Direct Democracy in Europe Developments and Prospects
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Zoltán Tibor Pállinger, Bruno Kaufmann, Wilfried Marxer, Theo Schiller
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Zoltán Tibor Pállinger, Bruno Kaufmann, Wilfried Marxer, Theo Schiller
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Direct Democracy in Europe Developments and Prospects
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VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften (GWV)
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9783531905792
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Dieser Band gibt einen Überblick zu den Entwicklungen der Demokratie in den europäischen Ländern und zum europäischen Stand der Forschung.
Dr. Zoltán Tibor Pállinger is Senior Research Fellow at the Liechtenstein Institute, Bendern, Liechtenstein.
Bruno Kaufmann is President of the Initiative& Referendum Institute Europe.
Dr. Wilfried Marxer is Senior Research Fellow at the Liechtenstein Institute, Bendern, Liechtenstein.
Dr. Theo Schiller is Professor at the Department of Political Science, Philipps University Marburg.
Content
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Foreword
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System contexts and system effects of direct democracy - direct democracy in Liechtenstein and Switzerland compared
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Direct-democratic procedures as corrective mechanisms in consociational systems or for clientelistic structures — some brief remarks
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A Double Integration Policy Divide: Votes and Interest Group Recommendations in Switzerland
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Direct Democracy and Theories of Participatory Democracy — some observations
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The design determines the quality – some criteria for determining the design and the quality of direct democracy
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Reflections on the social production of incompetent citizens
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The role of the political elite in Swiss direct-democratic votes
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Beyond Information and Opinion. The importance of public communication in the referendum process
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On the economic efficiency of direct democracy
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Direct Democracy and Citizens’ Information about Politics
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Prospects for Transnational Direct Democracy—Exploring the New European Approach to Citizens’ Power beyond the Nation- State
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Voting Behaviour in the European Constitution Process
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Referendums and Ratification of the EU Constitution1
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Referendum experience in Slovakia: a long and winding road
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Prospects for Participatory Democracy in the Supranational Constitutionalism of the European Union
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Databases for (empirical) research on “direct democracy”
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