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citizens' initiative and referendum

A CAMPAIGN FOR DIRECT DEMOCRACY IN BRITAIN

DIRECT DEMOCRACY CONFERENCE
London, October 2004
THEMES
Direct democracy in countries of Europe: It works!
"For debate: We need more direct democracy in Britain"

DOCUMENTATION OF SHORT REPORTS


CONFERENCE REPORTS
LINK TO ORIGINAL CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
URGENT
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SWITZERLAND
Roland Erne Dept. of Industrial Relations, University College Dublin. Fellow, Initiative and Referendum Institute  publications
Direct democracy in Switzerland - history, applications, recent developments. SUMMARY MSWORD     SUMMARY POWERPOINT
See also OVERVIEW PAPER and RESOURCES

POLAND
Radoslaw Gawlik, "Freedom and Peace". Member of parliament 1989-1991, 1991-2001. Since 2001 Green Party.
Poland: Regional and local direct democracy of the last decade. CONTENTS See also RESOURCES

GERMANY
Daniel Schily Mehr Demokratie, FRG Co-ordinator for North-Rhein-Westfalia. After the Third Reich: a triumph of direct democracy in the German Lands. CONTENTS  See also RESOURCES and OVERVIEW PAPER

ITALY
PierVincenzo Uleri Political scientist at the ‘Cesare Alfieri’ University of Florence. publications
Italian referendum experience: a very special one? People, Referenda and Parties.    See also RESOURCES  INTRODUCTORY PAPER by Roland Erne

NETHERLANDS
See IRI background report     also Direct democracy in Amsterdam

BRITAIN
Michael Macpherson Founder, Citizens' Initiative and Referendum I&R, a campaign for direct democracy in Britain.
A proposal for more direct democracy in Great Britain and Northern Ireland.    See I&R   COMMENT ABOUT UK
 
 

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CONFERENCE REPORTS

Thoughts on reactions to direct democracy: on the fringe or shoved out?

Why a conference about direct democracy in countries of Europe?
 
 


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