Author: Kris William Kobach
Publisher: Dartmouth Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Explores the impact of frequent referendums on the Swiss political system. Various institutions evolved to cope with the repeated challenging of government decisions in the arena of direct democracy. This study identifies phenomena which may occur in politics that use referenda less often.
The Referendum
Author: Kris William Kobach
Publisher: Dartmouth Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Explores the impact of frequent referendums on the Swiss political system. Various institutions evolved to cope with the repeated challenging of government decisions in the arena of direct democracy. This study identifies phenomena which may occur in politics that use referenda less often.
Publisher: Dartmouth Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Explores the impact of frequent referendums on the Swiss political system. Various institutions evolved to cope with the repeated challenging of government decisions in the arena of direct democracy. This study identifies phenomena which may occur in politics that use referenda less often.
Direct Democracy in Switzerland
Author: Gregory Fossedal
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351522213
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 555
Book Description
Only one country in the world--Switzerland--is a direct democracy, in which, to an extent, the people pass their own laws, judge the constitutionality of statutes, and even have written, in effect, their own constitution. In this propitious volume, Gregory Fossedal reports on the politics and social fabric of what James Bryce has called "the nation that has taken the democratic idea to its furthest extent." The lessons Fossedal presents, at a time of dissatisfaction with the role of money and privileged elites in many Western democracies, are at once timely and urgent.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351522213
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 555
Book Description
Only one country in the world--Switzerland--is a direct democracy, in which, to an extent, the people pass their own laws, judge the constitutionality of statutes, and even have written, in effect, their own constitution. In this propitious volume, Gregory Fossedal reports on the politics and social fabric of what James Bryce has called "the nation that has taken the democratic idea to its furthest extent." The lessons Fossedal presents, at a time of dissatisfaction with the role of money and privileged elites in many Western democracies, are at once timely and urgent.
Referendum: Direct Democracy in Switzerland
Author: Kris W. Kobach
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The Initiative, Referendum and Recall in Switzerland
Author: William Emmanuel Rappard
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Direct democracy
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Direct democracy
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Guidebook to Direct Democracy in Switzerland and Beyond
Author: Bruno Kaufmann
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783940716033
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
The IRI Europe "Guidebook to Direct Democracy" which is written and edited by Bruno Kaufmann, Rolf Büchi and Nadja Braun, does not restrict itself to Switzerland, however, but places that country's rich experience within the European and global contexts, where the rights of political codecision making are being extended to more and more people in more and more countries, going far beyond simply electing political parties and their representatives to include the possibility of influencing the political agenda by means of initiatives, and deciding important substantive issues through referendums. The IRI Guidebooks offer a variety of entry-points into the subject: the twelve introductory essays present the major contexts and challenges; the many factsheets serve to deepen the factual and analytical basis on a selection of specific themes; and the concluding surveys contain further materials, facts and links on the institutions and the practice of direct democracy around the world.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783940716033
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
The IRI Europe "Guidebook to Direct Democracy" which is written and edited by Bruno Kaufmann, Rolf Büchi and Nadja Braun, does not restrict itself to Switzerland, however, but places that country's rich experience within the European and global contexts, where the rights of political codecision making are being extended to more and more people in more and more countries, going far beyond simply electing political parties and their representatives to include the possibility of influencing the political agenda by means of initiatives, and deciding important substantive issues through referendums. The IRI Guidebooks offer a variety of entry-points into the subject: the twelve introductory essays present the major contexts and challenges; the many factsheets serve to deepen the factual and analytical basis on a selection of specific themes; and the concluding surveys contain further materials, facts and links on the institutions and the practice of direct democracy around the world.
The Initiative and the Referendum in Switzerland
Author: William Emmanuel Rappard
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Referendum
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Referendum
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
Initiative and Referendum in Switzerland
Author: Carl Schurz Vrooman
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Referendum
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Referendum
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
Direct Democratic Choice
Author: Hanspeter Kriesi
Publisher: Lexington Books
ISBN: 0739109650
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Direct Democratic Choice sets out to understand how the citizens actually decide in direct-democratic votes. Author Hanspeter Kriesi has analyzed nearly twenty years of post-election surveys in Switzerland (1981-1999), which he has contextualized according to the various political issues and the relevant arguments provided by the political elites. This book's core argument is that the citizens who participate in direct-democratic votes make competent choices. Kriesi provides strong support for an optimistic view of direct-democratic decision-making but also indicates that this process, wherever it occurs, can be improved by proper institutional design and by appropriate strategies enacted by the political elite.
Publisher: Lexington Books
ISBN: 0739109650
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Direct Democratic Choice sets out to understand how the citizens actually decide in direct-democratic votes. Author Hanspeter Kriesi has analyzed nearly twenty years of post-election surveys in Switzerland (1981-1999), which he has contextualized according to the various political issues and the relevant arguments provided by the political elites. This book's core argument is that the citizens who participate in direct-democratic votes make competent choices. Kriesi provides strong support for an optimistic view of direct-democratic decision-making but also indicates that this process, wherever it occurs, can be improved by proper institutional design and by appropriate strategies enacted by the political elite.
The Referendum Experience in Europe
Author: Pier Vincenzo Uleri
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349247960
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
The referendum has become established as part of the decision-making process in many European countries. Experts from each country survey the historical experience and current debates in Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Russia and eastern Europe, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. The impact of the referendum experience upon European politics is assessed, and the merits of the use of the referendum are evaluated, with a discussion on the implications for political parties, party systems, and representative government.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349247960
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
The referendum has become established as part of the decision-making process in many European countries. Experts from each country survey the historical experience and current debates in Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Russia and eastern Europe, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. The impact of the referendum experience upon European politics is assessed, and the merits of the use of the referendum are evaluated, with a discussion on the implications for political parties, party systems, and representative government.
Referendums Around the World
Author: David Butler
Publisher: American Enterprise Institute
ISBN: 9780844738536
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
Updated edition of : Referendums. c1978.
Publisher: American Enterprise Institute
ISBN: 9780844738536
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
Updated edition of : Referendums. c1978.