Raul Magni-Berton – författare

This book challenges the idea that representative democracy is the pinnacle of political development.The authors argue that when citizens can directly initiate and veto constitutional changes, democracy enters a new phase – direct democracy – as a distinct political system. Using original data and comparisons across six countries and 15 U.S. states, the book shows that direct democracies foster legitimacy, stability and engagement. Combining historical, institutional and empirical insights, the book reframes democracy’s future and offers a timely guide for expanding citizen power in the 21st century.This book is of key interest to scholars and students of democratic regimes, reform and democratization and, more broadly, comparative politics.

This book challenges the idea that representative democracy is the pinnacle of political development.The authors argue that when citizens can directly initiate and veto constitutional changes, democracy enters a new phase - direct democracy - as a distinct political system. Using original data and comparisons across six countries and 15 U.S. states, the book shows that direct democracies foster legitimacy, stability and engagement. Combining historical, institutional and empirical insights, the book reframes democracy's future and offers a timely guide for expanding citizen power in the 21st century.This book is of key interest to scholars and students of democratic regimes, reform and democratization and, more broadly, comparative politics.

This book challenges the idea that representative democracy is the pinnacle of political development.The authors argue that when citizens can directly initiate and veto constitutional changes, democracy enters a new phase - direct democracy - as a distinct political system. Using original data and comparisons across six countries and 15 U.S. states, the book shows that direct democracies foster legitimacy, stability and engagement. Combining historical, institutional and empirical insights, the book reframes democracy's future and offers a timely guide for expanding citizen power in the 21st century.This book is of key interest to scholars and students of democratic regimes, reform and democratization and, more broadly, comparative politics.

This open access book examines the diverse strategies implemented by national and local European governments to contain the Covid-19 pandemic. Rather than focus on individual national case studies, it brings together leading scholars and policymakers to analyse the wide range of containment policies utilised across the continent at various levels of government. In doing so, the volume assesses Covid-19 crisis-management experiences to identify good practices based on comparative and fine-grained evidence. It argues that such a stock-taking exercise is crucial to better prepare European polities and societies for future crises, including climate change and environmental disasters. The book will appeal to scholars and students of public policy, crisis-management, public administration, international relations and comparative law.