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Wentzlaff-Eggebert, Harald (2015). Conflictos entre el pueblo y las autoridades. Bubenreuth: un ejemplo actual en Baviera. In: El pueblo de Europa y su voz en el espacio cultural europeo: ¿Quién es el pueblo? – ¡Nosotros somos el pueblo!, pp. 65-73. Universität zu Köln, Arbeitskreis Spanien - Portugal - Lateinamerika.

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Abstract

The sovereign of a democratic state is „the people“. However, they transfer their voices to a few political party representatives in order to make them exercise legislative and executive powers in the name of “the people”. In different European countries, this model of representative democracy is marked by elements of direct democracy. In Switzerland, for example, there are frequent plebiscites on a number of issues and in France, the President of the Republic is elected directly. In Germany, the constitution calls for a “Volksabstimmung”, or a referendum at the federal level, a “Volksentscheid” or plebiscite at the federal state level and a “Bürgerentscheid” at the city level. But in small municipalities where everyone knows each other and people talk, a different form of direct democracy continues on. In the case of Bubenreuth, where I have lived for more than 30 years, the community dared to raise its voice against the mayor and against town councillors to have them revoke the application of a legal but unjust regulation, or for them to at least mitigate the effects.

Item Type:	Book Section, Proceedings Item or annotation in a legal commentary
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Wentzlaff-Eggebert, Harald UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
Editors:	Editors Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Wentzlaff-Eggebert, Christian mail-aspla(at)uni-koeln.de UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Traine, Martín mail-aspla(at)uni-koeln.de UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-68245
Title of Book:	El pueblo de Europa y su voz en el espacio cultural europeo: ¿Quién es el pueblo? – ¡Nosotros somos el pueblo!
Series Name at the University of Cologne:	Kölner Beiträge zur Lateinamerika-Forschung
Volume:	13
Page Range:	pp. 65-73
Date:	2015
Publisher:	Universität zu Köln, Arbeitskreis Spanien - Portugal - Lateinamerika
ISSN:	1438-6887
Language:	Spanish
Faculty:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Divisions:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Zentrale Forschungseinrichtungen > Zentrum für Lateinamerika
Subjects:	Political science Romance languages French
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language Baviera, política comunal, identidad, representación, participación, reclamos cívicos, democracia directa Spanish
Related URLs:	Organisation
Refereed:	No
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/6824