Measuring Direct Democracy

Nadia Fiorino, Roberto Ricciuti and Fulvio Venturino
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Nadia Fiorino: University of L’Aquila
Fulvio Venturino: University of Cagliari

A chapter in State, Institutions and Democracy, 2017, pp 143-158 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The empirical theory of democracy, contrasting the “classical” conception, is often said to have been conceived by Schumpeter (1962). Since then, a lot of theoretical and empirical contributes have been added. Most of them are directly related to the approach proposed by the venerable founding father. For this reason, they form the so-called economic theories of politics, strongly based on assumptions of individuals as rational and self-interested decision-makers (Downs 1957; Riker and Ordeshook 1973; Olson 1965). Another strand of research developed since the 1960s’ agreeing to completely different theoretical underpinnings. Here the main concepts draw from sociology, political culture being (one of) the most important (Dahl 1971; Lijphart 1968).

Keywords: Direct Democracy; Veto Player; Urbanization Rate; School Attainment; Ethnic Fractionalization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-44582-3_6

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