Institutional openness and the use of referendums and popular initiatives: Evidence from swiss cantons

Swiss Political Science Review

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 169-199

  Barankay, Iwan ^a,b   Sciarini, Pascal ^a,b   Trechsel, Alexander H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Direct democracy; Initiatives; Institutional openness; Referendums; Voter participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845785910     PISSN: 14247755     EISSN: 16626370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1662-6370.2003.tb00404.x     Document Type: Article

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