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The Politics of Democratizing Finance: A Radical View [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
How can finance be durably democratized? In the centers of financial power in both the United States and the United Kingdom, proposals now circulate to give workers and the public more say over how flows of credit are allocated.
McCarthy, Michael A.
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Representative democracy and the implementation of majority-preferred alternatives

open access: yesSocial Choice and Welfare, 2015
In this paper, we contrast direct and representative democracy. In a direct democracy, individuals have the opportunity to vote over the alternatives in every choice problem the population faces. In a representative democracy, the population commits to a
K. Coffman
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Endogenous Lobbying [PDF]

open access: yes
In this paper, we present a citizen-candidate model of representative democracy with endogenous lobbying. We find that lobbying induces policy compromise and always affects equilibrium policy outcomes. In particular, even though the policy preferences of
Antonio Merlo, Leonardo Felli
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The Instrumental Value Arguments for National Self-Determination [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
David Miller argues that national identity is indispensable for the successful functioning of a liberal democracy. National identity makes important contributions to liberal democratic institutions, including creating incentives for the fulfilment of ...
Lee, Hsin-wen
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REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY IN FEDERAL CITY

open access: yesRUDN Journal of Public Administration, 2016
The article analyzes the quantitative representation of citizens in the representative bodies of state power and local self-government in cities of federal significance.
Nina N Musinova
doaj  

Anything but Representative Democracy: Explaining Conspiracy Believers’ Support for Direct Democracy and Technocracy

open access: yesPolitics and Governance
Conspiracy theories gained considerable attention during the Covid-19 pandemic. Although studies have extensively explored their (mostly) negative impacts on various political and social aspects, like participation, health-related behavior, and violence,
Anne Küppers
doaj   +1 more source

Iterative Delegations in Liquid Democracy with Restricted Preferences

open access: yes, 2019
In this paper, we study liquid democracy, a collective decision making paradigm which lies between direct and representative democracy. One main feature of liquid democracy is that voters can delegate their votes in a transitive manner so that: A ...
Escoffier, Bruno   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Analysis of the Albanian Legislation Related to the Representation of Citizens in the Local Government

open access: yesJournal of Danubian Studies and Research, 2021
This study analyzes the quality of citizen representation in local government in Albania. The territorial administrative map of Albania contains 61 municipalities and 12 regions. The territory of a municipality lies in urban, peri-urban and rural areas.
Andon Kume
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La « parole des habitants » sous contrôle ? Compétition politique et participation citoyenne à Besançon et à Strasbourg

open access: yesMétropoles, 2016
This article deals with the impact of local political competition on participatory democracy. To what extent does political competition at local level shapes the production of ‘citizen participation’ in participatory arenas?
Virginie Anquetin, Cécile Cuny
doaj   +1 more source

Poliarquia em 3D

open access: yesDados: Revista de Ciências Sociais, 1998
The article takes issue with positions that reduce representative systems to democratic linearity, considering how the latter is restricted to variations in forms of government and electoral systems that do not correspond to the growing complexity of ...
Santos Wanderley Guilherme dos
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