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Discover the world of direct democracy! From the Swiss Alps to the Rocky Mountains, join us on a journey to explore the countries and states that empower the...
- Taiwan: Having A Genuine Say in Politics
- Switzerland: A Country Invented by Direct Democracy
- American Checks and Balances
- Uruguay: Latin America's Democratic Model
The island of Taiwan (36,000 km2, population 23 million) has moved from a democracy on paper to a functioning democracy run by the Taiwanese people, through a process that has accelerated since the 1980s. Today it is a vibrant multiethnic society with 18 official languages. In 2003 Taiwan introduced its first law on initiatives and referendums. In ...
Historically, the very first ideas for complementing representative government with mechanisms of direct democracy were informed by practices in the United States and Switzerland in the late 19th century. Switzerland (41,000 km2, pop. 9 million) has often been called a “midwife” of modern direct democracy, which is defined by using secret voting pr...
While Switzerland offers a way to reconcile its democracy by having conversations, in the United States (9,8 million km2, pop. 331 million) applying the initiative and referendum process has sometimes led to political clashes. First introduced in South Dakota and Oregon around 1900, today direct citizen lawmaking is present in one form or another i...
Further away, the sparsely populated republic of Uruguay (176,000 km, pop. 3,5 million), run as late as 1985 by military dictators, has a history of strong stakeholders in politics and society overcoming their differences and opposition using the tools of direct democracy. This community-by-diversity approach was powerfully demonstrated to the worl...
Apr 11, 2018 · Did you know there are only 19 true democracies on the planet? According to the Economist’s Intelligence Unit’s (EIU) yearly ranking, fewer than 10 percent of all the countries in the world...
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Jan 11, 2024 · In a rousing talk, she reminds us just how close any country can come to authoritarianism — and offers on-the-ground lessons for how to keep democracy alive through focus, determination and ...
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For more information on direct and liquid democracy go to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_democracy
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Direct democracy or pure democracy is a form of democracy in which the electorate decides on policy initiatives without elected representatives as proxies. This differs from the majority of currently established democracies, which are representative democracies.
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On the national level, procedures and usage are most frequent in Europe and Latin America, whereas in Africa, Asia, and North America their number is small. Switzerland traditionally has the most elaborated system of direct democracy at the national, cantonal, and municipal levels.
