02949cam a22003978i 4500 113321 113321 20673108 BJBSDDR 20230411090600.0 ta 011019s2019 enk b 001 0 eng c 2018030912 9781108496636 (hardback) 1108496636 (hardback) LBSOR/DLC spa rda LBSOR eng pcc JC 423 A468c 2019 321.8 23 Altman, David, 1968- 8459 Citizenship and contemporary direct democracy / David Altman. Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2019. xxi, 258 p. ; 24 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Democratic innovations for representative governments -- Breaking through: the rebirth of direct democracy in the age of the nation- -- Catching on: waves of adoption of citizen-initiated mechanisms of direct democracy since World War I -- Status quo bias: political change through direct democracy -- Left or right: investigating potential ideological biases in contemporary direct democracy -- Why adopt direct democracy: much more than a simple vote -- How can direct democracy be improved: citizens' commissions and citizens' counterproposals -- Conclusions: a new democratic equilibrium. "Standing out from all other books on direct democracy, Citizenship and Contemporary Direct Democracy connects the study of direct democracy to the broader field of comparative democratization and to an important strand in normative democratic theory. Analyzing the relationship between direct democracy and representative government, this book is organized around three main sections: the origins of contemporary direct democracy, its' functioning, and the ways to improve the use of direct democracy and its abuse. David Altman argues that citizen-initiated mechanisms of direct democracy constitute an important and viable way to reinvigorate current representative regimes by strengthening democracies' normative foundations--freedom and equity among citizens--which are particularly fragile in the context of unequal societies. Citizenship and Contemporary Direct Democracy demonstrates how citizen-initiated mechanisms of direct democracy empowers citizens, channels social demands, defuses violence, re-enchants citizens with politics, and breaks through some of the institutionalized barriers to accountability that arise in representative systems"-- Provided by publisher. Direct democracy. Political participation. Democracia 411 Participación política 413 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK 0 0 lcc 0 0 CS BJB BJB CS 2019-10-01 0 JC 423 A468c 2019 00000133697 2019-10-01 00:00:00 1 2023-04-11 BK