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ANKARA
NEWS: Two Turkish Cities Are Finalists for 'European Capital of Democracy'
Ankara and Denizli Join Brussels and Tirana on Short List
ADDIS ABABA
NEWSLETTER: The Planetocracy Is Coming, So Wear Your White Hats
Also: Impact Investing Against Democracy; Sub-Saharan Local Covenant; Cat-Mayor-Martyr
Switzerland
What You Can and Can’t Learn from Switzerland
Modern direct democracy is unfinished: in his new book Swiss political scientist and global democracy...
Switzerland
Basic Income And The Power Of Direct Democracy
Swiss voters are due to decide on a people´s initiative to introduce an unconditional basic income on June 5...
Taiwan
Taiwan To Free Direct Democracy After Power Change
Taiwan's national legislature is about to liberalize existing restrictions on direct democracy mechanisms...
European Union
A European Citizens´ Assembly
Imagine a European Citizens´ Assembly (ECA) of 200 or more randomly selected citizens from all the countries...
Why the Politics of Nostalgia Are Dangerous
This summer the main US parties will decide about their candidates for November 8 presidential elections. ...
Austria
One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
In Austria modern direct democracy is struggling to get off the ground due to the lack of unity and desire...
Italy
How the Curse of the Quorum Poisoned Democracy
In the last 20 years Italians could directly decide on 31 nationwide laws. But in 27 cases, including the...
Netherlands
Dutch Citizens' Veto: Panacea for Democratic Ills?
Since last summer Dutch citizens have the formal right to demand a referendum vote on laws approved by the...
Switzerland
Total Recall, Swiss Style
The right to recall elected officials is well known in many American countries and US states, but less so in...
Ireland
After Fixing The Economy Ireland Now Looks At Its Democracy
This Friday, February 26, 4.65 million citizens of the Republic of Ireland are called to the polling stations...