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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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Robust Deliberative Democracy [PDF]
Deliberative democracy aspires to secure political liberty by making citizens the authors of their laws. But how can it do this in the face of deep disagreement, not to mention imperfect knowledge and limited altruism?
Layman, Daniel
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Features of direct democracy in Switzerland
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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Challenging Direct Democracy [PDF]
I want to argue today that direct democracy is undesirable and unconstitutional. I want to argue to you that the Supreme Court should find that the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative is unconstitutional, and strike it down.
Chemerinsky, Erwin
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Introduction. The article deals with the study of the essence and features of participatory democracy as one of the political and legal foundations of municipal power.
Oleksiy Ganzhuk
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Peripheral blood proteome biomarkers distinguish immunosuppressive features of cancer progression
Immune status significantly influences cancer progression. This study used plasma proteomics to analyze benign 67NR and malignant 4T1 breast tumor models at early and late tumor stages. Immune‐related proteins–osteopontin (Spp1), lactotransferrin (Ltf), calreticulin (Calr) and peroxiredoxin 2 (Prdx2)–were associated with systemic myeloid‐derived ...
Yeon Ji Park+6 more
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Weber’s Concern on Immediate Democracy and the Mediation of Parliament
Weber’s judgement on the types of immediate democracy is ambivalent; he recognizes the reduction of institutional mediation and power as well as the possibility of a more direct intervention by the people on the one hand, but he also underlines the major
Cristiana Senigaglia
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Determination of ADP/ATP translocase isoform ratios in malignancy and cellular senescence
The individual functions of three isoforms exchanging ADP and ATP (ADP/ATP translocases; ANTs) on the mitochondrial membrane remain unclear. We developed a method for quantitatively differentiating highly similar human ANT1, ANT2, and ANT3 using parallel reaction monitoring. This method allowed us to assess changes in translocase levels during cellular
Zuzana Liblova+18 more
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Direct and Representative Democracy. The Debate in Revolutionary France (1789-1795)
This essay explores the debate concerning the idea of democracy in the French Revolution (1789-1795). It shows that this idea is based upon representative democracy as well as direct democracy, maintaining a complex and precarious equilibrium between the
Antonio Senta
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Loss of primary cilia in endothelial cells promotes EndMT and vascular abnormalities in the ovarian tumor microenvironment through EphA2 activation. Using human samples, in vitro models, and endothelial‐specific Kif3a‐knockout mice, we show that primary cilia loss drives the acquisition of cancer‐associated fibroblast‐like phenotypes, thereby ...
Jin Gu Cho+11 more
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