Stories - Direct Democracy

United States of America

New in the community: Climate Assembly

We are thrilled to introduce the newest member of our International Democracy Community. Climate Assembly is...

Don't fear the voter

John Matsusaka is Charles F. Sexton Chair in American Enterprise in the Marshall School of Business and the...

The ruins of the Panguna mine (Photo courtesy of Madlemurs (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/)

Papua New Guinea

Inching towards Independence: a bumpy road ahead for Bougainville

In last November’s referendum, with a turnout of 87,4 per cent, a staggering 97,7 per cent of Bougainvillean...

A world caught between protest and ballot

Never before have so many people around the globe taken part in popular votes as in 2019. Yet never before...

The Irish Referendum on Abortion: a Feat of Direct Democracy?

On 25 May, the people of the Republic of Ireland voted overwhelmingly to repeal the 8th amendment of the...

Bulgarian Referendum Between Capture and Myth

Bulgaria has become a highly frequented destination for EU officials and foreign visitors at large since the...

What drives citizen participation?

For seven years, Dr Klaus Hofmann has been researching legal instruments of direct democracy worldwide for...

The missed opportunity of direct demoracy in Peru

After almost a century of politically and economically turbulent times, Peru has re-established democratic...

“Breaking The Birdcage And Returning Power To The People”

Just before the end of the year Taiwan`s parliament, the Legislative Yuan, approved a comprehensive revision...

Re-thinking US Democracy In The Trump Era

Donald Trump´s term as US president, now 100 days old, could re-ignite a long-standing debate about the...