Direct Democratic Choice: The Swiss Experience (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780739129067)

Direct Democratic Choice sets out to understand how the citizens actually decide in direct-democratic votes. Author Hanspeter Kriesi has analyzed nearly twenty years of post-election surveys in Switzerland (1981-1999), which he has contextualized according to the various political issues and the relevant arguments provided by the political elites. This book's core argument is that the citizens who participate in direct-democratic votes make competent choices. Kriesi provides strong support for an optimistic view of direct-democratic decision-making but also indicates that this process, wherever it occurs, can be improved by proper institutional design and by appropriate strategies enacted by the political elite.

Author: Hanspeter Kriesi
ISBN-10: 0739129066
ISBN-13: 9780739129067
Publisher: Lexington Books
Language: English
Published: 05/21/2008
Pages: 278
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.60w x 0.90d