Direct Democratic Choice: The Swiss ExperienceLexington Books, 2005 - Broj stranica: 263 Direct Democratic Choice sets out to understand how the citizens actually decide in direct-democratic votes. Author Hanspeter Kriesi has analyzed nearly twenty years of post-election surveys in Switzerland (1981-1999), which he has contextualized according to the various political issues and the relevant arguments provided by the political elites. This book's core argument is that the citizens who participate in direct-democratic votes make competent choices. Kriesi's extensive empirical research shows that the majority of these voters arrive at their decisions on the basis of arguments about the advantages and disadvantages of the available options. The less competent and less interested citizens either do not vote or, if they do, employ heuristic shortcuts allowing them to make approximately reasonable decisions. Kriesi provides strong support for an optimistic view of direct-democratic decision-making but also indicates that this process, wherever it occurs, can be improved by proper institutional design and by appropriate strategies enacted by the political elite. |
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... government's probabil- ity of success drops below .5 . This means that intense negative campaigns pose a serious threat to the government's position in the case of referenda . By contrast , referendum campaigns of low intensity hardly ...
... government's probabil- ity of success drops below .5 . This means that intense negative campaigns pose a serious threat to the government's position in the case of referenda . By contrast , referendum campaigns of low intensity hardly ...
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... government's position are absolutely crucial for the eventual fate of a project . The coalitions are basically ... government's success is always guar- anteed in advance . Initiatives often pose a serious threat to the government . But ...
... government's position are absolutely crucial for the eventual fate of a project . The coalitions are basically ... government's success is always guar- anteed in advance . Initiatives often pose a serious threat to the government . But ...
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... government support by partisans of the government's camp and of the opposition as a function of their political awareness . The first graph refers to the consensual situation ; all the others assume that the government's project meets ...
... government support by partisans of the government's camp and of the opposition as a function of their political awareness . The first graph refers to the consensual situation ; all the others assume that the government's project meets ...
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Toward a Realistic Theory of Direct Democracy | 1 |
The Structuration of the Choice | 19 |
The Role of the Political Elite | 45 |
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