[PDF] Top 20 Direct Democracy: Chances and Challenges

... of direct popular ...held. Direct popular rights are thereby drained of their actual function and in a certain way misused, both by the governing persons who sche- dule the plebiscite and by the citizens ... See full document

... Iran to extend its influence towards northern countries. Iran's age-old cultural ties in the region and the perspective of Islamic revitalism supposed to introduce potentials to push back the wall of containment which ... See full document

... on chances and challenges for the EU and China in “integrating” their Foreign Aid Policy under the premises of comparative advantage and the division of labour between development aid ... See full document

... After the 1990s, with the development of computer network technology, multimedia technology, artificial intelligence technology and its application in the field of [r] ... See full document

... research challenges for supporting sophisticated issues using our experience with DSMCTL, the Database of Government Officials of the Republic of China, and the Dream of the Red ... See full document

... e- democracy activities in Brazil, Germany and Slovakia are also ...the chances for sustainable development of direct democracy projects with the help of new media are ... See full document

... To briefly review, I have argued thus far that it is difficult to study the primary/policy effects of the ballot initiative because many of the most controversial approved initiatives are litigated, invalidated, ... See full document

... Gordon Tullock has been one of the most important founders and contributors to Public Choice. Two innovations are typical “Tullock Challenges”. The first relates to method: the measurement of subjective ... See full document

... fostering democracy and development in Armenia, as interested citizens now can access and get a substantial body of information online, it is suggested that e-government promotion efforts should be further ... See full document

... This read- ing is grounded in an understanding of treaties as a cession of some rights to the federal government (e.g., the ability to deal directly with the stat[r] ... See full document

... and democracy has not attracted much interest until a recent ...political challenges arising from the last presidential elections, suggest that the country must implement both Economic and political ... See full document

... ethnic democracy theory, preserving a constant sense of ...this direct assault on Israeli civil society, one that seems aimed at the Israeli left more than anyone else, follows the neo-Zionist path ... See full document

... the direct detailed observation of people in natural settings in order to arrive at understandings and interpretations of how people create and maintain their social worlds” (Neuman, ... See full document

... However, modernization and expansion in size and scope of society from state to nation-state have necessitated the modification of the Athenian processes and mechanisms into a differentiated structures and functions, but ... See full document

... Many commentators argue that territorial and boundary determinations require popular involvement and a formal expression of majority support in order to be perceived as[r] ... See full document

... o Governing the Economy: Role of the state in economic management o The Democratic Idea: Spread and challenges of democracy.. o The Politics of Collective Identities: Sources and politic[r] ... See full document

... in party platforms and agendas. Economics is one of the main reasons that politics exists -- they are aspects of each other -- therefore regional representation should be accorded this importance. It is also traditional ... See full document

... Nigeria’s democratization can be traced to independence with the adoption of British Westminster parliamentary system. The prime minister as the party leader with majority seat in the parliament was the head of ... See full document

... of Direct Democracy), demanded that citizens be given the opportunity to vote on Czechia’s EU membership in a ...about direct democracy resulted in a new proposal to Parliament by the SPD in ... See full document

... The term “deliberative democracy” is not used as often in the literature related to health care settings. However, its conception and meaning as variously understood is captured in a number of frequently used ... See full document