Research dealing with citizens' preferences for different conceptions of democracy has
grown and diversified greatly. This has resulted in a highly fragmented field in which …

We used a quasi-experimental research design to study the extent of motivational crowding
in a recent sustainable development intervention in northern India. The project provided …

Some studies have contended that direct democracy has secondary benefits unrelated to its
impact on policy. In particular, recent scholarship claims that the American ballot initiative …

Why do citizens support holding a referendum? In this article, we argue that citizens are
instrumental by using heuristics and cues from parties, independent experts, and the …

What is the relationship between referendum and initiative processes and democracy? The
dominant understanding is that these popular vote processes are institutions associated with …

Conventional wisdom based on public opinion surveys suggests that voters are generally
supportive of direct democracy. Recent research has shown that perhaps public support for …

Marcel Solar analysiert in seinem Buch am Beispiel von Berlin und Hamburg, wie sich
direktdemokratische Verfahren auf die politischen Entscheidungsprozesse in den …

According to the standard story, popular democracy is fundamentally at odds with party-
based representative democracy. Supporters of popular political power support initiatives …

Resumen¿ Le importa a la ciudadanía española cómo se toman las decisiones políticas? Y
en caso afirmativo,¿ qué tipo de procesos políticos desea? La publicación de Stealth …

The Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause'is generally understood to embody
certain principles of procedural fairness. 2 Guided by these principles, courts have crafted …