Does direct democracy make for better citizens? A cautionary warning based on cross-country evidence
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| 245 | 0 | 0 | |a Does direct democracy make for better citizens? A cautionary warning based on cross-country evidence |h [Elektronische Daten] |c [Stefan Voigt, Lorenz Blume] |
| 520 | 3 | |a It has been shown that both formal existence and actual use of direct democratic institutions have effects on a number of variables such as fiscal policies, quality of governance but also economic growth. Further, it has been argued that direct democratic institutions would not only have an impact on policy outcomes but influence citizen participation and attitudes toward politics. For the first time, these conjectures are tested in a large cross-country sample here. Overall, we do not find strong effects and some of the significant correlations are rather small substantially. In contrast to previous studies, voter turnout is not higher when direct democracy is available or used. Further, and also in contrast to previous studies, citizens do not express a greater interest in politics in countries with direct democracy institutions. Finally, they display lower trust in government and parties but not in parliament. These results shed some doubt on the hope that direct democracy would make for better citizens. | |
| 540 | |a Springer Science+Business Media New York, 2015 | ||
| 690 | 7 | |a Direct democracy |2 nationallicence | |
| 690 | 7 | |a Political process |2 nationallicence | |
| 690 | 7 | |a Voter turnout |2 nationallicence | |
| 690 | 7 | |a Trust in political system |2 nationallicence | |
| 690 | 7 | |a Legitimacy |2 nationallicence | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Voigt |D Stefan |u Institute of Law and Economics, University of Hamburg, Johnsallee 35, 20148, Hamburg, Germany |4 aut | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Blume |D Lorenz |u Economics Department, Philipps University Marburg, Barfüßer Tor 2, 35032, Marburg, Germany |4 aut | |
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| 950 | |B NATIONALLICENCE |P 700 |E 1- |a Voigt |D Stefan |u Institute of Law and Economics, University of Hamburg, Johnsallee 35, 20148, Hamburg, Germany |4 aut | ||
| 950 | |B NATIONALLICENCE |P 700 |E 1- |a Blume |D Lorenz |u Economics Department, Philipps University Marburg, Barfüßer Tor 2, 35032, Marburg, Germany |4 aut | ||
| 950 | |B NATIONALLICENCE |P 773 |E 0- |t Constitutional Political Economy |d Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com |g 26/4(2015-12-01), 391-420 |x 1043-4062 |q 26:4<391 |1 2015 |2 26 |o 10602 | ||