Direct democracy in Europe : developments and prospects

System contexts and system effects of direct democracy : direct democracy in Liechtenstein and Switzerland compared / Wilfried Marxer, Zoltán Tibor Pállinger.
Direct-democratic procedures as corrective mechanisms in consociational systems or for clientelistic structures : some brief remarks / Dirk Berg-Schlosser.
A double integration policy divide : votes and interest group recommendations in Switzerland / Alkuin Kölliiker.
Direct democracy and theories of participative democracy : some observations / Theo Schiller.
Design determines the quality : some criteria for determining the design and the quality of direct democracy / Andreas Gross.
Reflections on the social production of incompetent citizens / Rolf Büchi.
Role of the political elite in Swiss direct-democratic votes / Hanspeter Kriesi.
Beyond information and opinion : the importance of public communication in the referendum process / Frank Marcinkowski.
On the economic efficiency of direct democracy / Lars P. Feld and Gebhard Kirchgässner.
Direct democracy and citizens' information about politics / Matthias Benz and Alois Stutzer.
Prospects for transitional direct democracy : exploring the new European approach to citizens' power beyond the nation-state / Bruno Kaufmann.
Voting behavior in the European constitution process / Palle Svensson.
Referendums and ratification of the EU constitution / Simon Hug and Tobias Schulz.
Referendum experience in Slovakia : a long and winding road / Erik Láštic.
Prospects for participatory democracy in the supranational constitutionalism of the European Union / Victor Cuesta.
Databases for (empirical) research on "direct democracy" / Volker Mittendorf.