Direct Democracy at the local level: a comparison of eight municipalities from four countries around Lake Constance (Austria, Germany, Liechtenstein, Switzerland), in: Theo Schiller (Hg.): Local Direct Democracy in Europe, Wiesbaden: VS Verlag fur Sozialwissenschaften, 157-169....
MUELLER that decision-making contains elements of both representative and direct democracy. The constitutional order tells us how this shall be done, indicating who has the last word on a political decision. 4. No plebiscites: In countries which have 'plebiscites', it is the par- liament or...
One of the main assumptions on how democracy can be achieved puts faith on the positive effects of the direct engagement of the citizens themselves. Urban planning has adapted to this idea in many countries. With the acceptance of the principal of subsidiarity, political participation of the cit...
Barriers To Direct Democracy Our democratic system was made by the Framers to “set up a series of barriers to direct citizen participation in the selection of our leaders. “Examples of these barriers are the Electoral College for selecting the president and presidential appointment of judges.”...
Direct democracy iswhen people’s voice is heard directly and counted in the form of areferendumas it happened in California a short time ago when people voted on laws pertaining to gay marriages. The best examples of direct democracy are referendums that are held in many countries on importan...
direct economic democracy everybody mattersForecast verification as a way to hold macro-economics to account. May 5, 2014 // 2 I’ve been struck by how weather forecasters face some of the same types of difficulties that beset macroeconomics. Both have to rely on “natural experiments” (ie...
By using individual-level observations from more than 100 countries over two decades, they find that individuals’ preferences for democracy are positively affected by time spent living under a democratic system. The second area of contribution examines the effects of the decision-making process on ...
In many other new countries, particularly where the military took over, the civil service hardly functions. It cannot maintain law and order, let alone carry the task of providing social services. The weaker the state grows, the more helpless is the civil service institution, and the weaker ...
Journal of the Knowledge Economy https://doi.org/10.1007/s13132-024-02205-3 Democracy and Foreign Direct Investment in BRICS-TM Countries for Sustainable Development Ibrahim Cutcu1 · Ahmet Keser2 Received: 11 October 2023 / Accepted: 14 June 2024 © The Author(s) ...
The legislation has sparked fresh protests in Hong Kong, with democracy activists, as well as trade bodies, diplomats and lawyers, fearing it could erode the city's freedoms and jeopardise its role as a global financial hub. The MPS statement called for "striking a severe bl...