The Dilemma of Direct Democracy [PDF]
, 2010 The dilemma of direct democracy is that voters may not always be able to make welfare- improving decisions. Lupia’s seminal work has led us to believe that voters can substitute voting cues for substantive policy knowledge.
Craig M. Burnett +2 more
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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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Direct democracy and subjective regime legitimacy in Europe [PDF]
Democratization, 2017 While much research focuses on the causes and consequences of direct democracy and regime legitimacy, little attention has been paid to the potential relationship between them.
Sergiu Gherghina
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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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Determinants of Direct Democracy [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2007 This paper investigates on the demographic, economic, political and cultural determinants of direct democracy in 87 countries using an index of direct democracy. The test is interesting since there are important variations across these countries in the referendum and initiative use. We apply a number of estimation techniques.
Nadia Fiorino, Roberto Ricciuti
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Social Choice, Crypto-Initiatives and Policy Making by Direct Democracy [PDF]
, 2005 The initiative process was created originally to enable citizens to enact public policy directly and in so doing to overturn the dominion of interest groups and of state and local party machines.
Thad Kousser, Mathew D. McCubbins
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How Much Does Money Matter in a Direct Democracy? [PDF]
, 2005 The fine-structure splitting of quantum confined InxGa1-x Nexcitons is investigated using polarization-sensitive photoluminescence spectroscopy. The majority of the studied emission lines exhibits mutually orthogonal fine-structure components split by ...
John M. de Figueiredo
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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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