Local Direct Democracy In Europe

Author : Theo Schiller
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2011-05-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783531928982

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Local Direct Democracy in Europe by Theo Schiller Pdf

Modern direct democracy has recently become an important element of political life in many countries. These developments can be observed at the national, regional, and local level of political systems. Participation and democracy in local political affairs play a major role in stabilising and developing democratic systems. This volume presents, for the first time, a broad basis of information on the wide variety of local institutions and practice of direct democracy in 19 countries. Country specialists analyse - the role of direct democracy in the institutional context and culture of national political systems, - political processes of introduction and development of initiatives and referendums, - regulations of procedures of municipal direct democracy, - practice of local direct democracy, - the contribution of local direct democracy to democratic development in general.

Author : Zoltán Tibor Pállinger,Bruno Kaufmann,Wilfried Marxer,Theo Schiller
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2007-12-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783531905792

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Direct Democracy in Europe by Zoltán Tibor Pállinger,Bruno Kaufmann,Wilfried Marxer,Theo Schiller Pdf

Dieser Band gibt einen Überblick zu den Entwicklungen der Demokratie in den europäischen Ländern und zum europäischen Stand der Forschung.

Author : Premat, Christophe Emmanuel
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2022-02-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781799873068

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Direct Democracy Practices at the Local Level by Premat, Christophe Emmanuel Pdf

Direct democracy, or pure democracy, is a concept spreading throughout the world, now adopted by nearly 30 countries on the national level. While the concept is not new, it is important to investigate the current benefits or hinderances of direct democracy related to local governments so that they may be implemented further. Direct Democracy Practices at the Local Level deepens the knowledge of direct democracy in political science. This book explores how local governments utilize these instruments in international governments and analyzes a series of popular initiatives and local referenda to how successful these initiatives are. Covering topics such as religious rights, street committees, and climate change, this book is essential for political science students and professors, policymakers, faculty, local governments, academicians, and researchers in political science with an interest in direct democracy procedures in representative systems.

Author : Norbert Kersting,Angelika Vetter
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2013-06-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783663112587

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Reforming Local Government in Europe by Norbert Kersting,Angelika Vetter Pdf

Nearly all Western and Central European local government systems have been reformed since the 1990's. Taking into account variations in historical and national context, the book looks for different ways of local government reform, their emphases and their divergent trajectories.

Author : Pascal Delwit
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Direct democracy
ISBN : 9085844843

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Towards DIY-politics? by Pascal Delwit Pdf

Author : Moeckli, Daniel,Forgács, Anna,Ibi, Henri
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2021-07-31
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781800372801

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The Legal Limits of Direct Democracy by Moeckli, Daniel,Forgács, Anna,Ibi, Henri Pdf

With the rise of direct-democratic instruments, the relationship between popular sovereignty and the rule of law is set to become one of the defining political issues of our time. This important and timely book provides an in-depth analysis of the limits imposed on referendums and citizens’ initiatives, as well as of systems of reviewing compliance with these limits, in 11 European states.

Author : Steven Blockmans,Sophia Russack
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 467 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2019-01-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781786609991

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Direct Democracy in the EU by Steven Blockmans,Sophia Russack Pdf

The European Union is grappling with a democracy problem. The succession of crises which have plagued the increasingly executive EU for years, has led to a rising cacophony of voices calling for fundamental change to the integration project. Yet despite the seismic shock of the Brexit referendum and the electoral upsets by nativist parties across the continent, few of the plans for EU reform include concrete proposals to reduce the age-old democratic deficit. This book is concerned with the two-pronged question of how the relationship between citizens, the state and EU institutions has changed, and how direct democratic participation can be improved in a multi-layered Union. As such, this edited volume focuses not on populism per se, nor does it deeply engage with policy and output legitimacy. Rather, the research is concerned with process and polity. Building on the notion of increasing social, economic and political interdependence across borders, this volume asks how a sense of solidarity and European identity can be rescued from the bottom up by politically empowering citizens to ‘take back control’ of their EU.

Author : John Loughlin,Frank Hendriks,Anders Lidström
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 810 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2012-11-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780191628245

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The Oxford Handbook of Local and Regional Democracy in Europe by John Loughlin,Frank Hendriks,Anders Lidström Pdf

The Oxford Handbook of Local and Regional Democracy in Europe analyses the state of play of democracy at the subnational level in the 27 member states of the EU plus Norway and Switzerland. It places subnational democracy in the context of the distinctive Anglo, the French, the German and Scandinavian state traditions in Europe asking to what extent these are still relevant today. The Handbook adapts Lijphart's theory of democracy and applies it to the subnational levels in all the country chapters. A key theoretical issue is whether subnational (regional and local) democracy is derived from national democracy or whether it is legitimate in its own right. Besides these theoretical concerns it focuses on the practice of democracy: the roles of political parties and interest groups and also how subnational political institutions relate to the ordinary citizen. This can take the form of local referendums or other mechanisms of participation. The Handbook reveals a wide variety of practices across Europe in this regard. Local financial systems also reveal a great variety. Finally, each chapter examines the challenges facing subnational democracy but also the opportunities available to them to enhance their democratic systems. Among the challenges identified are: Europeanization, globalization, but also citizens disaffection and switch-off from politics. Some countries have confronted these challenges more successfully than others but all countries face them. An important aspect of the Handbook is the inclusion of all the countries of East and Central Europe plus Cyprus and Malta, who joined the EU in 2004 and 2007. This is the first time they have been examined alongside the countries of Western Europe from the angle of subnational democracy.

