The growing use of referenda in local politics: a comparison of France and Germany
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en
Chapitre d'ouvrage
Ce document a été publié dans
Comparative Local Politics, Revolution or Renovation? Reforming Local Politics in Europe. 2005p. 185-213
Vanden Broele
Résumé en anglais
The author analyzes the growing use of referenda in local politics in France and Germany. If participatory instruments are promoted in both countries, the Reunification in Germany helped to implement referenda and popular ...Lire la suite >
The author analyzes the growing use of referenda in local politics in France and Germany. If participatory instruments are promoted in both countries, the Reunification in Germany helped to implement referenda and popular initiatives at local level whereas in France the decentralisation is not necessarily associated with local democracy. The French local elites control the emergence of these procedures in order to strenghten their local power.< Réduire
Mots clés en anglais
local democracy
referenda
popular initiatives
decentralisation
federal system
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