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Open Access Journal | ISSN: 2183-2463

The Politics, Promise and Peril of Direct Democracy

Academic Editor: Todd Donovan (Western Washington University, USA)

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Table of Contents

The Promise and Perils of Direct Democracy: An Introduction
Todd Donovan
Editorial | Open Access | Published: 27 June 2019
Boosting Political Trust with Direct Democracy? The Case of the Finnish Citizens’ Initiative
Henrik Serup Christensen
Article | Open Access | Published: 27 June 2019
‘Let the Citizens Fix This Mess!’ Podemos’ Claim for Participatory Democracy in Spain
Carlos Rico Motos
Article | Open Access | Published: 27 June 2019
Salient Ballot Measures and the Millennial Vote
Scott J. LaCombe and Courtney Juelich
Article | Open Access | Published: 27 June 2019
A Survey Experiment on Citizens’ Preferences for ‘Vote–Centric’ vs. ‘Talk–Centric’ Democratic Innovations with Advisory vs. Binding Outcomes
Sebastien Rojon, Arieke J. Rijken and Bert Klandermans
Article | Open Access | Published: 27 June 2019
Perceptions of Referendums and Democracy: The Referendum Disappointment Gap
Shaun Bowler and Todd Donovan
Article | Open Access | Published: 27 June 2019
Risks and Opportunities of Direct Democracy: The Effect of Information in Colombia’s Peace Referendum
Juan Masullo and Davide Morisi
Article | Open Access | Published: 27 June 2019
Legal Regulation of Campaign Deliberation: Lessons from Brexit
James Organ
Article | Open Access | Published: 27 June 2019
Losing in the Polls, Time Pressure, and the Decision to Go Negative in Referendum Campaigns
Alessandro Nai and Ferran Martínez i Coma
Article | Open Access | Published: 27 June 2019
Intra-Camp Coalitions in Direct Democracy: Evidence from Referendums on Asylum
Laurent Bernhard
Article | Open Access | Published: 27 June 2019
Economic Voting in Direct Democracy: A Case Study of the 2016 Italian Constitutional Referendum
Arndt Leininger
Article | Open Access | Published: 27 June 2019
Economic Voting in EU Referendums: Sociotropic versus Egocentric Voting in the Lisbon Treaty Plebiscites in Ireland
Johan A. Elkink, Stephen Quinlan and Richard Sinnott
Article | Open Access | Published: 27 June 2019
Public Support for Higher Taxes on the Wealthy: California’s Proposition 30
Caroline J. Tolbert, Christopher Witko and Cary Wolbers
Article | Open Access | Published: 27 June 2019
It Depends…Different Direct Democratic Instruments and Equality in Europe from 1990 to 2015
Brigitte Geißel, Anna Krämling and Lars Paulus
Article | Open Access | Published: 27 June 2019
American State Ballot Initiatives and Income Inequality
Joshua J. Dyck, Wesley Hussey and Edward L. Lascher, Jr.
Article | Open Access | Published: 27 June 2019
Explaining Foreigners’ Political Rights in the Context of Direct Democracy: A Fuzzy-Set QCA of Swiss Cantonal Popular Votes
Francesco Veri
Article | Open Access | Published: 27 June 2019