To assess the likely effects of population ageing on the outcomes of direct democracy, we analyze the effect of age on …

regressions show that under divided government a US state is around 25% more likely to adopt a welfare reform than under unified …

economies. The framework developed predicts a negative relationship between the degree of direct democracy and the size of the … quantitatively important; the results are robust and also depend on the interaction of direct democracy with other political …

the main focus is on comparison between different forms of representative democracy, the influence of direct democracy on … representative democracies. In this paper, we find that institutions of direct democracy are associated with lower public spending …

discussion of the pros and cons of direct democracy, the ability of direct democracy to help creating a European demos is …

Democracy usually is identified by the right to vote. However, in recent times voting procedures have been criticized … process. We suggest invigorating an old but nearly forgotten procedure to overcome this deficit: Aleatoric Democracy based on … considered. Persons and ideas, being so far disregarded, are taken into account. Democracy becomes vivid and creative, and does …