Questions tagged [direct-democracy]
A direct democracy differs from the more common representative democracy in that all political decisions are put forth to the general voters to decide (i.e. a referendum) instead of elected representatives. Use for questions related to this form of government.
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Why is the Swiss Political Model not Replicated / Proposed Elsewhere?
Switzerland is generally recognized as a quite functional and prosperous society. It also features a political model with quite unique features:
All significant parties participate in the executive ...
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Are there prominent persons who expressed a believe that a government run by people chosen by sortition is more effective than a typical democracy?
Wikipedia's page on the history of sortition explained that some people believe that sortition solves the problems associated with representative democracies. Are there any scholars, politicians, ...
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Is there a name for a policy where taxpayers decide who gets their money [duplicate]
I was thinking about what the implications would be if everyone still has to pay the same amount of taxes as they do now. But for a portion of their taxes they can decide to give it to specific ...
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Is there any modern political theory or strong evidence that direct democracy would not work?
If one considers a society with a more direct relationship between what people want and the policies of the country, is there any reason to believe it would not work?
In the U.S., people vote for ...
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How can a direct democracy, like Rojava, protect minorities from pure majoritarianism?
In representative democracy, often people can use the monopoly of violence for a good cause by enforcing protection of minorities that are enshrined in constitutions that can be violently imposed. ...
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Why is the government formed around a representative people party and not around a problems/improvements priority system?
Why isn't there a government system that uses the majority voting system against problems/ideas that need to be addressed within a society, e.g. having referendums on every vote. The point of this is ...
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Understanding how Fascism showed that direct government is not same as self-government
Harold Joseph Laski in his book Parliamentary Government in England writes:
Direct government, in short, is not the same thing as self-government; it may, indeed, as the experience of Fascist ...
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Was "The Mandate of Heaven" a theory of directly democratic revolution?
The Mandate of Heaven philosophy states that if a ruler was overthrown by the people, it was Heaven executing its will - with respect to an ineffective ruler.
The Duke of Zhou created the idea in ...
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Can influence diagrams be an effective tool to mediate political disagreements?
From Wikipedia:
An influence diagram (also called a relevance diagram, decision
diagram or a decision network) is a compact graphical and mathematical
representation of a decision situation. It ...
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How can choosing petroleum origin when refueling be arranged?
A statutory instrument becomes effective in May 2020 in Sweden saying that petroleum providers need to declare country of origin of liquid and gaseous fuel.
How could this be arranged as an active ...
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What is the evidence for the "tyranny of the majority problem" in a direct democracy context?
I have read about the ways to mitigate the "mob rule" or "tyranny of the majority" here, but is it a practical issue in the first place ?
Has it been observed in a direct democracy context or in a ...
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Does India have something similar to a referendum proposition?
I am an Indian student in the US, and I have recently witnessed an election here. In California and Florida (I have seen a ballot for that state), the voters also vote on some key issues in addition ...
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Do citizens' assemblies "work"?
A citizen's assembly is a group of "random" yet representative individuals former with the aim to deliberate on a specific issue of national interest, listen to the view of a broad range of "relevant" ...
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Would Switzerland's direct democracy survive EU membership? [closed]
The Swiss citizenry has this year ruled, among other things, on extension of federal government's taxation rights until 2035, giving monopoly on money creation to the Swiss National Bank, on the ...
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Is Erdogan seen as a potential dictator in Turkey?
An interesting analogy made by Visual Politik in this video claims that:
[Recep Tayyip Erdogan is the] "Anakin Skywalker of politics, he started out as the good guy in the movie but we all know ...
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