Author : Andrew Ellis ,Carlos Navarro ,Isabel Morales ,Maria Gratschew, Nadja Braun
Publisher : International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA)
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2007-11-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789185391660

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Voting from Abroad by Andrew Ellis ,Carlos Navarro ,Isabel Morales ,Maria Gratschew, Nadja Braun Pdf

The constitutions of many countries guarantee the right to vote for all citizens. However, in reality, voters who are outside their home country when elections take place are often disenfranchised because of a lack of procedures enabling them to exercise that right. Voting from Abroad: The International IDEA Handbook examines the theoretical and practical issues surrounding external voting. It provides an overview of external voting provisions in 115 countries and territories around the world, including a map illustrating the regional spread.

Author : Maria Marczewska-Rytko
Publisher : Verlag Barbara Budrich
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2018-04-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783847411109

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Handbook of Direct Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe after 1989 by Maria Marczewska-Rytko Pdf

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union the political history of Central and Eastern Europe has been mainly the story of arise, consolidation, transformation and struggles of new democratic regimes and societies. The handbook offers an instructive approach to that history focusing on the relevance of practices and institutions of direct democracy. It collects 20 political analyses of direct democracy in 20 Central and Eastern European countries after 1989.

Author : Monica Ferrin,Hanspeter Kriesi
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 431 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780198766902

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How Europeans View and Evaluate Democracy by Monica Ferrin,Hanspeter Kriesi Pdf

Based on a new data-set covering 29 European and neighboring countries, this volume shows how, Europeans view and evaluate democracy: what are their conceptions of democracy, how do they assess the quality of democracy in their own country, and to what extent do they consider their country's democracy as legitimate? The study shows that Europeans share a common view of liberal democracy, which is complemented by elements of social and direct democracy, which go beyond the basic liberal model. The level of their demands in terms of democracy varies, however, considerably across Europe and is related to their assessment of democracy: the worse the quality of democracy in a given country, the higher the respective demands on democracy. The analysis of the determinants of democratic views and evaluations shows that they depend on the political and economic (but less on the cultural) context conditions. Comparative Politics is a series for students, teachers, and researchers of political science that deals with contemporary government and politics. Global in scope, books in the series are characterised by a stress on comparative analysis and strong methodological rigour. The series is published in association with the European Consortium for Political Research. For more information visit: www.ecprnet.eu. The Comparative Politics series is edited by Emilie van Haute, Professor of Political Science, Universite libre de Bruxelles; Ferdinand Muller-Rommel, Director of the Center for the Study of Democracy, Leuphana University; and Susan Scarrow, Chair of the Department of Political Science, University of Houston.

Author : Bruno Kaufmann,M. Dane Waters
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Law
ISBN : UOM:39015061153931

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Direct Democracy in Europe by Bruno Kaufmann,M. Dane Waters Pdf

This book is the most comprehensive reference guide to more than 200 years of experience with the initiative and referendum process in Europe. With the European Union enlarging with ten new countries and the continent heading to its first Europe-wide referendum, the book offers background, facts, and analysis from more than 35 countries that will help the reader understand these important and emerging events. The volume also explores and describes criteria and requirements for a working I&R process at all political levels.

Author : Council of Europe,Silvano Möckli
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:535277514

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Instruments of Direct Democracy in the Member States of the Council of Europe by Council of Europe,Silvano Möckli Pdf

Author : Andreas Auer,Michael Bützer
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015050531345

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Direct Democracy by Andreas Auer,Michael Bützer Pdf

This text aims to provide the reader with insights into Eastern European democracies. It is divided into two parts, the first part presents 12 country-reports, focusing on seven issues and the second part contains theoretical papers which place the topics tackled in the book in a broader context.

Author : Carlos Nunes Silva,Ján Buček
Publisher : Springer
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2016-10-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319439792

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Local Government and Urban Governance in Europe by Carlos Nunes Silva,Ján Buček Pdf

This book discusses innovative responses and reforms developed in critical areas of urban governance in European countries. It examines the impact of European Union’s policies on the urban agenda and on local governance, and the impact of the transition to democracy in Central and in Southern Europe on local self-government systems. The book is divided into three parts: i) Crisis, Reform and Innovation in Local Government; ii) EU Policies, the Urban Agenda and Local Governance; and iii) Citizen Participation in Local Government. Providing an extensive and updated overview of key challenges in the governance of cities in Europe, the book will be of interest to students and researchers in the broader field of urban studies, and for policy-makers, especially those engaged in urban governance in European countries. /div