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Zoltán Tibor Pállinger & Bruno Kaufmann
Direct Democracy in Europe
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System contexts and system effects of direct democracy – direct democracy in Liechtenstein and Switzerland compared.- Direct-democratic procedures as corrective mechanisms in consociational systems or for clientelistic structures—some brief remarks.- A Double Integration Policy Divide: Votes and Interest Group Recommendations in Switzerland.- Direct Democracy and Theories of Participatory Democracy—some observations.- The design determines the quality — some criteria for determining the design and the quality of direct democracy.- Reflections on the social production of incompetent citizens.- The role of the political elite in Swiss direct-democratic votes.- Beyond Information and Opinion. The importance of public communication in the referendum process.- On the economic efficiency of direct democracy.- Direct Democracy and Citizens’ Information about Politics.- Prospects for Transnational Direct Democracy—Exploring the New European Approach to Citizens’ Power beyond the Nation-State.- Voting Behaviour in the European Constitution Process.- Referendums and Ratification of the EU Constitution.- Referendum experience in Slovakia: a long and winding road.- Prospects for Participatory Democracy in the Supranational Constitutionalism of the European Union.- Databases for (empirical) research on “direct democracy”.

About the author

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.

Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 220 ● ISBN 9783531905792 ● File size 1.8 MB ● Editor Zoltán Tibor Pállinger & Bruno Kaufmann ● Publisher VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften ● City Wiesbaden ● Country DE ● Published 2007 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 2159151 ● Copy protection Social DRM

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