Schiller, Theo
Citizens’ Initiatives in Europe
1. Introduction
Theo Schiller, Maija Setälä
Part I. Practices of Full-Scale Initiatives
2. Switzerland: Citizens’ Initiatives as a Measure to Control the Political Agenda
Georg Lutz
3. Initiatives in Liechtenstein: Safety Valve in a Complex System of Government
Wilfried Marxer
4. An Electoral Tactic? Citizens’ Initiatives in Post-Soviet Latvia
Daunis Auers
Part II. Systems Mixing Different Types of Initiatives
5. Institutions of Citizens’ Political Participation in Italy: Crooked Forms, Hindered Institutionalization
Pier Vincenzo Uleri
6. Initiative Instruments in Germany: Variations in Regional States
Theo Schiller
7. Citizens’ Initiatives in Hungary: An Additional Opportunity for Power-Sharing in an Extremely Majoritarian System
Zoltán Tibor Pállinger
8. Citizens’ Initiatives in Lithuania: Initiative Institutions and Their Political Impact in a New Democracy
Algis Krupavičius
9. If It Works, Fine, If Not, So What? Initiatives in Slovakia
Erik Láštic
Part III. Practices of Agenda Initiatives
10. The Austrian Agenda Initiative: An Instrument Dominated by Opposition Parties
Karim Giese
11. The Spanish Agenda Initiative and the Reform of Its Legal Regime: A New Chance for Participatory Democracy?
Víctor Cuesta-López
12. Popular Initiatives in Poland: Citizens’ Empowerment or Keeping Up Appearances?
Anna Rytel-Warzocha
13. Transnational ‘Babystep’: The European Citizens’ Initiative
Bruno Kaufmann
14. Comparative Findings
Theo Schiller, Maija Setälä
Keywords: Political Science and International Relations, European Union Politics, European Politics, Public Policy, Political Science, Public Administration, Democracy
- Editor
- Schiller, Theo
- Setälä, Maija
- Publisher
- Springer
- Publication year
- 2012
- Language
- en
- Edition
- 1
- Series
Challenges to Democracy in the 21st Century series- Page amount
- 276 pages
- Category
- Society
- Format
- Ebook
- eISBN (PDF)
- 9780230369900
- Printed ISBN
- 978-1-349-34014-9