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Renewing American Democracy and Restraining Political Elites

2022
Abstract This chapter turns to the current situation in the American democratic system as we know it. It identifies the strains and breakdowns in the current political system that create opportunities to stabilize and invigorate American democracy. It begins by linking reform strategies to political and institutional constraints. It then
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Katechontic Democracy? Carl Schmitt and the Restraining Mediation of Popular Power

2020
This chapter analyses how Carl Schmitt’s apocalyptic political mythology can provide a critical form for grasping contemporary challenges to the tradition of popular democratic rule. Schmitt’s conception of an ‘illiberal’ democracy is based on seemingly contradictory elements of both ‘populism’ and ‘technocratic elitism’, attempting as it does to wed ...
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When Voters Pull the Trigger: Can Direct Democracy Restrain Legislative Excesses?

Legislative Studies Quarterly, 2015
Direct democracy is sometimes described as a “gun behind the door,” but how do legislators react when voters pull the trigger? Leveraging the high‐profile referendum defeat of a controversial law passed by the Ohio legislature, I examine how legislators respond to voter disaffection. Using interest groups to “bridge” votes before and after the election,
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Restrained cracking failure behavior of concrete due to temperature and shrinkage

Construction and Building Materials, 2020
He Zhu, Qingbin Li
exaly  

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