PSCI 2101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Direct Democracy, Opportunity Cost, Family Values
13 Aug 2015
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Mixed systems: voters have two ballots, one is a plurality-style constituent vote, and the other ballot is a vote for a party. Shares of the remaining seats are distributed to ensure pr. Deepen democracy by increasing participation in political decision-making. In practice, referendums are used extensively in social and economic policy. In the us, referendums are use often in social and economic policy eg. taxes. Not common in europe with exception of ireland and italy. Three key institutions of direct democracy: referendum: enables citizens to vote on legislation, initiative: law-promoting enables citizens to propose and vote on legislation, recall: allows citizens to hold a vote on whether to recall an elected official. The decision controlling function of referendums may be divided into: abrogative: to abolish a law, to strike down existing laws, rejective: prevent a proposed modification to a law or constitution.
