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- Varieties of Local Direct Democracy in Europe
Part of the book series: Direct Democracy in Modern Europe (DDME)
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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.
- 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.
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Theo Schiller is Professor of Political Science at Philipps University Marburg.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Local Direct Democracy in Europe
Editors: Theo Schiller
Series Title: Direct Democracy in Modern Europe
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-531-92898-2
Publisher: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften Wiesbaden
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften | Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, Wiesbaden 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-531-18250-6Published: 27 April 2011
eBook ISBN: 978-3-531-92898-2Published: 02 May 2011
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: 292
Number of Illustrations: 21 b/w illustrations
Topics: Political Science, Comparative Politics