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Referendums and Direct Democracy
2020We start by tracing the origins of modern-day direct democracy back to the ideas of participatory democrats, and we give a systematic overview of the different forms of direct democratic practices existing today, as well as of the main criticisms of direct democracy. Next, we review existing empirical evidence on some of the crucial debates surrounding
Colombo, Céline, Kriesi, Hanspeter
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Direct Democracy and the Constitution
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2011This chapter applies a comparative view to evaluate initiatives and referendums in the context of Constitutional change. Instruments of direct democratic decision making are compared to those of a purely representative democratic system in which members of parliament decide Constitutional issues like basic rights, the scope of democratic decision ...
Frey, Bruno S. +2 more
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2016
The empirical theory of democracy, contrasting the “classical” conception, is often said to have been conceived by Schumpeter (1962). Since then, a lot of theoretical and empirical contributes have been added. Most of them are directly related to the approach proposed by the venerable founding father.
FIORINO, NADIA +2 more
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The empirical theory of democracy, contrasting the “classical” conception, is often said to have been conceived by Schumpeter (1962). Since then, a lot of theoretical and empirical contributes have been added. Most of them are directly related to the approach proposed by the venerable founding father.
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The Efficiency of Direct Democracy
Journal of Political Economy, 1980The paper investigates the Pareto efficiency of direct democracy and searches for the frequency with which the losing minority in referendum voting could compensate the majority and still be better off. A model is defined that permits the measuring of the intensity of preferences in a population, based on voting and abstention behavior. Using the model,
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2009
Abstract This article examines direct democracy, starting with a discussion on democracy and direct democracy. The following section identifies varieties of direct democracy before addressing the question of whether direct democracy weakens political parties or not. It discusses the procedures of direct democracy, specifically referendum
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Abstract This article examines direct democracy, starting with a discussion on democracy and direct democracy. The following section identifies varieties of direct democracy before addressing the question of whether direct democracy weakens political parties or not. It discusses the procedures of direct democracy, specifically referendum
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Love at first sight? Populist attitudes and support for direct democracy
Party Politics, 2021Robert A Huber, Tina Freyburg
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Populist Attitudes and Direct Democracy: A Questionable Relationship
Swiss Political Science Review, 2021Sergiu Gherghina
exaly
1996
Abstract The optimal federalist structure divides the work of government into several jurisdictional levels, and assigns functional responsibilities to each in accordance with the geographic impacts of each public service provided.
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Abstract The optimal federalist structure divides the work of government into several jurisdictional levels, and assigns functional responsibilities to each in accordance with the geographic impacts of each public service provided.
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