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Direct Democracy Institutions in a Globalized World: The New Democratic Frontier book cover

1st Edition

Direct Democracy Institutions in a Globalized World The New Democratic Frontier

By Clara Egger, Raul Magni-Berton Copyright 2026
188 Pages 16 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

188 Pages 16 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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This book challenges the idea that representative democracy is the pinnacle of political development. The authors argue that when citizens can directly initiate and veto constitutional changes, democracy enters a new phase – direct democracy – as a distinct political system. Using original data and comparisons across six countries and 15 U.S. states, the book shows that direct democracies... Read more

Introduction - Direct democracy: The new democratic frontier

1. What is direct democracy?: Philosophical and theoretical foundations

2. Direct democracy around the world

3. Direct democracy institutions and their practices over the ages

4. Key issues put to the ballot

5. How direct democracy shapes domestic policies

6. Direct democracy and international cooperation:  A death sentence for multilateralism?

7. The effects of direct democracy on civic engagement: Educated by initiative

8. Who supports direct democracy?

9. Creating direct democracy through constitutional reforms

Conclusion

Biography

Clara Egger is Assistant Professor of Global Governance at the Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

Raul Magni-Berton is Professor of Political Science at AnthropoLab-Ethics, Catholic University of Lille, France.

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