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Chapter 18 Direct Democracy In Handbook Of Comparative Political

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chapter 18 direct democracy in handbook of comparative political

Working Papers Journal Articles Books and Chapters Software Components EconPapers FAQ Archive maintainers FAQ Cookies at EconPapers The RePEc blog The RePEc plagiarism page Chapter 18 in Handbook of Comparative Political Institutions, 2024, pp 276-293 from Edward Elgar Publishing Abstract: This contribution briefly overviews how different mechanisms of direct democracy (MDDs) find their way into contemporary polities, offering a typology of the most used MDDs - such as referendums, popular initiatives and plebiscites. It pays attention to the incredible variation of their institutional designs and advances avenues for direct-democracy measurement, zooming in on the modern-day uses of these institutions.

It is shown that, as with virtually any political institution, MDDs can be abused and instrumentalized by anyone. It also debunks some of direct democracy’s presumed effects on democracy. Finally, it opens some suggestions for future avenues research can take. Academia.edu no longer supports Internet Explorer. To browse Academia.edu and the wider internet faster and more securely, please take a few seconds to upgrade your browser. The purpose of the Guidebook to Direct Democracy is to offer scholars and practitioners a reference book which accurately defines the concept of direct democracy as well as its main tools.

knowing how direct democracy procedures work helps the reader to understand how to analyze their relationship to representative government. Throughout the world, democracy is now the accepted form of government for the people. Government and Parliament are responsible for running the state, but they are elected by the people and their democratic legitimacy derives from this. However, this is a limited model of democracy. The participation of the citizens is essentially confined to the act of voting, an act with two key implications. First, because the Parliament represents the majority of those who vote, it ensures democratic legitimacy and a willingness on the part of the citizens to accept collectively binding decisions.

Second, elections at regular intervals enable the electorate to vote out the governing majority if it is disappointed with its policies and bring the opposition to power. This simple model of electoral democracy has proved extraordinarily successful. Indeed, there are voices that maintain that it is precisely because of the restrictions inherent in this form of democracy that the current global wave o... New York: Cambridge University Press, 2011 All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions.

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