Dr. Michael Macpherson
Citizens' Initiative I&R
http://iniref.tripod.com
German Studies List
Several times during the last couple of years I have reported on
developments in citizen law-making in the Federal Republic and to a lesser
extent Switzerland. (Volksinitiative, Volksbegehren, Volksentscheid,
Bürgerbegehren etc.). There has been a considerable increase in the amount
of activity in German Laender.
It may be that some members of this e-list will be interested to compare
citizen law-making in Britain with what they know about what has developed
in Germany since WWII and Switzerland since, say, the mid 19th century.
I have prepared a report (in draft) about the status of, and prospects for
more, direct democracy in Britain. Both a pdf (download) and an html
version are available via http://iniref.tripod.com/learn.html
To refresh the memory about Germany, Otmar Jung's paper is helpful.
Direkte Demokratie in Deutschland: Tendenzen seit 1989
von Otmar Jung http://www.inter-nationes.de/d/presse/basis/d/bi02-98d-f.html
Sincerely,
M. Macpherson
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