| Description |
xx, 234 pages : illustrations (black and white), graphs (black and white) ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN |
9781785522574 hardback : £65.00 |
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1785522574 hardback : £65.00 |
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9781785522666 paperback |
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1785522663 paperback |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"The biggest contemporary challenge to democratic legitimacy gravitates around the crisis of democratic representation. To tackle this problem, a growing number of established and new democracies included direct democratic instruments in their constitutions, enabling citizens to have direct influence on democratic decision-making. However, there are many different empirical manifestations of direct democracy, and their diverse consequences for representative democracy remain an understudied topic. Let the People Rule? aims to fill this gap, analysing the multifaceted consequences of direct democracy on constitutional reforms and issues of independence, democratic accountability mechanisms, and political outcomes. Chapters apply different methodological approaches to study the consequences of direct democracy on democratic legitimacy. These range from single in-depth case studies, like the Scottish independence referendum in 2014, to cross-national comparative studies, such as the direct democratic experience within the European Union." -- Provided by publisher. |
| Series |
Studies in European political science.
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| Library Class |
Politics D685
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| Subject |
Direct democracy -- Europe.
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Political participation -- Europe.
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| Other Author |
Ruth, Saskia P., editor.
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Welp, Yanina, editor.
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Whitehead, Laurence, editor.
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| Alt Title |
Let the people rule? : direct democracy in the 21st century
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Direct democracy in the twenty-first century
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Direct democracy in the 21st century
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