In this paper, the introduction of direct-democratic decision-making in all EU decisions is considered when it is feasible without prohibitively increasing decision-making costs. We start with the contractarian argument that each constitution is a contract joining the citizens of a state and...

Der Band legt eine umfassende Analyse der öffentlichen Kommunikation im Kontext einer direktdemokratischen Volksabstimmung vor. Gegenstand der Fallstudie ist die heftig umstrittene Abänderung der Landesverfassung des Fürstentums Liechtenstein im Jahr 2003. Sie ging auf die Initiative des...

In this paper, the introduction of direct-democratic decision-making in all EU decisions is considered when it is feasible without prohibitively increasing decision-making costs. We start with the contractarian argument that each constitution is a contract joining the citizens of a state and...

This paper investigates the merits of different democratic institutions when politics is uni-dimensional, there is uncertainty both about the preferences of the future electorate and the future polarization of political parties, and politicians have better information about the state of the...