IMD - Direct Democracy and the (exotic) Swiss political system by Prof. Andreas Ladner, IDHEAP

http://link.imd.org/imd - Switzerland is the world leader in the use of direct democracy. What are the issues citizens decide upon? Who takes part in popular votes? How well informed are the voters? What about the campaigns prior to the vote and the role of the parties? And, to what extent is direct democracy linked to other forms of power sharing in Swiss politics like, for example, the multiparty government? Taken altogether, Prof. Andreas Ladner tries to give a comprehensive view of the basics of Swiss political institutions and Swiss politics.

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[nomadnametab]

I like this system. It seems to work quite nicely and is far preferable to the circus that rules in most other Western nations.

[stjimmy111111]

a direct democracy is great to keep in mind but switzerland is the size of west virginia it might be a little easier to strive for this system in a country this small. and dems who consistently push for a system here in a country as big as the US are just wacko. keep our republic, keep it free with liberty, more locally based and with minimal government. its gonna be a long time till a direct democracy can work in the US the people are just too retarded

[Brencs]

@stjimmy111111 Switzerland has 4 times the population, just to be fair. But ofc. the cases are different.

[spaghetti3331]

@huibruben, well said.. there are too many folks in the swiss parliament that did not earn their own seat. Especially, the swiss can't pick the minister directly. It's always the parties that play the same monkey game..

[huibruben]

minute 45:25 ..pretty much sounds like the standard problem of a proportional 'direct representation', it means that there can be people in the parliament that didn't earn their own seat. Leading up to a general fealing of misrepresentation by the parties, whoes principle representation practices are hollowed out from the inside by this reality. inciders make deals its that simple.