سیاسی بینالملل, 2020 Generally Speaking, investment is the heart of economic growth and development. Financing investment, on the other hand, is one of the major economic challenges, and yet, this is a very crucial issue in developing countries.
Reza Zeinalzadeh +1 more
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Demokracja bezpośrednia w Austrii – praktyka i perspektywy rozwoju
Politeja, 2023 DIRECT DEMOCRACY IN AUSTRIA – PRACTICE AND DEVELOPMENT PROSPECTS First, the article traces the historical development of and legal regulations related to the instruments of direct democracy in the Second Republic.
Justyna Miecznikowska-Jerzak
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Direct democracy in high school
Journal of Social Science Education, 2022 Keywords: School Community Assembly (SCA), direct democracy, school democratic governance Highlights: • Only 5% of Greek secondary education students are satisfied with the modus operandi of student communities and councils.
Theodosios Sykas, Filimon Peonidis
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