Abstract
Elements of direct democracy at the local level does exist in Denmark, but it is little known, because no formal rules regulate this aspect of political life, because results from popular initiatives and referendums are not recorded in official statistics, and because few syste¬ma¬tic analyses have been published. This paper, accordingly, has an explorative nature and asks two basic questions: What is the current state of direct democracy at the local level in Denmark, and what are the prospects for a further development of direct democracy at the local level in Denmark? The paper is based on a couple of MA theses, a few articles in books and periodicals, a public report, and results from opinion polls conducted in 2000 and 2005.
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Svensson, P. (2011). Denmark – fragments of local direct democracy. In: Schiller, T. (eds) Local Direct Democracy in Europe. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-531-92898-2_11
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