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Journal of Politics in Latin America, 2023 Uruguay stands out as an exceptional case for having a vibrant party system, stable democracy, and frequent use of direct democracy mechanisms (MDDs). Previous research has explained the use of MDDs as a means of opposing centre-right governments, but it
Florencia Antía, Daniela Vairo
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Designing with ‘direct democracy’
Bulletin KNOB, 2021 In the 1970s and ’80s residents and architects in Amsterdam worked together to shape the renewal of their neighbourhood. Working outside traditional planning constraints they initiated a process for designing ‘neighbourhood plans’ that gave priority to ...
Aimée Albers
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Reimagining direct democracy as an intersection of different forms of representation [PDF]
Pravni Zapisi, 2020 As an exceptional device in the life of contemporary constitutional democracies, direct democracy is normally considered to be separate from representation.
Miloš Matija
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Research & Politics, 2017 Many argue that direct democracy improves the quality of democracy. In particular, many scholars claim that it increases the representation of the public’s preferences by fostering communicative responsiveness between politicians and citizens.
Anouk Lloren
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The Companion lays out a comprehensive history of the field and, in five additional parts, it explores public choice contributions to the study of the origins of the state, the organization of political activity, the analysis of decision-making in non-market institutions, the examination of tribal governance and to modeling and predicting the behavior ...
Paul Tap, Sergiu Gherghina
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Features of direct democracy in Switzerland
Правоприменение, 2020 The subject. The article is about the peculiarities of referendum and popular initiative which are the main forms and institutions of direct democracy in Switzerland.The purpose of the article is to determine the peculiarities of direct democracy in ...
Svetlana A. Solomonova
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Politeja, 2023 SWITZERLAND IN EUROPE: CULTURAL IDENTITY AND MODELS OF DIRECT DEMOCRACY FROM A PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVE The article examines the origins and transformation of direct democracy in Switzerland and discusses this problem against the wider background of ...
Marcin Rebes
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Democratization of Administration: An Opportunity to Restore Direct Democracy [PDF]
Faṣlnāmah-i Pizhūhish-i Huqūq-i ̒UmūmīIntroductionIn the field of public law, democracy creates a clear boundary between the political and administrative layers of the government. The model of democracy is applied in the political layer, while the administrative layer operates based on ...
Samaneh Rahmatifar
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On the optimality of direct democracy
Theory and DecisionAbstract We study the optimality of direct democracy under incomplete information, in a setting where society must choose between two policies under one of two possible scenarios. Voters are of four types: leftist, rightist, selfish, and altruistic.
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Conserved binding mode but diverse interfaces of MreC‐PBP2 interactions
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.The crystal structure of abMreC reveals a conserved two β‐barrel architecture and provides structural insights into its role within the bacterial elongasome. The abMreC–abPBP2 complex model identifies the molecular basis of MreC‐mediated PBP2 recognition, contributing to the regulation of peptidoglycan synthesis.
Hyunseok Jang +4 more
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