Theo Schiller
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Theo Schiller is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Philipps-University Marburg, Germany. His contributions to SAGE publication's International Encyclopedia of Political Science (2011) formed the basis of his contributions to Britannica.
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Direct democracy, forms of direct participation of citizens in democratic decision making, in contrast to indirect or representative democracy. Direct democracies may operate through an assembly of citizens or by means of referenda and initiatives in which citizens vote on issues instead of for…
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