Finally, the limits of this neo-institutionalist approach will be explored, before concluding with an assessment of the validity of the traditional functions of direct democracy today.doi:10.1080/01402380108425432PapadopoulosYannisTaylor & Francis GroupWest European Politics...
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....
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 ...
Democracy has come back to the center of a heated debate. Though democratic institutions had been cemented as unshakable and unassailable for a long period, especially in Western developed economies, recent events challenge this belief. “Democracy in retreat”Footnote1; “Democracy under siege”Footno...
By leveraging these internal instruments, System GMM effectively controls for the reverse causality that may exist between the dependent and independent variables (Blundell and Bond, 1998). Table 5 illustrates the results of this alternative regression technique and indicates that our findings do not ...
This paper examines the relationship between democracy and economic growth in 30 Sub-Saharan African countries. As our proxy for democracy we first use the democracy index constructed by Freedom House and then check the sensitivity of our findings using, as an alternative proxy for democracy, the ...
Does a free economy exist? Free Economy A free or market economy is one that enjoys little to no government intervention. Instead, the government lets the market work on its own and let it make its own decisions. Answer and Explanation: ...
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Homogenisation reduces diversity in general whereas Westernisation is a more direct form; what is occurring in the world today is hegemonisation; the cultural trend towards homogenising with Western culture. The Western, capitalist way of life is imposing itself upon cultures the world over; many...
Science is far from a perfect instrument of knowledge.It' just the best we have.In this respec,as in many other,it' like democracy.Science by itself cannot advocate courses of human actio,but it can certainly illuminate the possible consequences of alternative courses of action. The scientific...