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The Dilemma of Direct Democracy [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 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.
Burnett, Craig M. +2 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.
Fiorino, Nadia, Ricciuti, Roberto
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, 2023 Abstract Direct democracy—instruments that allow for citizens’ direct participation in legislative politics—is one of the corner stones of the Swiss political system. The chapter starts with a descriptive exercise of illustrating the historic emergence of direct-democratic institutions in Switzerland, how the institutions were introduced,
Stadelmann-Steffen, Isabelle +1 more
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Taxation under direct democracy [PDF]
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2021 Do citizens legislate different tax policies than parliaments? We provide quasi-experimental evidence for causal effects of direct democracy. Town meetings (popular assemblies) replace local councils in small German municipalities below a specific population threshold.
Stephan Geschwind, Felix Roesel
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Direct Democracy: Chances and Challenges [PDF]
Open Journal of Political Science, 2016 This paper discusses several problems of direct popular decisions that are often overlooked in political and scientific debates. In the first part, we consider problems related to the functioning of direct democracy. As a political system, it only makes sense if there exists a continuous process and not if only occasional single questions are brought ...
Gebhard Kirchgäßner
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Comparative Solutions of Referendum Democracy Concerning Bosnia and Herzegovina
Društvene i Humanističke Studije, 2022 The authors consider the referendum as the most pronounced form of direct democracy, which is direct decision-making where citizens express themselves by direct and secret ballot on a particular issue. It is not a substitute for representative democracy,
Mirsad Čizmić, Aida Čizmić
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The Democratic Effect of Direct Democracy [PDF]
American Political Science Review, 2016 A key requirement of democratic governance is that policy outcomes and the majority preference of the electorate are congruent. Many studies argue that the more direct democratic a system is, the more often voters get what they want, but the empirical evidence is mixed.
Fabio Wasserfallen +2 more
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Illiberal Direct Democracy [PDF]
ICL Journal, 2020 Abstract Instruments of direct democracy can be – and are – used to further and strengthen illiberal democracy by restricting minority rights (1). The legal design of these instruments can make this easier or less likely (2).
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Presencia de partidos políticos y diputados en Internet en Argentina, Paraguay y Uruguay
Perfiles Latinoamericanos, 2016 Según Latinobarómetro, los partidos políticos son las instituciones en las que menos confían los latinoamericanos. Esto no es particular de América Latina, sino una tendencia en las democracias occidentales.
Yanina Welp, Alejandra Marzuca
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Resenya del llibre Sociedad Red. Estado, Economía y Sociedad en la era de la Información
IDP, 2013 En el llibre Sociedad Red. Estado, Economía y Sociedad en la era de la Información explorem algunes de les transformacions més rellevants que s'han produït en el pas de la societat industrial (caracteritzada per l'organització jeràrquica, el mode de ...
Yanina Welp, Marian Ortiz del Amo
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