Direct democratic choice : the Swiss experience
"Direct Democratic Choice sets out to understand how citizens actually decide in direct-democratic votes. 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 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
1 online resource (xiv, 263 pages) : illustrations
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Toward a realistic theory of direct democracy
The structuration of the choice
The campaign : the role of the political elite
Political awareness
Participation
Heuristic strategies
Argument-based strategies
The relative importance of the two strategies
Electronic reproduction, [Place of publication not identified], HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010
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