Guidebook to direct democracy
Subtitle: in Switzerland and beyond
By: The Initiative & Referendum Institute Europe ; [developed, written, edited by] Bruno Kaufmann, Rolf Büchi, Nadja Braun ; English editor, Paul Carline
Contributors: Büchi, Rolf; Braun, Nadja; Carline, Paul; Initiative & Referendum Institute Europe
Publisher: Initiative & Referendum Institute Europe
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Marburg
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9783940716002
Subjects: Direct democracy; Direkte Demokratie; Volksabstimmung; Referendum; History
Other titles: Initiative & Referendum Institute Europe guidebook to direct democracy; Initiative and Referendum Institute Europe guidebook to direct democracy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Discussing democracy means discussing the very essence of politics!; title: Initiatives & referendums; title: The year of decisions; title: Citizens centre stage in politics; title: Back to the future; title: As centralised as necessary, as decentralised as possible; title: The land of the contented losers; title: Jura: democracy, not nationalism; title: The myth of the incompetent citizen; title: Out loud; title: Added-value voting; title: Design determines the quality; title: The democratisation of democracy; title: Utopia becomes reality; title: Overview; title: Factsheets 1-30; title: World survey: The global participation challenge - with a special feature on Germany; title: Glossary of direct-democracy terms; title: The  Initiative & Referendum Institute Europe.