A Comparative Analysis of the Recall System as a Direct Democracy and It's Implication

Foundations of European Politics introduces important tools of social science and comparative analysis. The first part of the book acts as an introduction to the topic, looking at democratic politics and multilevel politics in Europe. The second part moves on to citizens and voters, considering issues related to ideology and voting decisions. Part III looks at elections and introduces electoral systems and direct democracy, representation, political parties, and party competition. The next part is about government and policy. The last part looks at the rule of law, democracy, and backsliding.

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Explaining Foreigners’ Political Rights in the Context of Direct Democracy: A Fuzzy-Set QCA of Swiss Cantonal Popular Votes

Politics and Governance ◽

10.17645/pag.v7i2.1779 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 7 (2) ◽

pp. 410-426

Author(s):

Francesco Veri

Keyword(s):

Comparative Analysis ◽

Cultural Diversity ◽

Fuzzy Set ◽

Direct Democracy ◽

Qualitative Comparative Analysis ◽

Case Analysis ◽

Veto Power ◽

Political Rights ◽

Sensitive Issues

In the direct democratic arena, the consensus of voters is required to deliberate policies; without that consent policies are blocked. When bills that support cultural diversity or foreigners’ integration are put into referendums, voters may or may not exert their veto power over the proposed policies. In order to determine under which circumstances these types of bills are successful in referendum, I have undertaken a fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis of 39 referendums about the extension of political rights to foreigners at the Swiss cantonal level. My analysis identified a total of five theoretically-informed conditions that explain citizenship liberalization and the success of popular votes. I then located these conditions within two configurational hypotheses which postulate how referendum proponents might overcome direct democratic hurdles. The analysis of the success of referendums reveals that the only sufficient path that leads to the popular vote’s success is to insert the sensitive issues into a multi-faceted bill. As demonstrated by a more in-depth case analysis, the sensitive object is successful because it is hidden from voters during the referendum campaign or because other priority objects inside the bill reduce its salience.

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Ancient Athenians, Californians and Modern Greeks: A Comparative Analysis of Choice Set Under Direct Democracy Procedures

Homo Oeconomicus ◽

10.1007/s41412-017-0039-2 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 34 (1) ◽

pp. 47-65 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Emmanouil M. L. Economou ◽

Nicholas C. Kyriazis ◽

Theodore Metaxas

Keyword(s):

Comparative Analysis ◽

Direct Democracy ◽

Choice Set

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Kdo rozhoduje v českých politických stranách? Vzestup nových politických podnikatelů ve srovnávací perspektivě

Středoevropské politické studie Central European Political Studies Review ◽

10.5817/cepsr.2015.2.178 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 17 (2) ◽

pp. 178-211 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Lubomír Kopeček ◽

Petra Svačinová

Keyword(s):

Comparative Analysis ◽

Direct Democracy ◽

Party Leader ◽

Business Firm ◽

New Parties ◽

Functional Differences ◽

And Control ◽

High Degree

This article focuses on a comparative analysis of the organization of contemporary Czech parliamentary parties. It emphasizes the structural and functional differences between the new parties—ANO (meaning “yes” in Czech) and Dawn of Direct Democracy—and older parties. The theoretical section presents the basic organizational types – in particular, the concept of the business-firm party. The following organizational aspects of parties are then compared: membership, form of funding, the role played by ground organizations, the position and composition of top party bodies, the role played by the party leader, and media resources. This analysis reveals that ANO and Dawn have a more exclusive membership than older parties and have centralized more power into the hands of the party leader, who is supported both by formal statutes and by informal structures. In the case of ANO, the central leadership dominates over lower-level ground organizations; Dawn forgoes them altogether. Its missing institutional base accelerated Dawn’s implosion in 2015. ANO is characterised by a high degree of professionalism and control over key media, both of which were missing in the case of Dawn.

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