- Tytuł:
- Local Citizen Initiatives in Poland: The Disparity in Signature Requirements
- Autorzy:
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Lis-Staranowicz, Dorota
Giżyńska, Monika - Powiązania:
- https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/915223.pdf
- Data publikacji:
- 2020
- Wydawca:
- Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
- Tematy:
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direct democracy
local citizens’ initiatives
signature requirements
the legal threshold of support
the actual threshold of support - Opis:
- In the social sciences, the attention is drawn to the relationship between instruments of direct democracy and signature requirement, because the latter may block the activity of citizens. Therefore, this paper focuses on signature requirements of local citizen’ initiatives (LCI), which is also analyzed from the perspective of the principle of equality. We identify: the legal threshold of support (LTS) and the actual threshold of support (ATS). The legal threshold is construed as the statutory requirement of support (quantified or specified as a percentage), whereas the actual threshold of support is the quotient of the number of signatures required and the total number of residents in a given district. With respect to the LCI, a district is an area of a municipality, poviat and voivodship. The ATS is an indicator used by us to study the principle of equality.
- Źródło:
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Review of European and Comparative Law; 2020, 40, 1; 45-66
2545-384X - Pojawia się w:
- Review of European and Comparative Law
- Dostawca treści:
- Biblioteka Nauki
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