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Die Pfadabhängigkeit direkter Demokratie in Deutschland

Eine Untersuchung zu den ideen- und realgeschichtlichen Ursprüngen der Volksgesetzgebung
Nomos,  2014, 253 Pages

ISBN 978-3-8487-1597-8


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The work is part of the series Studien zur Sachunmittelbaren Demokratie (Volume 12)
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englischThe discussion about the introduction of direct democracy at the federal level in Germany is focused almost exclusively on direct legislation. Both with regard to the difficulties of embedding the latter within a parliamentary system and in international comparison, this is quite remarkable. How did direct legislation attain such dominance among the spectrum of direct democratic instruments? This book employs the concept of path dependence in order to answer this question. It traces the development of ideas about direct democracy from the Empire to the Federal Republic and shows that there was a continuous development at the state level in the course of which alternative forms of direct democracy were gradually displaced by direct legislation. A consciousness for this historical background could also open up possibilities for a reconsideration of some of these suppressed alternatives.

»Insgesamt bietet die Studie mit ihrem systematischen Erklärungsansatz eine höchst anregende Perspektive auf die institutionelle Pfadentwicklung direkter Demokratie in Deutschland.«
Prof. em. Dr. Theo Schiller, PVS 2016, 653

»Besonders eindrücklich... Die Studie zeichnet sich durch historischen Tiefgang, analytische Präzision und politische Aktualität aus; sie ist ein gleichermaßen eigenständiger wie gewichtiger Forschungsbeitrag.«
Prof. Dr. Florian Grotz, Extremismus & Demokratie 2015, 410