Direct Democratic Choice: The Swiss ExperienceLexington Books, 17. lis 2005. - Broj stranica: 252 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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Stranica vii
... support 4.1 . Level of issue - specific awareness in the Swiss cantons 4.2 . Determinants of the level of awareness ... government support , unstandardized logistic regression coefficients , significance levels and CHISQ - values 163 7.1 ...
... support 4.1 . Level of issue - specific awareness in the Swiss cantons 4.2 . Determinants of the level of awareness ... government support , unstandardized logistic regression coefficients , significance levels and CHISQ - values 163 7.1 ...
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... government support 185 8.1 . Two - level models for the determination of government support based on arguments and heuristic strategies 8.2 . Context factors determining the predictive capacity of the combined model 203 221 Figures 2.1 ...
... government support 185 8.1 . Two - level models for the determination of government support based on arguments and heuristic strategies 8.2 . Context factors determining the predictive capacity of the combined model 203 221 Figures 2.1 ...
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... government support in the course of the campaign 3.2 . Development of government support in the course of the campaign , by instrument 3.3 . Development of the level of government support in the course of the campaign , by instrument ...
... government support in the course of the campaign 3.2 . Development of government support in the course of the campaign , by instrument 3.3 . Development of the level of government support in the course of the campaign , by instrument ...
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... support of government 6.4 . The impact of trust controlling for coalitional configurations and party identification , for left voters 6.5 . Expected implications of the " partisan " heuristic for referenda : idealized patterns of government ...
... support of government 6.4 . The impact of trust controlling for coalitional configurations and party identification , for left voters 6.5 . Expected implications of the " partisan " heuristic for referenda : idealized patterns of government ...
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... government support Ambivalence and ignorance as a function of argument - based opinions 211 213 8.6 . Estimated impact on government support of partisan and trust heuristics for different argument - based opinions 215 8.7 . Estimated ...
... government support Ambivalence and ignorance as a function of argument - based opinions 211 213 8.6 . Estimated impact on government support of partisan and trust heuristics for different argument - based opinions 215 8.7 . Estimated ...
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Chapter 4 Political Awareness | 87 |
Chapter 5 Participation | 111 |
Chapter 6 Heuristic Strategies | 137 |
Chapter 7 ArgumentBased Strategies | 175 |
Chapter 8 The Relative Importance of the Two Strategies | 199 |
Chapter 9 Conclusion | 227 |
Bibliography | 241 |
Index | 255 |
About the Author | 263 |
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analysis argument-based opinions argument-based voting arguments average camp cantonal deviations center-left coalitions center-right coalitions chapter citizens coalitional configurations coefficients compulsory referenda conservative right context characteristics debate democratic direct democracy direct-democratic procedures direct-democratic votes European Economic Area familiar projects favor figure fully aware government support government's position grand coalition heuristic strategies impact important indicator initiative institutional logic intensive campaigns issue-specific awareness issues left opposition left voters level of awareness level of support logistic regression minoritarian mobilization moderate right nonpartisans once we control opinion formation opposition optional referendum outcome overall parliamentary majority participation rate partisan effect partisan heuristic party identification passage rate percent polarization effect political awareness political elites political interest popular vote present project familiarity project-specific proposals radical left radical right regression representative democracy right opposition status quo heuristic Swiss People's Party Swiss political Switzerland systematic tion trust heuristic type of coalition unaware voters variable voting choices