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Local Direct Democracy in Europe

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  • © 2011

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Editors:
  1. Theo Schiller

    1. Institute of Political Science, Research Centre of Civic Participation and Direct Democracy, Philipps University Marburg, Marburg, Germany

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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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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages 1-7
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  2. Local Direct Democracy in Europe – a comparative overview

    1. Local Direct Democracy in Europe – a comparative overview

      • Theo Schiller
      Pages 9-29

  3. Emerging Patterns

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 31-31
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    2. The uneasy balance between participation and representation: local direct democracy in the Czech Republic

      • Michael L. Smith
      Pages 33-53

    3. Local direct democracy in Germany – varieties in a federal state

      • Theo Schiller
      Pages 54-74

    4. The institutionalisation of the referendum in the Italian political system: from the national to regional and local levels

      • PierVincenzo Uleri
      Pages 75-112

    5. Direct democracy in local politics in Norway

      • Aimée Lind Adamiak
      Pages 113-125

    6. Twenty years of Polish direct democracy at the local level

      • Andrzej K. Piasecki
      Pages 126-137

    7. Second-order direct democracy in Switzerland: How sub-national experiences differ from national ballots

      • Michael Buetzer
      Pages 138-156

    8. Direct Democracy at the local level: a comparison of eight municipalities from four countries around Lake Constance (Austria, Germany, Liechtenstein, Switzerland)

      • Wilfried Marxer, Zoltán Tibor Pállinger
      Pages 157-169

  4. Small Beginnings

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 171-171
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    2. Direct democracy in Britain: citizens’ empowerment or political cosmetics?

      • Michèle Breuillard
      Pages 173-183

    3. Towards a law on local direct democracy in Bulgaria

      • Iva Taralezhkova
      Pages 184-192

    4. Denmark – fragments of local direct democracy

      • Palle Svensson
      Pages 193-201

    5. Local popular votes in Finland – procedures and experiences

      • Rolf Büchi
      Pages 202-225

    6. Local referendums in France: a disappointing experience

      • Stéphane Guérard
      Pages 226-236

    7. Slovakia – restricted direct democracy in local politics

      • Erik Láštic
      Pages 237-244

    8. Direct democracy in Slovenia – poor practice at the local level

      • Bernard Nežmah
      Pages 245-253

    9. Sweden: Better late than never. Towards a stronger initiative right in local politics

      • Bruno Kaufmann
      Pages 254-267

    10. Democratic participation at the local level in post-communist states: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania

      • Jüri Ruus
      Pages 268-289
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About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Political Science, Research Centre of Civic Participation and Direct Democracy, Philipps University Marburg, Marburg, Germany

    Theo Schiller

About the editor

Theo Schiller is Professor of Political Science at Philipps University Marburg.

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