unterschiedlichem Tempo und sequencing den Weg zu Demokratie und einer marktwirtschaftlichen Wirtschaftsordnung. Die polit … die Frage, ob die Einführung von Demokratie angesichts umfassender ökonomischer Reformen nicht besser verzögert werden … sollte. Nach einer theoretischen Betrachtung von Governance, Demokratie und Reformen folgt in diesem Beitrag ein Überblick …

The article deals with the social mechanism that connects modernization with democratization. Starting from a … differentiation theoretical point of view, the paper argues that the major impetus for democratization is rather given by “functional … short overview over the latest developments in the debate on modernization and democratization. In the second step, the …

federalism as well as the tension between liberalism and democracy as organising principles of a modern society. In dieser Arbeit … Demokratie als Organisationsprinzipien moderner Gesellschaften. …

every adult citizen has the right to vote. But neither the classical forms of democracy acknowledged such a right nor is it …

First, the institutions of direct democracy, referendum and initiative, are described. One of the main arguments … the interests of the citizens. Thus, the results of empirical studies investigating the effects of direct democracy are … Germany) against direct democracy as well as the possibilities resulting from the new electronic media …