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 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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... individual attitudes and behavior . The combination of the two datasets provides a unique occasion for the evaluation of the interaction process between the political elites , on the one side , and the citizens , on the other . The ...
... individual attitudes and behavior . The combination of the two datasets provides a unique occasion for the evaluation of the interaction process between the political elites , on the one side , and the citizens , on the other . The ...
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... individual to the other , but within each individual it may also vary greatly from one issue to the other . Zaller himself ( p . 43 ) finds such a focused conception of awareness preferable to his more general concept , and it is for ...
... individual to the other , but within each individual it may also vary greatly from one issue to the other . Zaller himself ( p . 43 ) finds such a focused conception of awareness preferable to his more general concept , and it is for ...
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... individual i is a function of the general level of aware- ness ( b ) and of the political interest of individual i ( x , ) . Now , the general level of awareness may itself depend on context characteristics that are en- tirely ...
... individual i is a function of the general level of aware- ness ( b ) and of the political interest of individual i ( x , ) . Now , the general level of awareness may itself depend on context characteristics that are en- tirely ...
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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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