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La economía comunal en Venezuela desde la óptica de la economía solidaria: una aproximación etnográfica a las comunas.

Publication Type: Academic Journal

Source(s): AIBR. Revista de Antropología Iberoamericana. Sep-Dic2022, Vol. 17 Issue 3, p491-515. 25p.

Abstract: Desde 2010 en adelante, la economía comunal en Venezuela se ha convertido en un laboratorio muy fértil para intentar promover lógicas económicas alternativas. A partir de algunos de los principios básicos de la Economía Solidaria, este ar tícu lo prete...

The Effects of Direct Democracy on Stock Market Risk and Returns: An Event Study from Switzerland.

Publication Type: Academic Journal

Source(s): Risks. Feb2023, Vol. 11 Issue 2, p22. 13p.

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Abstract: The aim of this study was to determine whether referendums affect stock price risks and returns, using an event study approach. Daily end period data for the Swiss stock market index, the STOXX European market index, and the Swiss/US exchange rate runn...

Parliamentarians' Support for Direct and Deliberative Democracy in Europe: An Account of Individual-Level Determinants.

Publication Type: Academic Journal

Source(s): Comparative Politics. Jan2023, Vol. 55 Issue 2, p219-238. 21p.

Abstract: The increasing critique of representative democracy and its institutions determined reformers to consider the direct and deliberative processes as potential solutions to bridge the gap between elites and citizens. Substantial research investigates the ...

Nativist attitudes and opportunistic support for democracy.

Publication Type: Academic Journal

Source(s): West European Politics. Jan2023, Vol. 46 Issue 1, p49-72. 24p.

Abstract: Do nativists differ from other citizens in their attitudes towards democracy? In this article it is demonstrated that nativism goes hand in hand with preferences for a type of democracy where the interests of the natives should prevail, even at the cos...

El autogobierno de Cherán K’eri en la defensa del territorio.

Publication Type: Academic Journal

Source(s): Revista d'Estudis Autonòmics i Federals. dic2021, Issue 34, p205-232. 28p.

Abstract: En 2011, la comunidad de Cherán realizó un levantamiento “por la defensa del bosque y de la vida”, como respuesta al saqueo de sus bosques comunitarios por grupos criminales y la violencia hacia su población. Este proceso derivó en el reconocimiento po...

Legislation on direct democracy in modern Vietnam.

Publication Type: Academic Journal

Source(s): Management / Upravlenie. 2022, Vol. 10 Issue 3, p105-112. 8p.

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Abstract: В последние годы прямой демократии уделяется все больше внимания, и она стала предметом многочислен-ных исследований в области политологии. Развитие прямой демократии рассматривается как средство укреп-ления современной демократии. Поэтому большинство ...

Taxation under direct democracy.

Publication Type: Academic Journal

Source(s): Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. Aug2022, Vol. 200, p536-554. 19p.

Abstract: Do citizens legislate different tax policies than parliaments? We provide quasi-experimental evidence for causal effects of direct democracy. Town meetings (popular assemblies) replace local councils in small German municipalities below a specific popu...

Handbook of Direct Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe After 1989

Handbook of Direct Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe After 1989

Publication Type: eBook

Abstract: Since the collapse of the Soviet Union the political history of Central and Eastern Europe has been mainly the story of arise, consolidation, transformation and struggles of new democratic regimes and societies. The handbook offers an instructive appro...

The democratic legitimacy hierarchy. The scales to determine authorities' legitimacy in democratic states.

Publication Type: Academic Journal

Source(s): Eastern Journal of European Studies. Dec2022, Vol. 13 Issue 2, p140-159. 20p.

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Abstract: The distortion in states' hierarchies causes discussions of legitimacy in interinstitutional and internal relations. The reason of this is the parts of hierarchy that aren't organized according to democratic legitimacy. The purpose of this study is to ...

Technology and democracy: the who and how in decision-making. The cases of Estonia and Catalonia.

Publication Type: Academic Journal

Source(s): El Profesional de la Información. may/jun2022, Vol. 31 Issue 3, p1-14. 14p.

Abstract: This paper focuses on the use of technology to improve democracy, comparing the cases of Estonia and Catalonia. Both examples are closely related in their use of technology to further democratize the decision-making processes, but have opposite startin...

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