Direct Democracy Mechanisms

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Direct_Democracy_Mechanisms
GPTKB entity
Statements (32)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Political Process
Democratic Mechanism
gptkbp:cause Policy Change
Law Change
Removal of Officials
gptkbp:contrastsWith Representative Democracy
gptkbp:criticizedFor Potential for populism
Complexity of issues
Voter fatigue
gptkbp:enables Popular Vote
Citizen Law Proposal
Removal of Elected Officials
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Direct Democracy Mechanisms
gptkbp:includes gptkb:Recall
gptkb:initiative
gptkb:politics
gptkbp:opposedBy Some political elites
gptkbp:originatedIn gptkb:Ancient_Athens
gptkbp:purpose Allow citizens to participate directly in lawmaking
gptkbp:regulates gptkb:constitutional_law
gptkb:Act_of_Parliament
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Participatory_Democracy
Deliberative Democracy
gptkbp:requires Public Vote
Signature Collection
gptkbp:supportedBy Proponents of citizen empowerment
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:California
gptkb:Italy
gptkb:Switzerland
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Constitution_of_the_Bolivarian_Republic_of_Venezuela_(1999)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6