Direct democracy in Europe : developments and prospects /
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| Edition: | 1. Aufl. |
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| Imprint: | Wiesbaden : VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, 2007. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (218 p.) : ill. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Direct democracy in modern Europe Direct democracy in modern Europe. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8883992 |
Table of Contents:
- System contexts and system effects of direct democracy : direct democracy in Liechtenstein and Switzerland compared / Wilfried Marxer, Zoltán Tibor Pállinger
- Direct-democratic procedures as corrective mechanisms in consociational systems or for clientelistic structures : some brief remarks / Dirk Berg-Schlosser
- A double integration policy divide : votes and interest group recommendations in Switzerland / Alkuin Kölliiker
- Direct democracy and theories of participative democracy : some observations / Theo Schiller
- The design determines the quality : some criteria for determining the design and the quality of direct democracy / Andreas Gross
- Reflections on the social production of incompetent citizens / Rolf Büchi
- The role of the political elite in Swiss direct-democratic votes / Hanspeter Kriesi
- Beyond information and opinion : the importance of public communication in the referendum process / Frank Marcinkowski
- On the economic efficiency of direct democracy / Lars P. Feld and Gebhard Kirchgässner
- Direct democracy and citizens' information about politics / Matthias Benz and Alois Stutzer
- Prospects for transitional direct democracy : exploring the new European approach to citizens' power beyond the nation-state / Bruno Kaufmann
- Voting behavior in the European constitution process / Palle Svensson
- Referendums and ratification of the EU constitution / Simon Hug and Tobias Schulz
- Referendum experience in Slovakia : a long and winding road / Erik Láštic
- Prospects for participatory democracy in the supranational constitutionalism of the European Union / Victor Cuesta
- Databases for (empirical) research on "direct democracy" / Volker Mittendorf.