The Referendum Experience in Europe

The Referendum Experience in Europe
Author: Pier Vincenzo Uleri
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2016-07-27
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1349247960

The referendum has become established as part of the decision-making process in many European countries. Experts from each country survey the historical experience and current debates in Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Russia and eastern Europe, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. The impact of the referendum experience upon European politics is assessed, and the merits of the use of the referendum are evaluated, with a discussion on the implications for political parties, party systems, and representative government.

The Referendum

The Referendum
Author: Kris William Kobach
Publisher: Dartmouth Publishing Company
Total Pages: 296
Release: 1993
Genre: Political Science
ISBN:

Explores the impact of frequent referendums on the Swiss political system. Various institutions evolved to cope with the repeated challenging of government decisions in the arena of direct democracy. This study identifies phenomena which may occur in politics that use referenda less often.

Swiss Monetary History since the Early 19th Century

Swiss Monetary History since the Early 19th Century
Author: Ernst Baltensperger
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 267
Release: 2017-08-03
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1108191444

This book describes the remarkable path which led to the Swiss Franc becoming the strong international currency that it is today. Ernst Baltensperger and Peter Kugler use Swiss monetary history to provide valuable insights into a number of issues concerning the organization and development of monetary institutions and currency that shaped the structure of financial markets and affected the economic course of a country in important ways. They investigate a number of topics, including the functioning of a world without a central bank, the role of competition and monopoly in money and banking, the functioning of monetary unions, monetary policy of small open economies under fixed and flexible exchange rates, the stability of money demand and supply under different monetary regimes, and the monetary and macroeconomic effects of Swiss Banking and Finance. Swiss Monetary History since the Early 19th Century illustrates the value of monetary history for understanding financial markets and macroeconomics today.

Direct Democracy in Switzerland

Direct Democracy in Switzerland
Author: Gregory Fossedal
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 555
Release: 2018-02-06
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1351522213

Only one country in the world--Switzerland--is a direct democracy, in which, to an extent, the people pass their own laws, judge the constitutionality of statutes, and even have written, in effect, their own constitution. In this propitious volume, Gregory Fossedal reports on the politics and social fabric of what James Bryce has called "the nation that has taken the democratic idea to its furthest extent." The lessons Fossedal presents, at a time of dissatisfaction with the role of money and privileged elites in many Western democracies, are at once timely and urgent.

Referendums Around the World

Referendums Around the World
Author: David Butler
Publisher: American Enterprise Institute
Total Pages: 326
Release: 1994
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780844738536

Updated edition of : Referendums. c1978.

The Politics of Direct Democracy

The Politics of Direct Democracy
Author: Lawrence LeDuc
Publisher: Peterborough, Ont. : Broadview Press
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2003-09
Genre: Political Science
ISBN:

This book aims to provide a comprehensive, up-to-date survey of direct democratic institutions and devices as they have developed both in the thinking of modern political theorists and in actual political practice in the world's major democratic nations.

Referendums Around the World

Referendums Around the World
Author: Matt Qvortrup
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 395
Release: 2014-05-05
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1137314702

Surveying all referendums around the world since 1793, Dr Qvortrup and contributors provide a thorough account of why and when citizens have been asked to vote on policy issues. Referendums Around the World is essential reading for political scientists and others interested in direct democracy as well as representative government.