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Direct Democracy and the Constitution

In: Constitutional Mythologies

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  • Bruno S. Frey

    (University of Zurich)

  • Alois Stutzer

    (University of Basel)

  • Susanne Neckerman

    (Center for European Research in Economics and University of Mannheim)

Abstract

This chapter applies a comparative view to evaluate initiatives and referendums in the context of Constitutional change. Instruments of direct democratic decision making are compared to those of a purely representative democratic system in which members of parliament decide Constitutional issues like basic rights, the scope of democratic decision making and market exchange, the organization of government and the judiciary, and the federal structure of the country. Section 2 briefly describes aspects of direct democratic decision making that we deem critical from a Constitutional economics perspective. In particular, we hint to changes in the political process if citizens are directly involved through initiatives and referendums.

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  • Bruno S. Frey & Alois Stutzer & Susanne Neckerman, 2011. "Direct Democracy and the Constitution," Studies in Public Choice, in: Alain Marciano (ed.), Constitutional Mythologies, chapter 0, pages 107-119, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:stpchp:978-1-4419-6784-8_8
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-6784-8_8
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    1. Mause, Karsten, 2019. "Governing Public-Private Partnerships: The Problem of Low-Cost Decisions," EconStor Preprints 209582, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics.

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