A bstract . This empirical study seeks to broaden the interpretation of the "rational voter model" so as to include the potential effects of "direct democracy" on the voter participation rate. Direct democracy is assumed to take two forms: initiatives and popular referenda. This study tests ...
2012. "Does Direct Democracy Hurt Immigrant Minorities? Evidence from Naturalization Decisions in Switzerland."Work- ing Paper.Hainmueller, Jens and Hangartner, Dominik (2013), "Does Direct Democracy Hurt Immigrant Minorities? Evidence from Naturalization Decisions in Switzerland,", mimeo....
We argue that this adaptive behaviour took three forms, the first two aiming to prevent recourse to direct democracy, and the last to steer the processes it engenders widening the executive formula, to encompass all parties likely to make efficient use of the referendum if not co-opted as ...
In a direct democracy, the citizens vote directly on proposals of laws. Direct democracies don't have legislative representatives and instead rely on...Become a member and unlock all Study Answers Start today. Try it now Create an account Ask a question Our experts can answer your tough ...
Pros and cons in modern America Advocates of the Electoral College celebrate its check on the power that large cities would have in a purely popular vote election. Tara Ross, author of "The Indispensable Electoral College," says it forces presidential candidates to court the votes of a more di...
Does America have a prime minister?Question:Does America have a prime minister?Branches of Government in the United States::The governing structure of the United States is set up in three branches: executive (president), legislative (Congress), and judicial (Supreme Court). The system creates ch...
Entrepreneurship has been connected to several socio-economic issues. However, despite the growing conjectures, the links with democracy have yet to be substantiated. By using a country-level panel dataset over the 1972–2010 period, we find evidence that democracy is conducive to entrepreneurship. ...
Further, as income rises, the environment appears to improve, suggesting that most democratic features in low-income nations have little beneficial influence on the environment (Kim et al., 2019). Islam et al. (2023) indicate that in Bangladesh, democracy has a positive effect on environmental ...
This chapter is organized around the two leading concepts of (authoritarian) populism and (direct) democracy. The first two sections examine each in turn, locating populism in a long line of temporarily dominant but transitory paradigms used to describe and explain striking political developments from...
Alexis De Tocqueville (Democracy in America, book 4, chapter 5, "Amongst the European nations of our time, the power of governments is increasing"). 1. Introduction It is widely suspected that education systems around the world develop not just technical skills in students, but that they also...