This article explores the Electoral Discrimination thesis, according to which voters tend to
discriminate against minority candidates. The free-list PR system used in Swiss elections …

Finora ci siamo divisi, urtati, lacerati nella stessa discussione del testo costituzionale. Ma vi
era uno sforzo per raggiungere l'accordo e l'unità. E ora io sono sicuro che …

Among politicians and policy-makers it is almost universally assumed that more
transparency in government is better. Until now, philosophers have almost completely …

This article introduces a collection of papers that explore two understudied but critical
questions of enduring concern for the study of democratization. Was the secret ballot driven …

Political institutions can be transparent or secret. If they are transparent, then we have
access to information about how agents act within them. If they are secret, then we do not …

The secret ballot is considered a central feature of democratic elections, but its practical
implications may be contested when Internet voting (and remote voting in general) is …

This paper provides an overview of the ethical challenges facing voters in democratic
elections. It starts by examining the assumptions that underpin contemporary claims about …

AbstractsThis study examines the deliberative credentials of Athenian democracy. Much
scholarship has investigated ancient Athens as a successful (or less successful) example of …

The article focuses on the topic of voting secrecy and the right to justification, discussing the
voting system that at one side influence their opinions and on the other side isolate them …

Do democratic systems that include binding referendum and initiative processes violate a
core principle of democracy, namely that legislators should be accountable? Some have …