Direct Democracy in Europe: Developments and Prospects (Direct Democracy in Modern Europe) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3531155121 ISBN 13: 9783531155128

Publisher: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, 2007

Synopsis

Direkte Demokratie - Neue Forschung und State of the Art

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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.

From the Back Cover

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

Edition details

• Publisher: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3531155121
• ISBN 13: 9783531155128
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 220
• Editor: Pállinger Zoltán Tibor, Kaufmann Bruno, Marxer Wilfried, Schiller Theo