Altres ajuts: Jaume Bofill FoundationIn recent years there has been a growing interest in the integration of mechanisms of direct citizen participation in the institutional structure of representative democracy, particularly at the local level. This essay examines the electoral impact of mechanisms of direct citizen participation. Although it is often considered that participatory schemes can be a means to achieve electoral success in the hands of politicians seeking re-election, quantitative analyses of 65 Spanish municipalities demonstrate that electoral success is far from being an immediate consequence of direct democratic practices (DDPs). The qualitative analysis of four cases shows that electoral consequences directly attributable to...
Citizen participation is a central component of democratic governance. As participatory schemes have...
Mechanisms of Direct Democracy (MDDs), i.e. plebiscites, referendums and popular initiatives, allow ...
The EU referendum this week has sparked extensive debates about the pros and cons of direct democrac...
In recent years there has been a growing interest in the integration of mechanisms of direct citizen...
Based on a wide-ranging review of the existing literature, this article provides an original, state-...
The literature on participatory democracy suggests that citizens’ direct democratic involvement will...
© 2017, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC. Despite the strong theoretical expectations about the ...
Despite the strong theoretical expectations about the beneficial effect of direct democratic instrum...
Using a highly original multi-method approach, this book examines a wide range of innovative institu...
This paper evaluates whether direct democracy supplements or undermines traditional representative d...
© 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Proponents of direct democracy claim...
Despite the strong theoretical expectations about the beneficial effect of direct democratic instrum...
Theorists such as Carole Pateman and Benjamin Barber suggest that democratic participation will enga...
Over recent decades, many countries have gained experience with referendums, citizens’ forums, citiz...
Direct democracy, an addition to representative democracy allowing citizens to directly vote on subs...
Citizen participation is a central component of democratic governance. As participatory schemes have...
Mechanisms of Direct Democracy (MDDs), i.e. plebiscites, referendums and popular initiatives, allow ...
The EU referendum this week has sparked extensive debates about the pros and cons of direct democrac...
In recent years there has been a growing interest in the integration of mechanisms of direct citizen...
Based on a wide-ranging review of the existing literature, this article provides an original, state-...
The literature on participatory democracy suggests that citizens’ direct democratic involvement will...
© 2017, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC. Despite the strong theoretical expectations about the ...
Despite the strong theoretical expectations about the beneficial effect of direct democratic instrum...
Using a highly original multi-method approach, this book examines a wide range of innovative institu...
This paper evaluates whether direct democracy supplements or undermines traditional representative d...
© 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Proponents of direct democracy claim...
Despite the strong theoretical expectations about the beneficial effect of direct democratic instrum...
Theorists such as Carole Pateman and Benjamin Barber suggest that democratic participation will enga...
Over recent decades, many countries have gained experience with referendums, citizens’ forums, citiz...
Direct democracy, an addition to representative democracy allowing citizens to directly vote on subs...
Citizen participation is a central component of democratic governance. As participatory schemes have...
Mechanisms of Direct Democracy (MDDs), i.e. plebiscites, referendums and popular initiatives, allow ...
The EU referendum this week has sparked extensive debates about the pros and cons of direct democrac...