Overview
- Specialist Researches' Views on Direct Democracy and its Future in Complex Societies
- Including Case Studies of Various Countries
- The third volume of the series "Direct Democracy in Modern Europe"
Part of the book series: Direct Democracy in Modern Europe (DDME)
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Popular Votes and Minorities – the Historical Perspective
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Front Matter
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Minorities and Direct Democracy – the Theoretical Perspective
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Front Matter
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Minorities and Popular Votes – Case Studies
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Front Matter
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Transnational Direct Democracy
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About this book
Modern direct democracy has become an essential element of political life in many countries in Europe and worldwide. The initiative and referendum process offers extra channels for citizen participation and thus represents an important supplementary institution in modern democracies. This third volume of the series Direct Democracy in Modern Europe focuses on directdemocratic decisions on minority affairs. The main question is whether direct democracy tends towards a domination of the majority over a minority, producing new conflicts, or whether, how, and under what conditions it helps to solve problems in complex societies and leads to lasting solutions to political disputes. This volume includes articles by specialist researchers on
- historical experiences of direct-democratic decisions on territorial conflicts;
- theoretical considerations on direct democracy and minorities;
- case studies on popular votes concerning minority issues;
- several country case studies;
- the role of the media in direct-democratic campaigns on minority affairs;
- the potential of transnational direct democracy.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Direct Democracy and Minorities
Editors: Wilfried Marxer
Series Title: Direct Democracy in Modern Europe
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-531-94304-6
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 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-531-18581-1Published: 04 February 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-3-531-94304-6Published: 27 February 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: 254
Number of Illustrations: 11 b/w illustrations
Topics: Political Science