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Direct Democratic Choice - The Swiss Experience (Hardcover)
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Direct Democratic Choice - The Swiss Experience (Hardcover)
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Direct Democratic Choice sets out to understand how the citizens
actually decide in direct-democratic votes. Author Hanspeter Kriesi
has analyzed nearly twenty years of post-election surveys in
Switzerland (1981-1999), which he has contextualized according to
the various political issues and the relevant arguments provided by
the political elites. This book's core argument is that the
citizens who participate in direct-democratic votes make competent
choices. Kriesi's extensive empirical research shows that the
majority of these voters arrive at their decisions on the basis of
arguments about the advantages and disadvantages of the available
options. The less competent and less interested citizens either do
not vote or, if they do, employ heuristic shortcuts allowing them
to make approximately reasonable decisions. Kriesi provides strong
support for an optimistic view of direct-democratic decision-making
but also indicates that this process, wherever it occurs, can be
improved by proper institutional design and by appropriate
strategies enacted by the political elite.
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