Direct Democracy in Europe: Developments and Prospects

ISBN-13: 9783531155128 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 220 str.

Zolt N. Tibor P. Llinger; Bruno Kaufmann; Wilfried Marxer

Opis

Dieser Band gibt einen Uberblick zu den Entwicklungen der Demokratie in den europaischen Landern und zum europaischen Stand der Forschung."

Recenzje

"Funktioniert direkte Demokratie nur in kleineren, konsensbasierten Systemen? Ändert ein schrittweises Abgehen von der repräsentativen Demokratie die Beziehung zwischen politischer Elite und Wählerschaft? Wie stellt sich partizipative Demokratie in der Europäischen Union dar? Die Beiträge dieses Sammelbandes beantworten dies durch umfangreiches empirisches Material in zahlreichen Tabellen; und wo sie das nicht leisten können, geben sie zumindest gewichtige Gedankenanregungen." www.zpol.de (Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft), 28.03.2008

Spis treści

System contexts and system effects of direct democracy - direct democracy in Liechtenstein and Switzerland compared - A Double Integration Policy Divide: Votes and Interest Group Recommendations in Switzerland - Direct Democracy and Citizens' Information about Politics - Voting Behaviour in the European Constitution Process - Referendum experience in Slovakia: a long and winding road - Databases for (empirical) research on 'direct democracy' u.a.

O autorze

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.

Blurb

Modern direct democracy has recently become an essential element of political life in many countries in Europe - and worldwide. The initiative and referendum process offers extra channels of participation and can serve as an important supplementary institution in representative democratic systems. This first volume of the new series Direct Democracy in Modern Europe features sixteen systematic and broadly empirical approaches to the study of modern direct democracy within the context of European politics including
- system contexts and effects of the initiative and referendum process
- theoretical approaches and basic values in modern direct democracy
- the quality and institutional design of direct democratic mechanisms
- aspects of information and communication
- institutional performance and economic effectiveness
- transnational challenges and the development of direct democracy in Europe