Does direct democracy increase communicative responsiveness? A field experiment with Swiss politicians
Many argue that direct democracy improves the quality of democracy. In particular, many scholars claim that it increases the representation of the public’s preferences by fostering communicative responsiveness between politicians and citizens. While studies have come to mixed conclusions about the e...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2017-03-01
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| Series: | Research & Politics |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/2053168017700738 |