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Direct Democracy and Minorities

Direct Democracy and Minorities

Paperback

Series: Direct Democracy in Modern Europe

General Political ScienceGeneral SociologyGeneral World History

ISBN10: 3531185810
ISBN13: 9783531185811
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: Feb 4 2012
Pages: 254
Weight: 0.92
Height: 0.54 Width: 6.69 Depth: 9.61
Language: English
Modern direct democracy has become an essential element of political life in many countries in Europe and worldwide. The initiative and referendum process offers extra channels for citizen participation and thus represents an important supplementary institution in modern democracies. This third volume of the series Direct Democracy in Modern Europe focuses on direct-democratic decisions on minority affairs. The main question is whether direct democracy tends towards a domination of the majority over a minority, producing new conflicts, or whether, how, and under what conditions it helps to solve problems in complex societies and leads to lasting solutions to political disputes. This volume includes articles by specialist researchers on

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