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176 Years of Direct Democracy: Switzerland as Evidence for Citizen-Led Governance at National Scale

A. C. Applebee, L. N. Combe · 2026

Preprint, not peer reviewedCC BY 4.0

Abstract

The claim that direct democracy cannot function at national scale has been empirically contradicted for 178 years.

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Applebee, A. C., & Combe, L. N. (2026). 176 Years of Direct Democracy: Switzerland as Evidence for Citizen-Led Governance at National Scale [Preprint]. Omxus Press. https://neotheque.com/papers/swiss-democracy/