Five German leading parties and their coalitions are evaluated from the viewpoint of direct democracy. For this purpose …, the positions of the parties on over 30 topical issues are compared with the results of polls of public opinion. The … representative and direct democracy. -- Representative democracy ; direct democracy ; elections ; coalitions ; theory of voting …

that representative democracy, as it is, guarantees no adequate representation of public opinion even in Germany with its …The outcomes of the 2013 German Bundestag (federal parliament) are analyzed from the viewpoint of direct democracy. For … this purpose, the party positions on 36 topical issues are compared with the results of public opinion polls, and the party …

democracy. For this purpose, the party positions on 36 topical issues are compared with the results of public opinion polls, and … it is shown that representative democracy, as it is, guarantees no adequate representation of public opinion, even in …

greater political participation and interest in politics, stronger sense of satisfaction with and support for democracy, and … higher levels of confidence/trust with democracy. Yet, to date no systematic comparative analysis was conducted to test the … hypothesized effects of democratizing selection procedures on citizens' views on democracy. In this paper we use a cross …

wealthy few have built a system that works in their favor, while maintaining the illusion of democracy. The reality is that … the quality of democracy in the United States is lower than in any other rich democracy, on a par with nations such as … improve middle-class economics is for Congress and the Supreme Court to raise the quality of American democracy. In …