The Navigator features direct democracy procedures and practices worldwide (2018-20).

Theory of Democracy

The Direct Democracy Database allows users to explore the different ways direct democracy is used in different countries (International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance IDEA Sweden 2018)

Media and Democracy

ʺstaatsrecht.honikel.deʺ presents an introduction to the theories from Hobbes to present time (2022).

We’re used to thinking well of democracy. But one of the wisest people who ever lived, Socrates, had deep suspicions of it (2022).

The French aristocrat and liberal politician Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859) visited the United States in 1835 (AmericanLiterature.com 2021).

3 Nov. 1774 (WORD-Datei)

The Global State of Democracy indices depict democratic trends at the country, regional and global levels across a broad range of different attributes of democracy from1975–2015 (IDEA: Sweden 2018).

Thoreau argues against submission to government policies that individuals deem immoral, few note that he also issues a sharp critique of representative democracy. This lesson focuses on that critique (USA 2021).