Boosting Political Trust with Direct Democracy? The Case of the Finnish Citizens’ Initiative

Complementing representative democracy with direct-democratic instruments is perceived to boost levels of political trust. This was why Finland in 2012 introduced an agenda initiative, which gives citizens the right to propose legislation and thereby provides citizens a say between elections. Howeve...

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Main Author: Christensen, Henrik Serup (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2019
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.17645/pag.v7i2.1811
Country:Portugal
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