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2005/12/26
Global Referendum Archive
This databank attempts to collect the information of national referenda back to the 19th century, using both graphical and logic methods as search interface.
Content2005/12
Direct Democracy Practices in Taiwan: The Taiwan Referendum Act, Reports, and Analyses
This collection is a first effort by IRI-Asia to share information about direct democracy in Taiwan with scholars and practitioners around the world. It contains not only preliminary background information about Taiwan’s political struggles for the establishment of I&R, but also scholarly insights concerning Taiwan’s first-ever national referendum held in 2004. Through publication of this collection, the IRI-Asia and the TFD hope to facilitate more academic studies of Taiwan’s I&R system, to share Taiwan’s I&R experience, and to promote direct democracy in Asia.
Content 2005/12
Direct Democracy in Asia: A Reference Guide to the Legislation and Practice
This study aims to compile a reference guide to the legislation and practice of direct democracy in Asia. By Asia, it refers to the Continent of Asia in the geographic sense. However, we exclude the regions of the Middle East (mostly Islamic countries), but include both Australia and New Zealand for their proximity and advanced experiences in the implementation of direct democracy. Altogether, it investigates a total of 35 Asian countries.
Report 2005/08/29-30
The Taiwan Foundation for Democracy (TFD) and the Initiative & Referendum Institute
Asia (IRI-Asia) co-host the August 2005 "International Conference on Deliberative Democracy”
The Taiwan Foundation for Democracy (TFD) is in the process of establishing the Initiative & Referendum Institute Asia (IRI-Asia) to promote direct democracy in Taiwan and Asia. IRI Asia will be a sister organization of the IRI US and IRI Europe. It will constitute an independent and neutral network of scholars and direct democracy advocates who will provide up to date information and education on the referendum and initiative processes and their contribution to the deepening of democracy and the political empowerment of civil society. Internationally, it hopes to play an active role in implementing the practice of direct democracy in Asia.
Deliberative democracy can have a direct effect on the maturity of direct democracy as it facilitates the direct participation of citizens in political debates. Based on this fact, the TFD and IRI-Asia plan to hold an International Conference on Deliberative Democracy in Taiwan in August. Our goal is to provide people from different fields will an understanding of the experience of Taiwan and other countries in deliberative democracy. We hope everyone will enthusiastically participate and provide suggestions on how to widen the process of deliberative democracy.
The TFD, IRI-Asia and the Taiwan Thinktank held the "International Conference of Deliberative Democracy" on 29 - 30 August 2005, at the Conference Room, Civil Service Development Institute, Howard International House in Taipei.The conference discusses and exchanges experiences and ideas on the particularities of deliberative democracy and the promotion in Taiwan of citizens' participation in the political process.
The TFD is honored to announce that Dr. Lars Klüver and Professor James Fishkin is the keynote speakers at the conference. Dr. Lars Klüver is the head of the Danish Board of Technology, the first institution in the world to experiment on deliberative democracy, while Professor James Fishkin is one of the most influential scholars and practitioners in The Deliberative Poll.
In addition, scholars and practitioners from Japan, South Korea, the United States, Denmark, and Taiwan also attended the conference to share their expertise.
