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Le référendum britannique du 23 juin 2016 : un simulacre de démocratie ?

Revue Française de Civilisation Britannique, 2017
With the referendum on Brexit of June 23 2016 the British took a fundamental decision not only for the future of their country but also for the future of the entire European Union.
Christian Auer
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Phenomenological critique of representative democracy [PDF]

, 2016
Considerando que a democracia representativa tem assegurado, nos nossos dias, uma estratificação, exponenciada pela economía como ideologia, que mantém dominadores e dominados nos seus lugares próprios, procura-se evidenciar neste texto, numa perspetiva ...
Bastos, Fernando Evangelista, Pereira, Paula Cristina   +1 more
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Representative Bureaucracy: A Lever to Enhance Social Equity, Coproduction, and Democracy

, 2017
Scholars and practitioners have long questioned whether the race, ethnicity, and gender of public bureaucrats matter to the efficacy and legitimacy of public services.
Norma M. Riccucci, G. V. Ryzin
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REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY: MAKING IT WORK BETTER [PDF]

Public Economics,
Hansen, Lawrence N.
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Democracy : from theory to dictatorial dyspraxia to anarchist eupraxia [PDF]

, 2020
In theory: Democracy is the “rule of the people by the people and for the people” (Lincoln, 1863). In practice: “Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few” (Shaw, 1903). This paper addresses the gap between
Vella, Mary Grace
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Explaining Institutional Change: Why Elected Politicians Implement Direct Democracy [PDF]

, 2008
In existing models of direct democratic institutions, the median voter benefits, but representative politicians are harmed since their policy choices can be overridden.
Adam Przeworski, Alberto Diaz-Cayeros, Alex Cukierman, Anke S Kessler, Avner Greif, Barbara Geddes, Carles Boix, Carles Boix, Christine A Kelleher, Daniel A Smith, Daniel A Smith, Daniel A Smith, Daron Acemoglu, Daron Acemoglu, David Hugh-Jones, David S Broder, Douglass C North, Elisabeth R Gerber, Elisabeth R Gerber, Elizabeth Garrett, Eric Maskin, Frederick J Boehmke, George H Haynes, Gian Milesi-Ferretti, Hanson, In-Koo Cho, Jeff S Banks, John G Matsusaka, John G Matsusaka, John M Allswang, Kathleen Bawn, Keith E Hamm, Kenneth Benoit, Matthew D Mccubbins, Nolan M Mccarty, O&apos, Patrick Dunleavy, Paul T David, Peter Schrag, Ronald Rogowski, Rui J P Figueiredo, Shaun Bowler, Shaun Bowler, Shaun Bowler, Stein Rokkan, Steven L Piott, Susan E Scarrow, Thomas Goebel, Thomas Romer, Timothy J Besley, Valentina A Bali, William H Riker   +51 more
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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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Collective Action, Constituent Power, and Democracy: On Representation in Lindahl’s Philosophy of Law [PDF]

, 2019
This contribution develops two objections to Hans Lindahl’s legal philosophy, as exhibited in his Authority and the Globalization of Inclusion and Exclusion.
Fossen, Thomas
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Michels e la crisi della democrazia – ieri e oggi

Quaderni di Sociologia, 2013
The article investigates the relation between the crisis of the democratic institutions and Michel’s political thought. In particular it analyses the shortcomings of the priciple of representation, described in Michel’s book “La sociologia del partito ...
Patricia Chiantera-Stutte
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The Indigenous Roots of Representative Democracy

, 2014
We document that rules for leadership succession in ethnic societies that antedate the modern state predict contemporary political regimes; leadership selection by election in indigenous societies is associated with contemporary representative democracy.
Jeanet Sinding Bentzen, J. Hariri, James A. Robinson   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source