Deliberative democracy has challenged two widely-accepted nostrums about democratic
politics: that people lack the capacities for effective self-government; and that democratic …

At the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Swiss federal government implemented a
lockdown that prompted a majority of private and public organizations to implement …

The main area of sustained populist growth in recent decades has been Western Europe,
where populist parties have not only endured longer than expected, but have increasingly …

What are the consequences of globalization for the structure of political conflicts in Western
Europe? How are political conflicts organized and articulated in the twenty-first century? And …

Contemporary public administration reflects its historical roots, as well as contemporary
ideas about how the public bureaucracy should be organized and function. This book …

This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme
and is available on www. bloomsburycollections. com. Right-wing populist movements and …

Sergio Fabbrini argues that the European Union (EU) is made up of states pursuing different
aims, rather than simply moving in the same direction at different speeds. He describes the …

This article will highlight negative personal privacy and informational security outcomes that
may arise from development programs currently pursued in smart cities. It aims to illustrate …

Challenging the common assumption that models of direct democracy and representative
democracy are necessarily at odds, Direct Democracy Worldwide demonstrates how …

Das vorliegende Buch bietet sowohl eine allgemeine Einführung in das politische System
der Schweiz als auch einen vertieften Überblick über den aktuellen Stand der …