The fate of Donald Trump’s Presidency and the future of America weren’t the only choices confronting voters on November 3rd. In fact, the citizens in...
John Matsusaka is Charles F. Sexton Chair in American Enterprise in the Marshall School of Business and the Gould School of law at the University of...
In Country in focus, Democracy International takes a closer look at advances in modern direct democracy and citizen participation worldwide. This...
In Country in focus, Democracy International takes a closer look at advances in modern direct democracy and citizen participation worldwide. This...
In at least one respect, the new US administration under President Trump has been very well prepared: within seconds of taking the oath the official...
Now that the election is over, are you leaving the country? If not, you ought to reconsider.
I’m not kidding. Yes, a handful of our fellow...
By Bruno Kaufmann, board member of Democracy International and editor-in-chief of the online portal people2power.info.
With Christmas and the...
On 22 October 2015, Daniel Schily, executive manager of Democracy International, welcomed the audience of the event "What can the world learn from...
Adam Briggle is a member of “Frack Free Denton”, an alliance of citizens that banned hydraulic oil and gas drilling (“fracking”) in Denton, Texas, in...
On Monday, 17 August 2015, the Senate of US California voted to increase the fee for filing a citizens’ initiative (‘ballot measure’ in US English)...
In the US city of Denton the Council has overruled a citizens’ initiative that had led to the banning oil and gas drilling. At a meeting on 4 August...
It's not just a cliché: In the United States everything is huge: The width of the streets, the portions of food and the vastness of the landscape....
Arkansas is neither vibrant New York nor sunny California. Located in the South-Mid of the US, Arkansas is average: the state ranks 32nd in terms of...
We had the opportunity to interview Joe Mathews, co-organiser of Democracy International's upcoming "Big River of Democracy Tour" through the US...
US Election Day on 6 November 2012 asked from voters much more than designating the next US President. 176 citizen-initiated “propositions” or “...
At the founding conference of Democracy International, Joe Mathews (New America Foundation) talked about direct democracy in California and explained...
It’s all about the money!? South Dakota 1897, Oregon 1902, California 1911, Arizona 1912 - direct democracy has a long history in some of the...