Direct Democracy and Minority Rights: Direct and Indirect Effects on Religious Minorities in Switzerland
Direct Democracy and Minority Rights: Direct and Indirect Effects on Religious Minorities in Switzerland
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直接民主和少数群体权利：对瑞士宗教少数群体的直接和间接影响
DOI：
10.1017/s1755048311000666
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发表时间：
2012
影响因子：
1.5
通讯作者：
Deniz Danaci
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作者：
Anna Christmann;Deniz Danaci
摘要 大多数直接民主对少数人权利影响的实证研究仅限于直接民主的直接影响。本文更进一步探讨了这个问题，通过调查瑞士宗教少数群体的权利来探讨直接和间接影响。该分析提供了两个主要见解：所有直接影响都是负面的，并且当伊斯兰少数群体等外群体的权利受到威胁时可以观察到。其次，也可以观察到对议会进程的间接影响：如果伊斯兰少数群体担心民众投票，议会就会制定对他们更严格的法律。然而，他们制定了战略来执行他们的自由主义利益，这一点从宗教少数群体权利的扩展在全面修订中获得通过这一事实就可以看出。
Abstract Most of the research on the effects of direct democracy on minority rights is empirically limited to the direct effects of direct democracy. This article takes the issue a step further and examines both direct and indirect effects by investigating the rights of religious minorities in Switzerland. The analysis provides two main insights: all direct effects are negative and can be observed when the rights of out-groups like Islamic minorities are at stake. Second, indirect effects on the parliamentary process can be observed, too: parliaments make laws more restrictive toward Islamic minorities if they fear a popular vote. However, they develop strategies to enforce their liberal interests, as shown by the fact that extensions of the rights of religious minorities are passed in total revisions.