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Citizens' Initiatives in Europe: Procedures and Consequences of Agenda-Setting by Citizens: Challenges to Democracy in the 21st Century

Editat de M. Setälä, T. Schiller
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 13 mar 2012
An exploration and analysis of the regulation and practices of citizens' initiatives in eleven European democracies and the EU. The contributors to this volume shed light on how citizens' initiatives influence patterns of political agenda-setting in representative democracies and how they can contribute to participatory democracy.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780230319691
ISBN-10: 0230319696
Pagini: 262
Ilustrații: XIV, 262 p.
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.54 kg
Ediția:2012
Editura: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Colecția Palgrave Macmillan
Seria Challenges to Democracy in the 21st Century

Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Cuprins

Introduction; T.Schiller & M.Setälä PART I: PRACTICES OF FULL-SCALE INITIATIVES Switzerland: Citizens' Initiatives as a Measure to Control the Political Agenda; G.Lutz Initiatives in Liechtenstein - Safety Valve in a Complex System of Government; W.Marxer An Electoral Tactic? Citizens' Initiatives in Post-Soviet Latvia; D.Auers PART II: SYSTEMS MIXING DIFFERENT TYPES OF INITIATIVES Institutions of Citizens' Political Participation in Italy: Crooked Forms, Hindered Institutionalization; P.Uleri Initiative Instruments in Germany – Variations in Regional States; T.Schiller Citizens' Initiative in Hungary: An Additional Opportunity for Power-Sharing in an Extremely Majoritarian System; Z.T.Pállinger Citizens' Initiative in Lithuania: Initiative Institutions and their Political Impact in a New Democracy; A.Krupavicius If It Works, Fine, If Not, So What? Initiatives in Slovakia; E.Láštic PART III: PRACTICES OF AGENDA INITIATIVES The Austrian Agenda Initiative: An Instrument Dominated by Opposition Parties; K.Giese The Spanish Agenda Initiative and the Reform of its Legal Regime: A New Chance for Participatory Democracy?; V.Cuesta-López Popular Initiatives in Poland: Citizen Empowerment or Keeping Up Appearances?; A.Rytel-Warzocha Transnational 'Babystep': The European Citizens' Initiative; B.Kaufmann Comparative Findings; T.Schiller & M.Setälä

Notă biografică

DAUNIS AUERS Associate Professor of Comparative Politics at the Department of Political Science at the University of LatviaVÍCTOR CUESTA Assistant Professor of Constitutional Law at the Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, SpainKARIM GIESE Assistant Professor for Constitutional and Administrative Law at the University Salzburg, Spain, Austria BRUNO KAUFMANN Co-founder and President of the Initiative and Referendum Institute Europe and member of the City Government in Falun, SwedenALGIS KRUPAVICIUS Professor and Director of Policy and Public Administration Institute, Kaunas University of Technology, LithuaniaERIK LÁ TIC Lecturer, Department of Political Science, Comenius University, Bratislava, SlovakiaGEORG LUTZ Project Director of the Swiss Electoral Studies (Selects) at the Social Science Research Centre FORS, Lausanne, Sweden WILFRIED MARXER Director and Head of the Department of Political Sciences at the Liechtenstein Institute, Bendern, LiechtensteinZOLTÁN TIBOR PÁLLINGER Associate Professor for Political Science and Dean of the Faculty of International Relations, Andrássy German-Speaking University Budapest, HungaryANNA RYTEL-WARZOCHA Senior Research and Teaching Fellow at the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Gdansk, PolandTHEO SCHILLER Emeritus Professor of Political Science, Philipps University Marburg GermanyMAIJA SETÄLÄ Academy Research Fellow, Department of Political Science, University of Turku in FinlandPIERVINCENZO ULERI Researcher in Political Science at the 'Cesare Alfieri', University of Florence, Italy

Recenzii

'An important contribution to the comparative literature on direct democracy. The growing use of initiatives and the coming into effect of the new European Citizens' Initiative make this a particularly timely publication.'
- Lawrence LeDuc, Professor of Political Science, University of Toronto, Canada
'This is an impressive book. It covers an obvious need and is written by the best experts within the field. A major contribution to our understanding of democracy in Europe.'
- Palle Svensson, Professor, Aarhus University, Denmark