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Welcome to our Blog We are hereby pleased to introduce our Blog segment of Direct-Democracy-Navigator platform.Its main objective is to follow the facts, paths, trends and development of democracy in general.Notably, the complexity and multidimensionality of direct...
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''Development of Democracy in Armenia'', by Dr. Keryan G. M. Question 1: How would you shortly describe the main points of democratic developments in Armenia?The collapse of the Soviet Union and declaration of independence by the countries included in the Union were accompanied by radical poli...
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The Number of Citizens' Initiatives in Germany increases slightly The German NGO „Mehr Demokratie“, promoting citizens' initiative rights in the country, published yesterday a new report on the use of direct democracy instruments in the Federal States of Germany. Until now such instruments do not exist on na...
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Rafael Piñeiro: Are Bilateral Investment Treaties a Threat to Democracy? The case of Philip Morris against Uruguay In the last 20 years, due to the fact that negotiations at the World Trade Organization (WTO) failed again and again, most countries signed different types of bilateral agreements to foster commerce and foreign investment. Bilateral investment ...
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Rafael Piñeiro: ¿Son los Tratados Bilaterales de Inversiones una Amenaza para la Democracia? El caso de Philip Morris contra Uruguay Spanish language version
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The case `Philip Morris against Uruguay' Bilateral Investment Treaties recently face strong political reaction from citizens against the investor state dispute settlement provisions. Especially the planed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership between the EU and the US (TTIP)...
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The Direct-Democracy-Navigator World Fact-Check (I) The Direct Democracy Navigator is working on a new study following the main question: Why, in general terms, were referendums – initiated by authorities or by citizens - conducted in electoral democracies worldwide? Guided by the answers...
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The Direct-Democracy-Navigator World Fact-Check The Direct Democracy Navigator is working on a new study following the main question: Why, in general terms, were referendums – initiated by authorities or by citizens - conducted in electoral democracies worldwide? Guided by the answers given to ...
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The Direct-Democracy-Navigator World Fact-Check (II) In the following article we will publish the second part of the empirical results of the Navigator World Fact-Check, dealing with the instruments of Citizen Initiatives (+ Authorities Counter Proposals) - PCI and PCI+, Citizen In...
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Symposium - "Political Culture And Active Citizenship" - The Use of Direct Democratic Instruments In International Comparison University of Wuppertal, March 9-11, 2018