Standing out from all other books on direct democracy, Citizenship and Contemporary Direct
Democracy connects the study of direct democracy to the broader field of comparative …

This study investigates the relationship between direct democracy and political trust. We
suggest a solution to the controversy in research centering on positive versus negative …

In recent decades, liberal democracies have considerably expanded the scope for citizen
participation, calling their citizens to vote in a growing number of popular votes. This …

The criticism that ordinary voters lack the necessary competence to make policy decisions
persists despite the growth, popularity and implementation of direct democratic instruments …

The last decade has witnessed the rise of populist parties and a number of actors that
question liberal democracy. Many explanations of this rely on dissatisfied citizens. We ask in …

This paper takes the influential “direct democracy makes people happy”-research as a
starting point and asks whether direct democracy impacts individual satisfaction. Unlike …

To what extent is direct democracy achieved in current polities? To answer this question, I
develop an index, Direct Democracy Practice Potential, which is applied to 200 polities …

This paper presents the first investigation of whether direct democracy supplements or
undermines the attendance of demonstrations as a form of protest behavior. A first approach …

Ongoing changes in social structures, orientation, and value systems confront us with the
growing necessity to address and understand transforming patterns of tolerance as well as …

Diagnoses of a democratic recession or 'hollowing out'of democracy are numerous and
varied but usually encompass the following symptoms: a decline in turnout and other forms …