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Does direct democracy increase communicative responsiveness? A field experiment with Swiss politicians

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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Szwajcaria w Europie

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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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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Conceptualizing and Measuring the Quality of Democracy: The Citizens’ Perspective

Politics and Governance, 2018
In recent years, several measurements of the quality of democracy have been developed (e.g. Democracy Barometer, Varieties of Democracy Project). These objective measurements focus on institutional and procedural characteristics of democracy.
Dieter Fuchs, Edeltraud Roller
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Challenging Direct Democracy [PDF]

, 2007
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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Democratic cultural policy : democratic forms and policy consequences [PDF]

, 2012
The forms that are adopted to give practical meaning to democracy are assessed to identify what their implications are for the production of public policies in general and cultural policies in particular.
Alexander V., Beetham D., Beetham D., Bennett T.M., Budge I., Bulpitt J., Bunting C., Catt H., Clive Gray, Colomer J., Cowley P., Dahl R., Diesing P., Dryzek J., Duelund P., Elstub S., Frey B., Fung A., Harrop M., Heywood A., Hindmoor A., Hutchinson R., Jenkins H., Kjaer A., Kleiman M., Magleby D., Mangset P., Peters B., Qvortrup M., Sabatier P., Schumpeter J., Shugart M., Smith G., Smith L., Stevens A., Watson S.   +35 more
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Revealing the structure of land plant photosystem II: the journey from negative‐stain EM to cryo‐EM

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Advances in cryo‐EM have revealed the detailed structure of Photosystem II, a key protein complex driving photosynthesis. This review traces the journey from early low‐resolution images to high‐resolution models, highlighting how these discoveries deepen our understanding of light harvesting and energy conversion in plants.
Roman Kouřil
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On the optimality of direct democracy

Theory and Decision
Abstract 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.
Dolors Berga, Guadalupe Correa-Lopera, Bernardo Moreno   +2 more
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Plecstatin inhibits hepatocellular carcinoma tumorigenesis and invasion through cytolinker plectin

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
The ruthenium‐based metallodrug plecstatin exerts its anticancer effect in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) primarily through selective targeting of plectin. By disrupting plectin‐mediated cytoskeletal organization, plecstatin inhibits anchorage‐dependent growth, cell polarization, and tumor cell dissemination.
Zuzana Outla, Jan Kosla, Magdalena Prechova, Lukas Frick, Patricia Bortel, Yasmin Borutzki, Andrea Bileck, Christopher Gerner, Samuel M. Meier‐Menches, Selma Osmanagic‐Myers, Martin Gregor   +10 more
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Democratization of Administration: An Opportunity to Restore Direct Democracy [PDF]

Faṣlnāmah-i Pizhūhish-i Huqūq-i ̒Umūmī
IntroductionIn 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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