Stories - Direct Democracy

Direct Democracy and Human Rights as Partners

Parliaments and governments must listen closer to citizens and less to lobbyists of the military-industrial...

Voting Until You Get The Result You Want

The excessive use of top-down popular votes across Latin America has become a sign of democratic weakness. ...

What You Can and Can’t Learn from Switzerland

Modern direct democracy is unfinished: in his new book Swiss political scientist and global democracy...

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...

Citizen power in Germany: ready for the next step

Germany´s More Democracy group is an example of worldwide attempts to boost citizens´ participation in...

Switzerland is the gold standard for direct democracy

No country on earth is more democratic than Switzerland. So says the Uruguayan political scientist David...

Promising Taiwan – a direct democracy in the making?

THE TAIWANESE NEED TO DECIDE IF THEIR GOVERNMENT CAN FUNCTION AS BEAUTIFULLY AS THEIR CIVIL SOCIETY – AND IF...

Direct Democracy Good For the Economy

The advantages of #citizenpower in politics outweighs potential negative impacts on a countrys economy,...