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Direct Democracy

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2023
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Epub ahead of print

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Stadelmann-Steffen, I., & Leemann, L. (2023). Direct Democracy. In P. Emmenegger, F. Fossati, S. Häusermann, Y. Papadopoulos, P. Sciarini, & A. Vatter (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Swiss Politics (pp. 156–173). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780192871787.013.8

Abstract

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Abstract

Direct democracy—instruments that allow for citizens’ direct participation in legislative politics—is one of the corner stones of the Swiss political system. The chapter starts with a descriptive exercise of illustrating the historic emergence of direct-democratic institutions in Switzerland, how the institutions were introduced, and how access to these instruments was made easier over time. Apart from this de jure perspective, it also looks at the de facto use of these institutions over the last 170 years and shows that the use of th

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Editors

  • Emmenegger, Patrick
  • Fossati, Flavia
  • Häusermann, Silja
  • Papadopoulos, Yannis
  • Sciarini, Pascal
  • Vatter, Adrian

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Title of Book

Title of Book
The Oxford Handbook of Swiss Politics

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Place of Publication
Oxford

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Publisher

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156

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173

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Keywords

Mandatory Referendum, Optional Referendum, Initiative, Semi-Direct Democracy, Effects of Direct Democracy, Consensus Effect, Subnational Direct Democracy, Right of Recall, Majority of Cantons, Status Quo Bias

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English

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2023-12-18

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2024-12-09

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Oxford Handbooks Online

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9780192871787

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Stadelmann-Steffen, I., & Leemann, L. (2023). Direct Democracy. In P. Emmenegger, F. Fossati, S. Häusermann, Y. Papadopoulos, P. Sciarini, & A. Vatter (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Swiss Politics (pp. 156–173). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780192871787.013.8

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