El reto de la profundización democrática en Europa: avances institucionales en democracia directa (The Challenge of Democratic Deepening in Europe: The Role of Direct Democracy)

• Main Authors: Victor Manuel Cuesta López, Miguel Presno Linera
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oñati International Institute for the Sociology of Law 2017-12-01
• Series: Oñati Socio-Legal Series
• Subjects: Democracia constitucional; democracia directa; democracia participativa; iniciativa popular; referéndum
• Online Access: http://opo.iisj.net/index.php/osls/article/view/956

<p>Los art&iacute;culos reunidos en este n&uacute;mero abordan, desde distintas perspectivas, las oportunidades y los desaf&iacute;os a los que se enfrentan las instituciones de participaci&oacute;n democr&aacute;tica directa en el Estado constitucional contempor&aacute;neo. Sin llegar a poner en tela de juicio la legitimidad del gobierno representativo, partimos de una concepci&oacute;n din&aacute;mica de la democracia que concibe la participaci&oacute;n directa del ciudadano en los asuntos p&uacute;blicos como un medio para avanzar en el camino de profundizaci&oacute;n democr&aacute;tica.</p> <p>The papers collected in this issue offer different points of view on the opportunities and the challenges faced by the institutions of direct participatory democracy in contemporary constitutional states. Never questioning the legitimacy of representative governments, we start out from a dynamic conception of democracy, which sees the citizen&rsquo;s direct participation in public matters as a means of increasing democracy.</p> <p><strong>DOWNLOAD THIS PAPER FROM SSRN</strong>: <a href="https://ssrn.com/abstract=3068772" target="_blank">https://ssrn.com/abstract=3068772</a></p>