Modern transnationial democracy
Subtitle: how the 2012 launch of the European Citizens' Initiative can change the world
By: edited by Johannes W. Pichler and Bruno Kaufmann
Series: Publications of legal policy -- v. 33 = -- Schriften zur Rechtspolitik -- 33; Schriften zur Rechtspolitik -- Bd. 33.
Publisher: Graz
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Wien
Language: eng
Number of pages: 140
ISBN-13: 9783708308029
Subjects: Direct democracy; Political participation; Political planning; Citizen participation; Public administration; Decision making; European Citizens' Initiative
Description: The introduction of the European Citizen's Initiative, the first transnational participative instrument, is a milestone in the history of democracy. From now on, citizens have the same rights as nation-states and national parliaments to be the political agenda-setters on the supranational level.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.