Let the people rule? : direct democracy in the twenty-first century
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Let the people rule? : direct democracy in the twenty-first century
(ECPR--Studies in European political science)
ECPR Press, 2017
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Description
The biggest contemporary challenge to democratic legitimacy gravitates around the crisis of democratic representation. To tackle this problem, a growing number of established and new democracies included direct democratic instruments in their constitutions, enabling citizens to have direct influence on democratic decision-making. However, there are many different empirical manifestations of direct democracy, and their diverse consequences for representative democracy remain an understudied topic. Let the People Rule? aims to fill this gap, analysing the multifaceted consequences of direct democracy on constitutional reforms and issues of independence, democratic accountability mechanisms, and political outcomes. Chapters apply different methodological approaches to study the consequences of direct democracy on democratic legitimacy. These range from single in-depth case studies, like the Scottish independence referendum in 2014, to cross-national comparative studies, such as the direct democratic experience within the European Union.
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Contents
List of Figures and Tables vii
Abbreviations ix
Contributors xi
Acknowledgements xv
Preface xvii
Leonardo Morlino
Chapter One - Direct Democracy in the Twenty-First Century 1
Saskia P. Ruth, Yanina Welp and Laurence Whitehead
Chapter Two - Between the `Fiction' of Representation and the `Faction' of
Direct Democracy 7
Laurence Whitehead
Chapter Three - Constitution Making in Democratic Constitutional Orders:
The Challenge of Citizen Participation 21
Gabriel L. Negretto
Chapter Four - A Problem or a Solution? The Referendum as a Mechanism
for Citizens' Participation in Constitution Making 41
Jonathan Wheatley
Chapter Five - Plebiscites and Sovereignty: A Historical and Comparative
Study of Self-Determination and Secession Referendums 61
Matt Qvortrup
Chapter Six - The Scottish Independence Referendum: A Model of Good
Practice in Direct Democracy? 77
Stephen Tierney
Chapter Seven - The Motivations Behind the Use of Mechanisms of
Direct Democracy 99
Yanina Welp and Saskia P. Ruth
Chapter Eight - Recall, Political Representation and Citizen Participation:
Reflections Based on the Latin American Experience 121
Rocio Annunziata
Chapter Nine - The Levelling Up of a Political Institution: Perspectives on
the Recall Referendum 137
Uwe Serdult and Yanina Welp
Chapter Ten - Direct Democracy and its (Perceived) Consequences:
The German Case 155
Brigitte Geissel
Chapter Eleven - Direct Democracy in Switzerland: The Growing Tension
Between Domestic and Foreign Politics 169
Pascal Sciarini
Chapter Twelve - Direct Democracy and the European Union 187
Fernando Mendez and Mario Mendez
Chapter Thirteen - Let the People Rule? 207
Laurence Whitehead, Yanina Welp and Saskia P. Ruth
Afterword on Brexit Referendum, 23 June 2016 - The `People Ruled'
that the UK Should Quit the European Union 221
Laurence Whitehead
Index 227
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