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Direct democracy and equality: context is the key
Direct democratic instruments are increasingly applied in many European countries. They are subject to an ongoing public—and often highly...
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Direct democracy and its integrity. The Italian 2020 and the Turkey 2017 constitutional referendums
What is the role of referendums in different regimes from authoritarian electoral democracies to democratic systems? In this article we use the...
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Political clientelism and democracy in Turkey
Political clientelism refers to a socio-political structure and set of relations formed by the reciprocal and personal exchange acts that the patrons...
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People’s Democracy
Among the myriad discussions surrounding Chinese democracy, “people’s democracy” stands out as the most crucial. This term, with its direct...
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Violent Riots and South African Satisfaction with Democracy
The past decade has witnessed growing challenges to democracies around the world, with rising levels of democratic discontent and political violence....
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Voices from within: Tracing Chinese Public Perceptions of Democracy in the New Era
Despite the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) emphasis on whole process people’s democracy and democracy with Chinese characteristics, the type of...
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Direct Democracy
Chapter 4 discusses the emergence, types and functioning of Swiss direct democracy and assesses its effects on...
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Securing white democracy: Guns and the politics of whiteness
What does the open-carried gun tell us about the contemporary political structure of whiteness, and how do such objects operate to reinforce this...
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Chinese Democracy
In the discourse surrounding the concept of Chinese democracy, there is a pervasive linguistic and rhetorical complexity marked by the use of terms...
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Introduction: Map** the Research Field on the Democracy–Sustainability Nexus
With each new report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the urgency to address climate change seems to increase. As the pressure to...
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Consultative Democracy
The examination of consultative democracy in China has experienced a discernible decline since the convening of the 18th National Congress of the CCP...
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Intrapart Democracy
The intraparty democracy constitutes initiative by the CCP to implement democratic practices from top to bottom, and from within to without. As early...
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Ideological drivers of participatory democracy in Europe: disentangling the different approaches of populism and post-materialist politics
Empirical literature regarding which actors support the most participatory democracy is surprisingly scarce. Discussing the core ideological features...
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"Whole-Process People’s Democracy" in China: Evidence from Shanghai
This study provides an in-depth analysis of the grassroots practice of the “whole-process people’s democracy” (WPD) raised by the Chinese Communist...
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Safe havens for energy democracy? Analysing the low-carbon transitions of Danish energy islands
Denmark has long been known as a pioneer in renewable energy technology development. Apart from technological leadership, Denmark has also been the...
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The Emergence of Alternative Sociotechnical Imaginaries in Argentina’s Agricultural Sector: Lessons for Democracy and Sustainability
The question of how various actors envision sustainability transitions and which visions are translated into policy agendas is an important aspect of...
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Chile’s Two Constitutional Reform Referenda 2022–2023: Symptoms of Democracy Development in Latin America
Chile is a special case of democratic evolution in Latin America and in many fields not representative of other nations on the continent....
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Democracy Builders
America’s democracy builders fall into two interconnected methods of practice: persuasion by example (attraction) and by engagement (intervention)....
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Aid for taxation and representation? The effect of foreign tax assistance on democracy in the Global South
Can foreign aid foster democracy? This is a foundational question debated in development studies and donor circles. Within this debate, some scholars...
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Democracy
The last chapter begins by presenting Lefort’s definition of democracy as a “form of society” rather than a political regime or set of rules. This...