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AN ILLUSTRATIVE INITIATIVE OF THE INTEGRAL STUDIES PROJECT MAY BE VIEWED:
CITIZEN, SOCIETY, POLITY
LEGAL BASIS FOR NATIONAL REFERENDUMS IN BRITAIN
PROPOSAL TO RENEW DEMOCRACY plus UPdated OPEN FORUM
DEMOCRACY IN ACTION (historical record):
a programme continued in DEMOCR@CY FORUMCITIZEN POLITICS AND PARTICIPATION IN GOVERNANCE:
Initiatives, literature, hyperlinksON-LINE PAPERS by Dr. Michael Macpherson
(Above items are some in Czech, English, French, German, Hungarian, Romanian and Spanish - einiges auf Deutsch)
THE LEGAL BASIS FOR NATIONAL REFERENDUMS IN BRITAIN Compendium of contributions to an online discussion in the British university forums Law-public and Public-administration-and-management. You can find some informative letters, international comparisons and literature references. Questions arise from this discussion such as: If a referendum on whether to join "Euroland" is held, will the result be binding or just advisory? What are the chances to introduce legally regulated elements of direct democracy, such as citizens' initiative and referendum, in Great Britain and Northern Ireland? Click on the title to reach the compendium.
PROPOSAL TO RENEW DEMOCRACY plus OPEN FORUMA CITIZEN'S INITIATIVE
PROPOSAL TO RENEW DEMOCRACY IN BRITAIN AND MAYBE ELSEWHERE TOO The role of citizens' law initiative, referendum and recall. Proposal text, request for comments, correspondence, debate.OPEN FORUM further developed and presented for on-line discussion.
PROPOSAL version 1, TOWARDS REAL PARTICIPATION OF CITIZENS IN GOVERNING with adaption for Brandenburg and Berlin, FRG
PROPOSAL version 2, OPEN FORUM: CITIZENS RESOLVE
German translation of Proposal versions 1 and 2
Auf Deutsch: BÜRGER/INNEN BESCHLIESSEN: VORSCHLAG FÜR EINE NEUE BÜRGERPOLITIK UND "OFFENES FORUM"
DEMOCRACY IN ACTION in co-operation with a Danish colleague, John Gřtze Ph.D..
Democracy in Action pages have moved -- see "HISTORICAL RECORD" below. Contribute to the continuing debate in Democr@cy Forum.
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INITIATIVES, EXAMPLES :::: LITERATURE, BOOKS :::: HYPERLINKSCITIZEN POLITICS AND PARTICIPATION IN GOVERNANCE
VOTE FOR MORE DEMOCRACY IN BRITAIN (leave this www site)
For further information about citizens' law initiative, and referendum started "from below" see the new presentation:
Citizens' Initiative and Referendum I&R (leave this www site)
ON-LINE PAPERS by Dr. Michael Macpherson M.R.C.P.(UK). PSAMRA/Integral Studies, Guildford GB and Berlin FRG. Your comments are invited.
Citizens’ initiative and referendum in Britain and Northern Ireland 2007: Prospects for reform. Europe-Magazin 1/2007 PROBABLY THE ONLY UP-TO-DATE ACCOUNT WHICH HAS BEEN PUBLISHED. A ROAD MAP TO CORRECT OUR DEMOCRATIC DEFICIT. NEW
The Citizens' Initiative and Referendum: Direct Democracy in 5 Countries of Europe Journal of the Association for Accountancy & Business Affairs 2006 Vol.5, No1, 47-86. by Michael Wallace-Macpherson, Paul Ruppen, Roland Erne, Radoslaw Gawlik, Ralph Kampwirth, Bruno Kaufmann and Arjen Nijeboer.
Prospects for more democracy in Great Britain. Download PDF file A documentation and critical analysis completed in a first draft SEPTEMBER 2001
PRE-ASSEMBLY SEMINAR ORGANISED BY THE REGIONAL COUNCIL OF SOUTH OSTROBOTHNIA, FINLAND, IN CONJUNCTION WITH A CONGRESS OF THE ASSEMBLY OF THE EUROPEAN REGIONS AER HELD IN SEINÄJOKI, FINLAND 6-8 DECEMBER, 2000. WEBCAST LIVE AND PRESENTED IN WWW AS A VIDEO.
Invited lecture: The possibilities of information technology to improve democracy and democratic processes.Citizen participation in politics: Role of new communication media - an up-date. Invited presentation at the conference Local and Regional Information Society, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, March 1999. Published in congress report in Czech and English. On-line as
Obăanská úăast na politickém Ďivotű: Úloha nov*ch metod komunikace under the headline "Sbornik prispevku". An audiovisual presentation is available via the link "video". Lecture in English also at this site.Paper for the European Seminar on Local and Regional Information Society, Miercurea Ciuc, Romania, October 1998.
ENGLISH
Some applications of information technology to citizen participation in politics.
ROMANIAN TRANSLATION
La participarea cetatenilor la viata politica: Aplicatii ale tehnologiei informatiei privitoare.
HUNGARIAN TRANSLATION
Az információ technológia néhány alkalmazása az állampolgárok politikai életben
való részvételének elősegítésére.
Citizen politics and the renewal of democracy DECEMBER 1997
With WWW links to initiatives in Europe, south and north America, Asia.
Citoyenneté, la participation politique et les nouveaux médias.
DECEMBRE 1997
BürgerInnenpolitik, Partizipation und die neuen Kommunikationsmedien DEZEMBER 1997
Citizen participation in politics and the new systems of communication
(1997) Download zipped version
Bürgerbeteiligung in der Politik und die neue Kommunikationssysteme.
Teilübersetzung des obigen Aufsatzes/Part-translation into German of above paper
La participación ciudadana en política y los nuevos sistemas de communicación. Psichologia Politica No.14 (May) 1997, 77-119. RESUMEN
Working through the trauma of political oppression: FOCUS ON EASTERN EUROPE AND THE USSR
(1992-3) Full text plus references.
DEMOCRACY IN ACTION
Internet debates, bibliography, linksTHREE INTERNET-ASSISTED DEBATES INITIATED BY
INTEGRAL STUDIES:1) HOW MAY DEMOCRACIES BE IMPROVED?
3) TOWARDS A NEW CITIZENS' CHARTER - RIGHTS TO KNOW AND DECIDE
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