Fudan-LSE Lecture Series No.54

复旦-LSE讲座系列第54期

Title/题目: 

Direct legislation: a road to success? A perspective from Switzerland

直接立法：瑞士视角下的成功之道？

Speaker/主讲人: 

Prof. Daniel Kübler, Department of Political Science, University of Zurich

Daniel Kübler教授 瑞士苏黎世大学政治学系

Host/主持人: 

Prof. Yijia Jing, IGPP, Fudan University

敬乂嘉教授复旦大学全球公共政策研究院

Discussant/评论人:

Prof. Lisheng Dong,Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

董礼胜教授中国社会科学院

Associate Prof. Zhongyuan Wang，Fudan Institute for Advanced Study in Social Sciences

王中原副教授复旦大学社会科学高等研究院

Time/时间: 

12:00-13:20 (Beijing Time), April 10th

北京时间4月10日12:00-13:20

Venue/地点: 

Room 805E, 8thFloor，West Sub-building of Guanghua Towers

光华楼西辅楼8楼805E会议室

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主讲人介绍/ The Speaker：

Daniel Kübler is a Professor at the Department of Political Science and co-directs the Centre for Democracy Studies at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. He is an associated researcher at the Center for European Studies and Comparative Politics at Science Po Paris. He studied political science at the University of Lausanne, where he also obtained his PhD. He has held visiting positions at the University of Constance, the University of New South Wales, as well as the University of Canberra.

讲座内容/ Abstract: 

Citizen participation in policy-making is generally welcome. But there is a long-running debate of how far such participation should go. In his talk, Professor Kübler will focus on direct legislation as one of the most far-reaching forms of citizen participation. Drawing on the World of Referendums report released by the University of Zurich in 2023, he will focus on the case of Switzerland, where direct legislation by citizens is frequent. Research on the impacts showed that direct legislation in Switzerland led to the pacification of political conflicts, reduced public expenditures, and increased citizens’ life satisfaction. In the Swiss case, direct legislation was an element of economic and social success.